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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:07:34 -0600
From: Tony Collen <colle006@umn.edu>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: cocoon-2.1/src/blocks/woody/samples/forms
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Joerg Heinicke wrote:

> On 15.01.2004 13:32, Marc Portier wrote:
>
>>> When searching for the reason of the non-working I looked at 
>>> form2_xml.xml, line 95:
>>>
>>>     <wd:repeater id="contacts">
>>>       <wd:widgets>
>>>         <wd:output id="id">
>>>           <wd:datatype base="long"/>
>>>         </wd:output>
>>>
>>> and that's long and I didn't understand why it did not work but 
>>> after the change in form_bind_xml.xml. Comparing 2 strings like 
>>> contacts and number can be so difficult :) Yes, now I also 
>>> understand the reason.
>>>
>>
>> yeah, well, I don't know if it is intended or not, but I do hear the 
>> underlaying message: we need some better tools for this kind of 
>> stuff, no?
>
>
> NO! There was really no intention. Just a "I must have been blind!"
>

Yeah, but I still think we could use some tools for simplifying it all.  
Imagine an eclipse plugin that could automagically generate basic forms 
and binding based on a bean you fed it.

/me wonders if s&n is listening ;)


> Joerg
>


Tony