Re: [jsr-314-open-mirror] [jsr-314-open] UIComponent.broadcast only propagate events on ClientBehavior instances

Hi Leonardo, just so that I get you right: you are saying that broadcast should be called in any case, not only if the behaviour is a ClientBehavior?

(sorry if this question doesn't make a lot of sense; I am not too deep in the behavior stuff right now ;) best regards, Martin On 5/5/10, Leonardo Uribe <lu4242(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hi > > Checking the new Behavior api (for implement cc:clientBehavior), I note that > the javadoc of UIComponent.broadcast says this: > > "....Broadcast the specified FacesEvent to all registered event listeners > who have expressed an interest in events of this type. Listeners are called > in the order in which they were added. > > If the event is an instance of BehaviorEvent and the current component is > the source of the event call BehaviorEvent.getBehavior() to get the Behavior > for the event. If the behavior implements ClientBehavior, call > Behavior.broadcast(javax.faces.event.BehaviorEvent)}....." > > The wrong line is: > > ".....If the behavior implements ClientBehavior, call > Behavior.broadcast....." > > So, if a user try to create a custom Behavior, the method broadcast() will > be useless, and custom behaviors will not catch events. I think it is a bug > on the javadoc, so I'll correct it on myfaces. > > regards, > > Leonardo Uribe > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces