Is it bad practice to access control._source.config.listOptions ?

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Hi all,

I have a requirement that a list of values be retrieved via Ajax and pushed into a drop down list.  There are several ways I can do this but one way I've tried I like but not sure if its best practice.

I have an attribute defined on my model as type Text.  I dropped the control for this on an interview screen as type Drop Down, with a customName property of "courseSearch".

I set the default value for the drop down to "... loading ..".  Then I wrote some JS that looks like this:

OraclePolicyAutomation.AddExtension({

customInput: function (control, interview) {

if (control.getProperty("customName") == "courseSearch"){


var newOption = {

displayText : "Option1",

nodeDepth:1,

rawDisplayText : "RawOption1",

value: "1"

};


control._source.config.listOptions.push(newOption);

}

}

})