[html-formfu] HTML::FormFu::Element::DBIC::Select for review

[Carl Franks]

On 13/09/2007, Zbigniew Lukasiak <zzbbyy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Adding options to a select input and DBIx::Class::HTML::FormFu
>
> Do I understand right that adding options is done at the create time?
> Or can it be done later?
>
> In HTML::Widget::DBIC I've decided that indeed creating the options
> should be done at create time - and thats why I pass the DBIC schema
> to the create method instead of having a populate_from_form method.

They can be added at any time - options() is just a method on the
element object.

Although, it might cause problems if you:
* use a form populated by Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu's
FormConfig() or FormMethod()
* have an AutoSet constraint on the select field
* add the options during your controller's action routine
... because by that time, $form->process() will already have been
called, and the lack of options will cause the field to not pass the
constraint.

How do you imagine the form being created - what sort of API?
Will there be a controller Action class to replace the likes of FormConfig() ?

Carl