[jsr-314-open] required attributes in composite components

[Pete Muir]

Just one :-)

On 3 Apr 2009, at 17:54, Kito Mann wrote:

> Are suggesting both of those options or just one?
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> On Apr 3, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Pete Muir <pmuir at REDHAT.COM> wrote:
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>> Yes, I like the idea. I was trying to think about attribute names,  
>> as restrictAttributes feels wrong. How about
>>
>> * strict="{true|false}"
>> * complete="{true|false}"
>>
>> On 2 Apr 2009, at 12:56, Kito Mann wrote:
>>
>>> So, here's one other thing that came up at JSFDays -- the fact  
>>> that composite components (like Facelet compositions) don't  
>>> restrict which attributes can be used. This is fine for Facelet  
>>> compositions, but since composite components can define specific  
>>> attributes, it makes sense to give component authors the ability  
>>> to restrict page authors to those attributes.
>>>
>>> I think the easiest way to handle this from a component author's  
>>> perspective would be to add an attribute to the  
>>> <component:interface> tag:
>>>
>>> <component:interface restrictAttributes="true">
>>> <component:attribute name="name" required="true"/>
>>> <component:attribute name="size"/>
>>> </component:interface>
>>>
>>> So, in this case, this component would _only_ accept the name and  
>>> size attributes, and the runtime would throw an exception if  
>>> another attribute were used. An IDE could also complain when  
>>> someone tried to use a different attribute.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
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