Wicket typesafe helps to generate wicket-ids in a type safe way. So it helps to solve the refactoring problem when using PropertyModel or CompoundPropertyModel.
Currently it can be used to construct refactor safe property expressions.
For example, using wicket-typesafe module the following code that depends on strings:
Person person = new Person();
IModel<Person> personModel=Model.of(person);
setDefaultModel(personModel);
add(new Label("street.name"));
can be replaced with the following:
Person person = new Person();
IModel<Person> personModel=Model.of(person);
setDefaultModel(personModel);
add(new Label(id(of(Person.class).getStreet().getName())));
although the code is a more verbose then its string alternative it will generate a compile time error should any properties change instead of failing at runtime like its more concise string alternative.
The module can generate ids and supports:
- Not final Classes
- Interfaces
- All getter return types even final ones
- of(XXX.class) can be stored in a static way
- id(XXXX) can be stored in a static way
Add the following dependencies into your pom.xml
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.dzwicker.wicket</groupId>
<artifactId>wicket-typesafe</artifactId>
<version>${typesafe.version}</version>
</dependency>
It's only locally-tested code, so take it with a grain of salt for now.
The license is Apache 2.0, so you can do almost anything you like.
Just use maven: mvn install
The idea for this was lifted wholesale from the LambdaJ-based proposal on the Wicket wiki. Instead of pulling in LambdaJ as a dependency, SafeModel uses jMock's ClassImposteriser directly (both LambdaJ and Mockito use that as well). The code was also simplified to not require the root object's class to be passed in.