[Seaside] Re: Menu component - communicating with root component

[Boris Popov]

Still, we've build what I consider to be a relatively large and complex
application and I don't recall ever thinking that it was getting out of
control. Certainly not to the point of introducing more elements just to
glue announcers and subscribers together. Let's try a more complex
example to see if perhaps I am missing something. Say you have a table
containing rows containing cells and cells announce CellClicked when you
click on them. If, for some reason, you were interested to know about
that happening up in the table, how about something like,

Table>>addRow: row
 rows add: row.
 row
  when: CellClicked
  do: [:ann | self title: ('editing row <1p> cell <2p>'
                                expandMacrosWith: ann row index
                                with: ann cell index)]

Row>>addCell: cell
 cells add: cell.
 cell
  when: CellClicked
  do: [:ann | self announce: (CellClicked row: self cell: ann cell)].

Cell>>renderContentOn: html
 html anchor
  callback: [self announce: (CellClicked cell: self)];
  with: self contents.

You could of course even have a different announcement for each phase,
this is just an example.

-Boris

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:seaside-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Holger
Kleinsorgen
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 1:44 PM
To: Seaside - general discussion
Subject: Re: [Seaside] Re: Menu component - communicating with root
component

Boris Popov schrieb:
> I'm not convinced that adding a third-party negotiator is easier than,
>
> Menu>>addItem: item
>  self items add: item.
>  item when: Clicked do: [self select: item].
>
> MenuItem>>renderContentOn: html
>  html anchor
>   callback: [self announce: Clicked];
>   with: self label.
>
>   
true. if the triggering component is a direct child of the interested 
component, there's no need for fancy mechanisms.
but as soon as there are intermediate components, this soon gets out of 
control
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