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

[Bill Wallace (JIRA)]

Add a component generator component that allows one to sub-type Component
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                 Key: JBSEAM-722
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-722
             Project: JBoss Seam
          Issue Type: Feature Request
          Components: Core
    Affects Versions: 1.1.1.GA
            Reporter: Bill Wallace


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.


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