Re: A way to implement place service in GWT

Thanks Thomas,

Lots to consider here, let me take a look at the references you
pointed out and then I'll be better able to respond. I'm all for
making things simpler.

On May 27, 11:08 am, Thomas Broyer <t.bro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 mai, 13:41, Tristan <tristan.slomin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've written a wiki on how Place Service is implemented in Handlebars.
> > However, after the fact I realized that it's also a HOWTO document of
> > a way to implement a place service in general that is fairly robust.
>
> > I hope you'll find this document useful, and I'd be happy to answer
> > any questions or hear your comments.
>
> >http://code.google.com/p/handlebars/wiki/PlaceServiceOverview
>
> > Cheers!
>
> Have you measured using a GWT event per place vs. a single GWT event
> carrying a Place object? (BTW it would cut the number of classes by 4
> --no need for both a AtLandingPage and GoToLandingPage events, and
> their corresponding EventHandler interfaces, just a LandingPage place)
>
> I also notice that:
>  - the GoToPlace is only used to talk to the place service, how about
> having the place service injected and call a goTo() method on it
> directly?
>  - the GoToPlace "request" is imperative, it cannot be cancelled (e.g.
> you changed some field values and you want to ask the user
> confirmation before leaving without saving his changes); this would be
> fixed if it wasn't an event fired by the class that "triggers" it but
> by the PlaceService itself.
>  - you're forcing everyone to use your #sometoken?
> some=query&string=like&name=value&pair=parameters kind of history
> tokens, what if I'd prefer something like #/documents/some/folder for
> instance?
>
> Have you seen the work being done in GWT itself in the bikeshed
> project? (look into the branches/2.1 branch in SVN, not the trunk) It
> does not yet link places to the browser history but allows previewing
> (and cancelling) the GoToPlace event (or equivalent). My own
> PlaceManager (at work, not open source) does the same too.

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