<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jan 8, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Jim Knutson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><p><tt><br> > * JSP pages<br> > * JSF pages<br> </tt><br> <tt>Can you elaborate?</tt></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div>&lt;jsp:root xmlns:jsp="<a href="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page">http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page</a>" version="2.0"</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;xmlns:tags="<a href="urn:jsptagdir:/WEB-INF/tags">urn:jsptagdir:/WEB-INF/tags</a>" ></div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;tags:test/></div><div>&lt;/jsp:root></div><div><br></div><div>It's been around for several years. &nbsp;The <a href="urn:jsptagdir:path">urn:jsptagdir:path</a> was introduced in JSP 2.0 (2003).</div><div><br></div><div>It's not a new concept at all.</div><div><br></div><div>-- Scott</div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p><tt> &nbsp;When I look at faces-config.xml, I see something</tt><br> <tt>that looks like the typical DD elements we've seen in the past:</tt><br> <br> <tt>&lt;managed-bean></tt><br> <tt>&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-name>TestBean&lt;/managed-bean-name></tt><br> <tt>&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-class>test.TestBean&lt;/managed-bean-class></tt><br> <tt>&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-scope>request&lt;/managed-bean-scope></tt><br> <tt>&lt;/managed-bean></tt><br> <br> <tt>That's not a new style and given that JSPs are defined in the web.xml,</tt><br> <tt>I'm not sure what "new" style you are talking about. &nbsp;Note, we're</tt><br> <tt>talking about metadata syntax, not the JSP/JSF page source.<br> <br> Thanks,<br> Jim Knutson<br> WebSphere J2EE Architect</tt><br> <br> </p></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>