Re: users, please give us your opinion: what is your take on generics with Wicket

Hi Sebastiaan,

> I *really* would like to see a clarification of this statement. In
> Wicket the component and model are very tightly coupled.

that's part of the problem, agreed.

> What is a *good
> design* alternative, where only IModel is generified? getModelObject()
> returns Object? getModel returns IModel<?>?

IMHO the practical solution would be to leave generics from components and have
getModelObject return Object, yes. On certain components (ListView e.g.), those
methods may be overridden by more concrete implementations.

Regards, --- Jan.

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