1 Reply Latest reply on Sep 30, 2010 12:53 PM by jjfraney

    polymorphism and clickable list

    jjfraney

      Hi,


      I have a solution to my issue.  I don't know if its the right one in seam lore.  If you practice a different technique, can you share?


      Say I run a vehicle rental and so database has the following jpa entities (pseudo code in use):


      abstract Vehicle {
          make
          model
          vehicleIdentificationNumber


      Car extends Vehicle
      Truck extends Vehicle


      I have a /vehicleList.xhtml which presents a clickable list, like in the tutorial, except my intention is: when the user clicks on a vehicle, the /car.xhtml or /truck.xhtml edit screen appears, not /vehicle.xhtml.


      The problem I'm trying to solve, is what to put on for the value of the s:link tag's action parameter?


      My solution is


      <s:link ... action="#{vehicleHome.editConcrete}/>"
      


      editConcreate is a method on my VehicleHome that would return either /truck.xhtml or /car.xhtml (based on return of getInstance.getClass(), for example).


      It works, I'm happy.  Feels sloppy.


      Thanks.