>>>> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:52:28 -0500, Dan Allen
<dan.j.allen(a)gmail.com> said:
DA> I think this article points out two important things:
DA> 1. JSF 2 is improving with regard to reporting what the problem is (line
DA> number and message)
DA> 2. We can take this as an opportunity to figure out how to communicate the
DA> problem better to the user
DA> When people criticize JSF or Java EE in this way, we need to see it as a
DA> good use case for how to improve the experience.
DA> Of course, tooling vendors can run with this too ;)
DA> -Dan
DA> p.s. Btw, in a future Java EE I would love to see a type safe EL (or at
DA> least a smarter EL that can help tools find problems easier).
For the record, there is a lot of API for this in the EL already. For
example, ELResolver.getType(), getFeatureDescriptors(), etc.
Ed
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