<div>Thanks, Roger!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>david</div><div><br></div>2010/5/3 Roger Kitain <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roger.kitain@oracle.com">roger.kitain@oracle.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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I think this was an oversight since this was one of the last remaining
spec areas that went in.<br>
I will file a spec issue on this.<br>
Thanks for catching it.<br>
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On 5/3/10 2:31 PM, David Geary wrote:
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There is a <composite:clientBehavior> tag in the 2.0 version of
JSF that comes with GlassFish, and it appears to work as advertised by
Alexandr and Andy below.
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<div>But, as Alexandr points out, it’s not documented in the PDL
docs, nor could I find any mention of it in the spec (or Ed’s book,
either).</div>
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<div>This is a vital tag that lets page authors attach ajax
functionality to components within composite components. I see no
reason why it should not be documented.</div>
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<div>Does anyone know why this tag was not documented in the first
place, or what the plans are for its future? Anyone know if it works
with MyFaces 2.0?</div>
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<div>If there’s not a compelling reason for blacklisting it from the
docs, can we document it?</div>
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<div>2009/5/26 Alexandr Smirnov <span><<a href="mailto:asmirnov@exadel.com" target="_blank">asmirnov@exadel.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote>Sure, the composite client event tags are not included in
the PDL doc.<br>
There is one <composite:clientBehavior> tag with
attributes: 'name' -<br>
the virtual event name that composite component has.<br>
'default' "true/false" defines the default event that is enclosed<br>
<f:ajax> tag serves if 'event' attribute was omited.<br>
'event' - the real event name for target component.<br>
'targets' - space-delimited list of component id's for which composite<br>
component behavior or <f:ajax> tag will be redirected.<br>
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The model with 'for' attribute was the first implementation but it was<br>
replaced wit 'virtual' event model.<br>
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Andy Schwartz wrote:<br>
> David -<br>
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> David Geary wrote On 5/24/2009 5:55 PM ET:<br>
>> For JSF 2, we added a "for" attribute to f:actionListener,<br>
>> f:converter, etc., but we don't have a "for" attribute for
<f:ajax>.<br>
>> AFAICT, that means that although you can attach listeners,
validators,<br>
>> converters, etc. to a component contained in a composite
component,<br>
>> you cannot attach Ajax functionality.<br>
>><br>
>> Why is that? Is it an oversight, or is there some compelling
technical<br>
>> reason to disallow adding Ajax behavior to components
contained in<br>
>> composites?<br>
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> We definitely intended to support this, though instead of exposing
a<br>
> "for" attribute on <f:ajax>, we wanted to leverage the fact
that<br>
> behaviors already have a targeting mechanism in the "event" name.
The<br>
> idea was that a composite component would, like any other<br>
> ClientBehaviorHolder, expose a set of logical event names that
behaviors<br>
> can be attached to. So, for example, assuming a composite
component<br>
> included "OK" and "Cancel" buttons and wanted to allow the user to<br>
> attach action behaviors to these, the composite component might
surface<br>
> "okAction" and "cancelAction" event names, allowing the page
author to do:<br>
><br>
> <foo:someComposite><br>
> <f:ajax event="okAction"/><br>
> <f:ajax event="cancelAction"/><br>
> </foo:someComposite><br>
><br>
> I know that Alexander did the implementation work to get this up
and<br>
> running. However, I do not see any pdldoc for the composite tag
that<br>
> the composite component author uses to specify the supported client<br>
> behavior event names (composite:clientBehavior I believe).<br>
><br>
> Alex, Roger -<br>
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> Did this make it into 2.0?<br>
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> Andy<br>
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>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> david<br>
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