Excuse me -- minor correction:<br clear="all"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">The final proposal is that we add an attribute to <composite:interface>:<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>strict="{true|false}"<br>
<br>When strict is true, any use of an attribute which is not defined via <composite:attribute> will throw an exception (I'm not sure which exception, but I expect that others do).<br>
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<div><div>On 4/3/09, Pete Muir <<a href="mailto:pmuir@redhat.com" target="_blank">pmuir@redhat.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Just one :-)<br>
><br>
> On 3 Apr 2009, at 17:54, Kito Mann wrote:<br>
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>> Are suggesting both of those options or just one?<br>
>><br>
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>> On Apr 3, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Pete Muir <<a href="mailto:pmuir@REDHAT.COM" target="_blank">pmuir@REDHAT.COM</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Yes, I like the idea. I was trying to think about attribute names,<br>
>>> as restrictAttributes feels wrong. How about<br>
>>><br>
>>> * strict="{true|false}"<br>
>>> * complete="{true|false}"<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 2 Apr 2009, at 12:56, Kito Mann wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> So, here's one other thing that came up at JSFDays -- the fact<br>
>>>> that composite components (like Facelet compositions) don't<br>
>>>> restrict which attributes can be used. This is fine for Facelet<br>
>>>> compositions, but since composite components can define specific<br>
>>>> attributes, it makes sense to give component authors the ability<br>
>>>> to restrict page authors to those attributes.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I think the easiest way to handle this from a component author's<br>
>>>> perspective would be to add an attribute to the<br>
>>>> <component:interface> tag:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> <component:interface restrictAttributes="true"><br>
>>>> <component:attribute name="name" required="true"/><br>
>>>> <component:attribute name="size"/><br>
>>>> </component:interface><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> So, in this case, this component would _only_ accept the name and<br>
>>>> size attributes, and the runtime would throw an exception if<br>
>>>> another attribute were used. An IDE could also complain when<br>
>>>> someone tried to use a different attribute.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thoughts?<br>
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