[Seaside] render methods vs non-render methods in components -convention?

[Ramon Leon]

> >     renderFooOn: html
> 
> Exactly, and put it into a category called #rendering.

Same here!

> 
> >  But what about the other methods?  How would you know if another 
> > method  is being called from a render method or from a 
> callback, or maybe both?
> 
> Exactly the same pattern, call it #render([A-Z][a-z]+)*On: 
> and put it into a category called #rendering.

Same here!

> 
> >  Should I put all callback support into a separate protocol 
> category?
> 
> I mostly put these into a category called #actions.
> 
> Lukas

Same here!

> Well, what I'm thinking about is the auxiliary methods?  
> Maybe it's always obvious, but I'm thinking about the case 
> where sometimes a callback method would call it, and 
> sometimes a render method would call it.  I'm wondering if 
> I'm thinking about a case that usually doesn't happen, or 
> whether this actually does run into trouble.

I just don't see this happening in my code.  Component transitions are
almost always bound to some user action so it's pretty clear just from the
method name (#save, #cancel, #search, etc.) that this method is used in a
callback.

Ramon Leon
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