Scaffolding Design Notes

Scaffolding Design Notes

MetaWidget does not have any way to inspect and assign attributes at the entity level. This is possible only at the property level. Hence, it is difficult to discern if a type has a method on it or not, and then adjust widget creation. For example, when displaying h:selectOneMenu items in the Faces scaffold, the presence of the toString() method cannot be determined, thus forcing the choice of using primary key Ids as labels in the dropdown.