Re: Nested Views in MVP

On 29 oct, 06:52, DrG <drgenejo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been reading the excellent article at:http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/latest/DevGuideMvpActivitiesAnd...
>
> And love the new built in objects that facilitate the MVP design
> paradigm.  My initial thought is great but how does this system cope
> with Nested Views or Dock Panel style layouts where various elements
> can be clicked and the widget that changes isn't necessarily always
> the center one?
>
> Looking at the example code given for HelloMVP it looks like when you
> go to a new Place when the Activity is started by calling the start
> method a widget is passed in that is the containerWidget or host for
> that presenter:
>
>         @Override
>         public void start(AcceptsOneWidget containerWidget, EventBus
> eventBus) {
>                 GoodbyeView goodbyeView = clientFactory.getGoodbyeView();
>                 goodbyeView.setName(name);
>                 containerWidget.setWidget(goodbyeView.asWidget());
>         }
>
> Looking at the setup code from the onModuleLoad, a root SimplePanel is
> added to the activity manager:
>
> activityManager.setDisplay(appWidget);
>
> This widget is then passed to the start method each time a new place
> is revealed.  Thus causing a screen refresh?  each time a new place is
> revealed.
>
> How would you handle a scenario that has a Left hand menu (like gmail)
> and a main container.  Where clicking options in the LHS initiates a
> new widget to be displayed in the center.  Using the current logic it
> looks like the whole screen is refreshed to show the newly selected
> menu option and the center widget.  Perhaps it does, and perhaps this
> is ok, but it sounds hacky.

In addition to David's response, see http://tbroyer.posterous.com/gwt-21-activities-nesting-yagni

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