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[Mikaël Cluseau <mc...@gmail.com>]

Hi dear list,

Just a though while I was working on a T5 app. It took me a lot of time
(well, more than 20 minutes...) to figure out why I didn't get my
informal block parameters from my component resources.

===== The Code

MyComp.java:

public class {

	@Inject
	private ComponentResource _resources;

	public Block getBlock() {
		return _resource.getBlockParameter("test");
	}

}

Page.tml
...
<t:mycomp>
	<t:parameter name="test">Test parameter contents</t:parameter>
</t:mycomp>
...

===== The Problem

getBlock() returns null.

===== The Solution

Add @SupportInformalParameters to the class MyComp.

===== Constructive comment

According to its Java doc, getBlockParameter returns a *informal*
parameter block. Shouldn't it throw an (runtime) exception if the
component doesn't support informal parameters ?

Of course, for special components, it should advised to check the
component's model before using
getComponentModel()#getSupportsInformalParameters().

Cheers,

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