This document documents open questions about the
forms model that still need to be addressed.
Auto-Repopulation - The only real issue at this time is how to
automatically map a form back to the underlying view (in most cases an XMLC object). At
this point, we simply aren't addressing it, since we need to get a better feel for the
component model aspects first. It is something we have to deal with in the near future
however.
Note: in a sense this issue is partially
solved by using the BTemplate component because form elements are requested as they are
encountered in the template. The only code the developer has to write is the code mapping
the value that gets the data from the model and returns it to the template. For an
example, look at the Barracuda Config App...