Attribute names in tiles 2.1

[Oleg Gorobets]

Hello all,

I've noticed that in new tiles 2.1 name is deprecated in Attribute
class. I'm trying to figure out the reasons why this decision was made..

We are constructing a portal solution based on tiles and probably many
other developers do the same thing. The key point here is being able to
handle attribute rendering and track their names (which currently serve
like window ids for portlets). I really appreciate adding attribute
renderers in 2.1 however I think that attribute renderer should be aware
of all attribute features. I guess the logic here should be the
following: the "renderer" should know everything of the object it
renders. What do you think about this? If you have other points on this
please let me know.

Sincerely,
Oleg Gorobets

[Antonio Petrelli-3]

2008/10/1 Oleg Gorobets <oleg.goro@...>:
> I've noticed that in new tiles 2.1 name is deprecated in Attribute class.
> I'm trying to figure out the reasons why this decision was made..

Simply because the name of an attribute is not of the attribute, but
of the template.
In fact, the name was used only to transfer it to a map into a
Definition, so it was pretty useless to the attribute itself.

> We are constructing a portal solution based on tiles and probably many other
> developers do the same thing. The key point here is being able to handle
> attribute rendering and track their names (which currently serve like window
> ids for portlets).

Isn't the "value" of the attribute enough for the rendering?
The name is only a "placeholder" that it is used to let the template
and the definition "communicate", putting the right attribute in the
right place in the template.

Antonio