[EXTCDI-125] pagebeans as package based inline view-configs

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.3
• Component/s: JEE-JSF12-Module, JEE-JSF20-Module
• Assignee: Gerhard Petracek
• Reporter: Gerhard Petracek
• Created: 16/Jan/11 16:17
• Updated: 03/Mar/11 19:14
• Resolved: 06/Feb/11 03:31

Description

it should be possible to use @Page directly at page-beans.

rules:

• if @Page is used at a class which also hosts @Named or @ManagedBean, there shouldn't be a veto
• instead of nested classes btw. interfaces one part of the package info should be used
• in the root package there has to be a marker class with the annotation @InlineViewConfigRoot(optionally an explicit basePath should be possible)
• the page-bean class is automatically used as view-controller

known restrictions:

• only use it for simple apps - the concept itself doesn't support a page-bean for multiple pages, however, if needed it's possible to use it side by side with the normal view-config approach

example 1:

package my.package.pages;

@InlineViewConfigRoot
public final class Pages
{
}

package my.package.pages.registration;
//...

@Named
@RequestScoped
@Page
public class RegistrationStep1 implements ViewConfig
{
public Class<? extends ViewConfig> confirm()

{ //... return RegistrationStep2Page.class; }

}

//will be interpreted as /pages/registration/registrationStep1.xhtml

example 2:

package my.package.pages;

@InlineViewConfigRoot(basePath = "/pages/", pageBeanPostfix = "Page")
public final class Pages
{
}

package my.package.pages.registration;
//...

@Named
@RequestScoped
@Page
public class RegistrationStep2Page implements ViewConfig
{
//...
}

//will be interpreted as /pages/registrationStep2.xhtml

example 3:

package my.package.pages;

@InlineViewConfigRoot(basePath = "/*", pageBeanPostfix = "Page")
public final class Pages
{
}

package my.package.pages.registration;
//...

@Named
@RequestScoped
@Page
public class RegistrationStep3Page implements ViewConfig
{
//...
}

//will be interpreted as /registration/registrationStep3.xhtml

example 4:

package my.package.pages;

@InlineViewConfigRoot(basePath = "/views/*")
public final class Pages
{
}

package my.package.pages.registration;
//...

@Named
@RequestScoped
@Page
public class RegistrationStep4 implements ViewConfig
{
//...
}

//will be interpreted as /views/registration/registrationStep4.xhtml