[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBSEAM-2697) Add attribute to s:link tag to make creation of magic dataModelSelection URL parameter optional

Add attribute to s:link tag to make creation of magic dataModelSelection URL parameter optional ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-2697 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2697 Project: JBoss Seam Issue Type: Feature Request Components: JSF Controls Affects Versions: 2.0.1.GA Reporter: Wolfgang Schwendt Priority: Minor When an s:link component (org.jboss.seam.ui.component.UILink) is placed into a h:dataTable backed by a javax.faces.model.DataModel, the s:link automatically generates the magic token for the magic "dataModelSelection" parameter regardless of whether the latter is really needed or not. This can generate ugly URLs. The following example is particulary ugly: http://127.0.0.1:8080/seminaris/seminarDetails.seam?seminarId=2&dataM... Without the "dataModelSelection" parameter, the URL would look much cleaner: http://127.0.0.1:8080/seminaris/seminarDetails.seam?semId=2 So my question: Couldn't we make the "dataModelSelection" parameter optional? (For example, by adding an attribute to the s:link tag). Btw: I'm aware that org.jboss.seam.ui.component.UISeamCommandBase.getUrl() is the culprit that triggers inclusion of the the dataModelSelection parameter, so I know how to remove the dataModelSelection parameter generation, but it would be nice if also the officially released Seam version allowed the deactivation of the magic token generation. Further, no magic token is generated if a UIDataTable is supplied by a normal List rather than a DataModel (cf. UISeamCommandBase.getSelection() ), but unfortunately there can be cases where it makes sense to supply the table data as DataModel rather than normal List.