Variable Waypoints

[John_Cunliffe1]

Hi there,

is there any way to use variable waypoints? What I mean by this, is that when I have variable contacts (with an id property) in a database, that I can 'navigate' to that content by dispatching navigation events like 'content.contact.245'. All that I would need for this technically, is a waypoint that implements ISelectedIndex. This way, calling something like 'content.contact.245.phone' would use the dynamic waypoint on 'content.contact'.

Is this possible? I would love to use Cairngorm 3 navigation for my project, since it works so nicely in conjunction with SWFAddress, but if this is not possible within the next 3 months, I might have to stick to Tide instead, which allows this already: http://www.grails.org/plugin/gdsflex ( see the part about [Path("show/{id}")])...

Also, if anybody is interested in seeing deep linking integrating with cairngorm 3 navigation, I need to know whom to send the code or get some svn access to the samples folder.

Cheers,

John

[John_Cunliffe1]

After looking at the source code, I'm convinced that I can't extend the framework for this functionality without changing the core. To the very basics, I will need to replace the 'hasDestination' method with some pattern matching.

If I get it done, will it be taken over in the trunk? If not, I'll try another workaround that doesn't disconnect me from future releases.

[Alex_Uhlmann]

I'd definitely take a look into your patch on the core lib to see if it can be integrated. We don't have a rule that says the core cannot be changed and you're usecase is something various others have mentioned before; so any help is very much appreciated.

Best way forward IMHO is to create a JIRA ticket and attach a patch to it.

Just in case, make sure you've checked out the NavigationParsleyTest project. This contains one sample that allows you to create a destination at runtime.

Alex