Enrich any component with the serverside if or foreach expressions (namely, MVEL)

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I am researching how to make a template with server side expressions that will repeat a component (foreach) or completely remove it (if). My backend parses templates with mvel. What I am thinking is to add a couple of settings to all or some select elements. For example, to a

of a Cell, so it looks like this:

....some content dropped inside...@{item.lastName}... ...etc etc

Or to a Text (mvel-ending inserts separator between...

Ju99ernaut · Accepted Answer

To surround an element take look at toHtml, you can search it in the issues for examples. In any case I don't think it's a good idea to replace the default component type, I'd suggest creating a new component that extends the default type and using isComponent to determine how it is assigned. The docs for components might be helpful

fedd · Answer

The docs for components might be helpful I've written my code based on this article. It says,Updating component types is quite easy, let's see how: .... // The defaults property is handled differently // and will be merged with the old defaults So I am updating, not the default, but a simple "input" component type now with this: const mvelModel = { model: { defaults: { traits: [ 'mvel-if', 'mvel-foreach', 'mvel-ending', ] } } }; editor.DomComponents.addType('input', mvelModel); Still, instead o...

artf · Answer

@fedd you can add your new traits in model.init function

Enrich any component with the serverside if or foreach expressions (namely, MVEL)

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