16 Apr
2012
16 Apr
'12
6:50 p.m.
Hello,
I am building a MoosePanel with customized entities, customized model and,
hence customized menus. So, for example, in models pane I would like to
display only my own models.
For menu items, I am looking to replace existing menus (on models and
entities) with my own menus: since the entities in my custom models are
particular, current menus cannot be used (some parts can be used e.g.
delete a model). I would like to keep the current display/navigation model
of the moose panel/moose finder.
For my solution, I have started subclassing MooseModel and MooseEntity to
be able to describe my customized menus on my models and entities.
Customized model integration in Moose Panel was smooth: subclass MooseModel
and launch this class from a MoosePanel subclass (needed to do a
resetMeta, though).
Customized menus cannot be constructed by simply subclassing MooseModel and
MooseEntities because menus are constructed from particular pragmas inside
methods of these classes.
My solution: I override mooseFinderActions method in my custom model class
to populate menus of my model. I works. However, I cannot reuse parts of
MooseModel menus that are applicable on my customized model. Similarly, for
actions (moosePresentationOrder:) I override methods for customized menu
building through pragma reading.
My question: Is it the right way to achieve my objectives or should I look
somewhere else for the task?
tx,
usman