[jsr-314-open-mirror] [jsr-314-open] [901-DeprecateTargetsConcept]

[Ed Burns]

>>>>> On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:06:31 -0600, David Geary <clarity.training at gmail.com> said:

DG> 2010/10/29 Jakob Korherr <jakob.korherr at gmail.com>
JK> Thanks, Andy! Frankly I also do not really like the term "insert"
JK> here, because - as you said - it just does not fit that well. However
JK> I really, really like "implements" - this is just soo much better :)

JK> <h:commandButton ....>
JK> <cc:implementsActionSource name="myActionSource" />
JK> </h:commandButton>

JK> Really beautiful!

DG> It seems that I am perhaps the only dissenting voice here, but I
DG> don't care for this solution.

DG> To those of us that understand the rationale for removing targets
DG> and adding these cc:implements... tags, the new tags make perfect
DG> sense. But to the uninitiated, they will be bewildering. What does
DG> it mean for a button to "implements action source"? Buttons already
DG> implement action source. IMO, targets are much easier to understand,
DG> and to explain.

DG> I understand the urge to remove the targets attribute based on their
DG> OO impurity, but I think the solution could use some more
DG> thought. There are already too many arcane oddities in JSF, whose
DG> rationale is only intuited by high priests, and I hate to see us
DG> adding more.

Spoken like someone who remembers our December 2007 EG meeting when we
finalized the "targets" concept.  Yes, this needs more time.

Ed

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