[TAP5-1333] Zone should implement an interface, BodyElement, that extends ClientElement and provides the body property

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.2.2
• Fix Version/s: 5.2.3
• Component/s: tapestry-core
• Assignee: Howard Lewis Ship
• Reporter: Howard Lewis Ship
• Created: 03/Nov/10 01:19
• Updated: 10/Nov/10 21:37
• Resolved: 05/Nov/10 20:44

Description

I wanted to create a static utility method that, passed a collection of Zones, would add create a MultiZoneUpdate, which involved getting the clientId (via ClientElement interface) and getting the body (as a Block).

However, for all the standard class-cast issues, static methods from the primary class loader can't accept an instance of Zone. At the same time, the getBody() method is not defined by an interface.