Chapter 13. The Tapestry Inspector

Table of Contents

Specification View
Template View
Properties View
Engine View
Logging View

Tapestry includes a powerful tool: the Inspector, which reveals the construction of a running Tapestry application.

The ShowInspector component is used to include a link that launches the Inspector. This is typically included in the navigational border of an application, so that it is available to the developer from any page. The Inspector itself is a page that is provided by the framework and available to any Tapestry application.

Specification View

Figure 13.1. Inspector - Specification View

The Inspector allows the developer to see how the page is constructed. It reveals the page's specification, a list of embedded components within the page, the page's HTML template and more.

It is possible to dig down and see the same information for any component within the page.