Re: [pidget-devel] new bindings

[Luke E. <lu...@eh...>]

> $contact1Name = pContactWidget::getRequestValue("widgetName", "Name");
> $contact1Address = pContactWidget::getRequestValue("widgetName", "Address");
> $contact1Phone = pContactWidget::getRequestValue("widgetName", "Phone");
> 
> That way we would have only one function to deal with.

Yeah, I like this method better than the one I suggested.  There would
have been a lot of overhead that was unnecessary.  This way they can
extract only what they want/need.

This also has the added benifit of allowing the widget developers to
customize the data output.  For example, think of a date/time widget
that allows you to select a calendar date and a time.  When making the
widget, you could have the GetRequestValue method respond with the name
of "Timestamp" (as well as "Day", "Hour", etc) which automatically
converts the whole thing to a timestamp for you.

Luke
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