Fluent Setters

[pavlo]

Hi,

According to the FAQ smartgwt API is generated. So, didn't you consider to use fluent setters (when setter returns this) to support chaining of methods?
In such case code will look more like in DSL-style

final DynamicForm form = new DynamicForm()
    .setWidth(250)
    .setFields(new FormItem[] {
        new TextItem()
            .setTitle("Username")
            .setRequired(true)
            .setDefaultValue("bob"); 
    }); 

[Isomorphic]

We're looking into this, but it's not a simple change as some of our APIs inherit from existing GWT APIs.

[Blama]

Hi all,

I just noticed this is now the case in some parts of 12.1p, e.g. DSRequest (search for "DSRequest instance, for chaining setter calls").

Best regards
Blama

[Isomorphic]

You'll find that Fluent setters are now present for Canvas, BaseClass, DataClass, and subclasses, where the previous signature declared a void return type. In some cases Fluent setters couldn't be applied because our APIs extend existing GWT APIs.