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

[Zbigniew Lukasiak]

This argument gets a bit out of proportions - so I will not extend it.

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Zbyszek

On 9/19/07, Mario Minati <mario.minati at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 September 2007 10:59:17 Zbigniew Lukasiak wrote:
> > On 9/18/07, Mario Minati <mario.minati at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > When using 'populate' you cannot be sure if something is being changed
> > > later on. When 'process' and 'render' are called nothing will be changed
> > > anymore. That's why I use these functions.
> >
> > OK - so you want to be sure that the options are there - even if
> > someone writes some extension that manipulates the element.  Hmm ...
>
> When extending DBIC you just call the ancessor (my $process =
> $self->next::method...) and do you stuff, or you do your stuff before.
>
> > Let's say that I am overriding render to add some formatting (or to
> > use some different templating) - then, I don't know about others but,
> > I would expect that the options are there already at that stage.  It
> > would be unintuitive if after 'populate' the element is not yet ready
> > made.
>
> I disagree. If you create form elements by perl, not via load_config_file,
> than you are working on the elements until you call 'process/render'. So in
> my understanding the only function call that tells me that the form is
> complete is 'process/render'.
>
> > Or let's say I want to delete some of the generated options - because
> > even if they come from the database I don't want them in the form -
> > then again I would expect that after the call to populate the element
> > is ready and I can delete from it the options that I don't want.
>
> This is only a problem when the solution *must* be found within FormFu. I deal
> with this situation by making a user defined search, that's why you can say
> which search function to use and give search attributes.
> An other possibility would be to define a callback function which preprocesses
> the resultset. In my opinion this contradicts the goal to divide M, V and C
> as this logic belongs into the model. But you are welcome to create a patch,
> that I can include.
>
> > Isn't that what you would expect?
>
>
> Well, when you could be more concrete on what you would like to realise, it
> would be easier to find apropriate, not general, solutions.
>
> Greets,
> Mario
>
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