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Subject: RE: Creating an IAsset in code from a context image
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:08:46 +0100
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Thread-Topic: Creating an IAsset in code from a context image
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From: "Joe Trewin" <joe@canfactory.com>
To: "Tapestry users" <tapestry-user@jakarta.apache.org>

Thanks Geoff - just the ticket.=20

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From: Geoff Longman [mailto:glongman@gmail.com]=20
Sent: 31 August 2005 17:56
To: Tapestry users
Subject: Re: Creating an IAsset in code from a context image

public IAsset createAsset(ServletContext context, String path) {
  return new ContextAsset( new ContextResourceLocation(context, path),
null); }

there you go.

Geoff

On 8/31/05, Joe Trewin <joe@canfactory.com> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I'm tring to do a very simple thing, so I'm obviously missing=20
> something here (using Tapestry 4).
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> I have a method which needs to return an IAsset that points to an=20
> image (assume located somewhere in the web context) based on some=20
> other parameters. The method is passed the component that requires the
asset.
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> I don't want the asset to be formally declared via a component or page

> specification file, as it's determined on the fly.
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> How do I do this?
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> I've seen hints that point towards using ContextAsset in some way, but

> can not find an obvious way to create one (the constructor takes=20
> parameters that I don't know how to obtain, ie.
> "org.apache.hivemind.Resource" and "org.apache.hivemind.Location").
> Likewise with the 'ContextAssetFactory', although I'm not sure if=20
> that's designed to be used outside of the core of Tapestry.
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> Seems simple enough, but ...
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> Any help gratefully recieved.
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> (NB. If the code needed to reference an image stored somewhere on the=20
> classpath would this be a "private asset". If so, how might the code
> change?)
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> Joe
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