Form for "tag"

[luiz]

An initial implementation is already available. The idea is to allow the generation of a form based upon a model of our system (an User, a Product etc.). For instance, the following code:

Product prod = new Product();
...
formFor(prod)
...

would generate a complete form for creating (or editing) a product, with an input for each of its fields. Note that this is just an idea. I don't know how feasible it is...

[luiz]

It would be nice to have ways of specifying which fields should be or, if shorter to specify, should not be included in the generated form.

Ideas:

• Specifying fields to be included:
  formFor(product, with(product).getName(), with(product).getPrice())
• Specifying fields not to be included:
  formFor(product, without(product).getId())
• Annotating fields to be included:
  class Product {
  @FormForField
  private String name;
  }

[rodrigocatalan]

look for this similar idea:
https://github.com/rodrigocatalan/brick/blob/master/src/test/java/br/com/ahrpius/brick/forfield/TestForTags.java

[luiz]

Interesting, Rodrigo. That's almost what I'm looking for. It's not perfect
for me because you need to type a considerable amount of code for it to
work, IMHO. Even though, I'm considering using it. Thanks!

Luiz F. O. Corte Real

Vida Geek
http://vidageek.net

Caelum | Ensino e Inovao
http://www.caelum.com.br

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:05 PM, rodrigocatalan <
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look for this similar idea:

https://github.com/rodrigocatalan/brick/blob/master/src/test/java/br/com/ahrpius/brick/forfield/TestForTags.java

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