How to Write D2W Rules
Last modified by Ravi Mendis on 2009/11/12 16:52
The quick answer is...
Use Convention Over Configuration
We may use convention over configuration to set up default D2W rules.
In D2W, rules with a higher priority take precedence.
e.g:
100: entity.name = 'Father' and task = 'edit' and propertyKey = 'firstName' => componentName = "D2WEditString"
The above will override, or take precedence over the following:
75: task = 'edit' and propertyKey = 'firstName' => componentName = "D2WEditString"
We may exploit this feature of D2W to set up a set of rules as conventions or defaults.
As an example, the above rule may be set up to be a default for the editing of the key firstName instead of having to define separate rules for every entity that has a firstName. In other words you may define the one rule (above) instead of the following three rules:
100: entity.name = 'Father' and task = 'edit' and propertyKey = 'firstName' => componentName = "D2WEditString"
100: entity.name = 'Mother' and task = 'edit' and propertyKey = 'firstName' => componentName = "D2WEditString"
100: entity.name = 'Child' and task = 'edit' and propertyKey = 'firstName' => componentName = "D2WEditString"
In this manner we can keep the number of D2W rules down to a minimum - which vastly improves maintainability.