[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBSEAM-1631) add @PageAction annotation to method

[Dan Allen (JIRA)]

    [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-1631?page=comments#action_12368436 ] 
            
Dan Allen commented on JBSEAM-1631:
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Exactly. Remember, this is a preference. A style. An alternate approach. A chance to eliminate the XML file. If you store it in XML, then you just have to go digging through XML files to locate the page actions. Personally, I think it would be a very nice addition to Seam for people who are really buying into the whole annotation thing. You could argue that there are a lot of other places in Seam where one setting is easier to locate than other. Some people's brains work differently.

The only other option that would really bring the method close to the source is to put it in the view, as Gavin suggests in http://blog.hibernate.org/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/2007/07/09#ee6part2. However, I have never liked the way that looks. But I could just be a narrow-minded fool.

> add @PageAction annotation to method
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>                 Key: JBSEAM-1631
>                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-1631
>             Project: JBoss Seam
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: Tools
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0.BETA1
>            Reporter: Dan Allen
>   Original Estimate: 2 days
>  Remaining Estimate: 2 days
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> I cannot help but to conclude that a page action ought to be able to be declared as an annotation on a method. Why not?  It is very similar to a @WebRemote method in a sense. It would also eliminate the need for the XML file if you prefer to return view ids directly in the action handler methods. Think about the love Seam would get by removing the dependency on the XML for this feature. No XMLHell, remember?
> The way it would work is that when Seam spots the annotation during initialization time, it just registers that method with the Page framework just as if it had found it in the XML file.
> I wouldn't be broken-hearted if this is rejected, but it seems consistent with the goals of Seam.

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