MAInternalEditorComponent and validation

> Hi,
> I'm using MAInternalEditorComponent for editing some complex  
> structures
> and for now is working ok, but I found a little issue. Take this
> example:
> I have a Person, who has an Address. I edit Person for create a new
> instance, then I run validation for the component... and validation
> does not validate Address, just it's existence, which obviously exist,
> because I created it with a #default:, but required values for #street
> and #number are not chequed.
>
> I solved this problem by oberriding #validateSpecific: of
> MAToOneRelationDescription this way:
>
> validateSpecific: anObject
> super validateSpecific: anObject.
> anObject description validate: anObject.
>
> My question is: is this solution correct? this is maybe a bug of  
> magritte?

>
> On Jul 16, 2008, at 17:40 , Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm using MAInternalEditorComponent for editing some complex
>> structures
>> and for now is working ok, but I found a little issue. Take this
>> example:
>> I have a Person, who has an Address. I edit Person for create a new
>> instance, then I run validation for the component... and validation
>> does not validate Address, just it's existence, which obviously exist,
>> because I created it with a #default:, but required values for #street
>> and #number are not chequed.
>>
>> I solved this problem by oberriding #validateSpecific: of
>> MAToOneRelationDescription this way:
>>
>> validateSpecific: anObject
>> super validateSpecific: anObject.
>> anObject description validate: anObject.
>>
>> My question is: is this solution correct? this is maybe a bug of
>> magritte?
>
> The problem is that when using an MAInternalEditorComponent you want
> the validation you added. When using an MAExternalEditorComponent you
> don't want it though, as the model already validated in the external
> editor. Otherwise you run into strange bugs.
>
> Frankly I never use (or used) these internal and external editors in
> productive applications. This seems simply to complicated to make it
> work in properly in all situations. When it comes to relationships I
> usually do write some glue code by hand. Often this turns out more
> user-friendly than an generated form too.
>
> Cheers,
> Lukas