[seam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Closed: (JBSEAM-722) Add a component generator component that allows one to sub-type Component

Add a component generator component that allows one to sub-type Component ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-722 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-722 Project: Seam Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Core Affects Versions: 1.1.1.GA Reporter: Bill Wallace Assignee: Pete Muir It would be very nice to be able to specify what Component class is to be used within a package, so that one can, for instance, over-ride or extend the initialization code. Adding such over-riding would allow one to efficiently write annotations such as: @Property("#{property-setter-for-initialization-time}) instead of @In which would provide initialization time object injection. I know you can do this by specifying properties in the components.xml file, or seam.properties file, but it is rather a pain to have to create an xml file just to specify an extra property of that type. I know you can do this with @In, but that executes per-method call, and I'd like to see a version that only executes on instantiation. Of course, one can create an initializer class that gets called from an @Create that performs this same data, but I'd like to be able to store the rest of the meta-data at the class level and view it in the debug page automatically, the same as the rest of the properties. I also have some more complex applications for reading in initialization data.