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:arrow: Input, Output, Session, Application, Cookies now support the [] and []= methods to work like Ruby hashes.

So instead of:
[code]
class Hello < Action

def execute
username = input.get("username")
output.put("hi", "Hello #{username.upcase}")
:SUCCESS
end

end
[/code]

You can have:
[code]

class Hello < Action

def execute
username = input["username"]
output["hi"] = "Hello #{username.upcase}"
:SUCCESS
end

end
[/code]
:arrow: In the RSP (ERB file) you can now use the instance methods input, output, session, application, cookies and page.

Instead of:
[code]
<%= action.output.get("hi") %>
[/code]
You can do:
[code]
<%= output['hi'] %>
[/code]
:arrow: [b][color="blue"]Support for MentaTags (tags that come with MentaOnRuby) and CustomTags (tags that you can code yourself)[/b][/color].

The first MentaTag:
[code]
<!-- t_out = print a value from the output -->
<%= t_out('hi') %>
[/code]
Let's create our own tag now. Place the following code inside the file HelloMerb/app/controllers/my_tag.rb:
[code]
require 'Mentawai/tag/base_tag'

include Mentawai::Tag

class MyTag < BaseTag

def sayHello(params)
attr1 = params[:attr1]
attr2 = params[:attr2]
attr3 = params[:attr3]
"#{attr1}/#{attr2}/#{attr3}"
end

end
[/code]
In your application manager, just define your new tag like that:
[code]
require 'Mentawai/core/app_manager'
require 'Mentawai/core/forward'

require 'my_tag'

include Mentawai::Core

class AppManager < ApplicationManager

def init(appContext)

action("Hello").on(:SUCCESS => Forward.new("sayHello"))

addCustomTag('myTag', :tag => 'MyTag', :method => 'sayHello' )
end

end
[/code]
Now in the HelloMerb/app/views/sayHello.html.erb you can use your tag like a regular Ruby method.
[code]
<%= myTag(:attr1 => 'Hello', :attr2 => 'Bye', :attr3 => 'Tchau' ) %>
[/code]
Mentawai will turn tags into instance methods of the controller, so you are free to call them in your pages.

You can download the new version from the Mentawai site: http://www.mentaframework.org/ruby/MentaOnRuby-0.4b.zip

Feel free to share your comments! There is much work to be done yet, but we are moving forward!

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