[seam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (SEAMXML-21) Field references should support value attribute

Field references should support value attribute ----------------------------------------------- Key: SEAMXML-21 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/SEAMXML-21 Project: Seam XML Configuration Issue Type: Feature Request Affects Versions: 3.0.0.Alpha3 Reporter: Dan Allen Field references should support a value attribute if the field type is a convertable type* (Seam XML knows how to turn it into an object). This will drastically simplify the appearance and verbosity of a field definitions, particularly virtual fields. Consider the configuration of the default locale as an example. Presently, it would be configured as follows: <String> <Produces/> <lc:DefaultLocale/> <value>fr</value> </String> Since String is a convertable type, the proposed change would allow it to be simplified to: <String value="fr"> <Produces/> <lc:DefaultLocale/> </String> Another example would be assigning an numeric value to a bean field. Presently, the configuration is: <x:Account> <x:balance> <value>100</value> </x:balance> </x:Account> With support for the value attribute, this could be simplified to: <x:Account> <x:balance value="100"/> </x:Account> If the type being configured has a value property, then of course the value attribute would assign the value of property named "value" instead of being treated as the overall value of the field. * Examples of convertable types are string, date, number, etc.