--- a/web/htmlwidgets.py	Tue Jan 11 12:05:12 2011 +0100
+++ b/web/htmlwidgets.py	Tue Jan 11 12:19:36 2011 +0100
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@
 from math import floor
 
 from logilab.mtconverter import xml_escape
+from logilab.common.deprecation import class_deprecated
 
 from cubicweb.utils import UStringIO
 from cubicweb.uilib import toggle_action, htmlescape
 from cubicweb.web import jsonize
+from cubicweb.web.component import _bwcompatible_render_item
 
 # XXX HTMLWidgets should have access to req (for datadir / static urls,
 #     i18n strings, etc.)
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@
         return False
 
 
-class BoxWidget(HTMLWidget):
+class BoxWidget(HTMLWidget): # XXX Deprecated
+
     def __init__(self, title, id, items=None, _class="boxFrame",
                  islist=True, shadow=True, escape=True):
         self.title = title
@@ -107,16 +110,16 @@
         if self.items:
             self.box_begin_content()
             for item in self.items:
-                if hasattr(item, 'render'):
-                    item.render(self.w)
-                else:
-                    self.w(u'<li>%s</li>' % item)
+                _bwcompatible_render_item(self.w, item)
             self.box_end_content()
         self.w(u'</div>')
 
 
 class SideBoxWidget(BoxWidget):
     """default CubicWeb's sidebox widget"""
+    __metaclass__ = class_deprecated
+    __deprecation_warning__ = '[3.10] class %(cls)s is deprecated'
+
     title_class = u'sideBoxTitle'
     main_div_class = u'sideBoxBody'
     listing_class = ''
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@
 
 
 class MenuWidget(BoxWidget):
+
     main_div_class = 'menuContent'
     listing_class = 'menuListing'
 
@@ -136,8 +140,9 @@
         self.w(u'</div>\n')
 
 
-class RawBoxItem(HTMLWidget):
+class RawBoxItem(HTMLWidget): # XXX deprecated
     """a simpe box item displaying raw data"""
+
     def __init__(self, label, liclass=None):
         self.label = label
         self.liclass = liclass
@@ -156,6 +161,7 @@
 
 class BoxMenu(RawBoxItem):
     """a menu in a box"""
+
     link_class = 'boxMenu'
 
     def __init__(self, label, items=None, isitem=True, liclass=None, ident=None,
@@ -184,10 +190,7 @@
             toggle_action(ident), self.link_class, self.label))
         self._begin_menu(ident)
         for item in self.items:
-            if hasattr(item, 'render'):
-                item.render(self.w)
-            else:
-                self.w(u'<li>%s</li>' % item)
+            _bwcompatible_render_item(self.w, item)
         self._end_menu()
         if self.isitem:
             self.w(u'</li>')
@@ -208,6 +211,8 @@
 
 class BoxField(HTMLWidget):
     """couples label / value meant to be displayed in a box"""
+    __metaclass__ = class_deprecated
+    __deprecation_warning__ = '[3.10] class %(cls)s is deprecated'
     def __init__(self, label, value):
         self.label = label
         self.value = value
@@ -219,6 +224,8 @@
 
 class BoxSeparator(HTMLWidget):
     """a menu separator"""
+    __metaclass__ = class_deprecated
+    __deprecation_warning__ = '[3.10] class %(cls)s is deprecated'
 
     def _render(self):
         self.w(u'</ul><hr class="boxSeparator"/><ul>')
@@ -226,6 +233,8 @@
 
 class BoxLink(HTMLWidget):
     """a link in a box"""
+    __metaclass__ = class_deprecated
+    __deprecation_warning__ = '[3.10] class %(cls)s is deprecated'
     def __init__(self, href, label, _class='', title='', ident='', escape=False):
         self.href = href
         if escape:
@@ -247,6 +256,8 @@
 
 class BoxHtml(HTMLWidget):
     """a form in a box"""
+    __metaclass__ = class_deprecated
+    __deprecation_warning__ = '[3.10] class %(cls)s is deprecated'
     def __init__(self, rawhtml):
         self.rawhtml = rawhtml
 
@@ -272,6 +283,7 @@
     def add_attr(self, attr, value):
         self.cell_attrs[attr] = value
 
+
 class SimpleTableModel(object):
     """
     uses a list of lists as a storage backend
@@ -283,7 +295,6 @@
     def __init__(self, rows):
         self._rows = rows
 
-
     def get_rows(self):
         return self._rows