DataSource custom properties

[levi]

Hi,

Can I do something like a custom property on my datasource definition?

DataSource ds = DataSource.getDataSource(name);
String myprop = ds.getAttribute("MyProp");

where MyProp comes from the DS definition

<DataSource ID="biS" dropExtraFields="true" MyProp="abc">

There are no getAttributes functions on com.smartgwt.client.data.DataSource, except for getAttributeAsMap?

But also server side on com.isomorphic.datasource.DataSource there are no getAttribute or getProperty functions?

[Isomorphic]

Yes, you can use custom attributes.

Remember to look at superclass APIs. getAttribute() exists in both cases (as well as on fields).

[levi]

I've seen it indeed on the superclass of DataSource, but since those methods are protected, you can't use them directly on a DataSource object:

BaseClass::protected native Boolean getAttributeAsBoolean(String property)

[aquajax]

Protected has visibility in subclasses outside the package,

The protected modifier specifies that the member can only be accessed within its own package (as with package-private) and, in addition, by a subclass of its class in another package. source:http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/accesscontrol.html

[smartgwt.dev]

These API's will be made public in the next nightly.