Yes -- AJAX wasn't coined yet when LiveWeb came out, but LiveWeb is an
AJAX framework (at least a start of one). If you check out the method
on LiveObject as follows:<br>
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"Here we can install methods in the javascript client object model<br>
such that when invoked in Javascript will call back on this object.<br>
<br>
For instance: returning #(beDirty) will allow the client javascript to call<br>
this.beDirty() and it will invoke this object's beDirty method. You can also<br>
pass parameters so if the client needs to call setVariableOne:variableTwo: then<br>
returning #(setVariable) from this method will allow invocation by the client<br>
as long as there are no other methods that start with the 'setVariable' string.<br>
The javascript client call would look like this.setVariable(varOne, varTwo);"<br>
<br>
^ #()<br>
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So any symbols you return out of this method in the list will get
installed on the javascript side so you can invoke those methods in
Javascript to get a callback on your WAComponent (LiveObject is a
subclass of WAComponent). The framework already has a few components
that work that way (e.g. LiveWindow, Live Workspace, LiveInspector).<br>
<br>
I plan on taking the AJAX framework further than it is now, but it is a good start.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
John<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/8/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bill Holloway</b> <<a href="mailto:bill.holloway@gmail.com">bill.holloway@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi John,<br>
<br>
I found your name searching around for XMLHttpRequest and Squeak
(Seaside). Does LiveWeb provide resources to facilitate calling
methods in a Seaside WAComponent so that we can do "AJAX" programming
in Seaside?<br>
<br>
thanks,<br><span class="sg">
Bill Holloway<br>
</span></blockquote></div><br><br><br>-- <br>It's easy to have a complicated idea. It's very very hard to have a simple idea. -- Carver Mead