On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Lincoln Baxter, III
<
lincolnbaxter@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think for now these should be the same module. "Seam Docs" -- There's also
> been speculation on whether a Mock Framework could be used to boot-up JSF
> and render documents.
>
>
http://community.jboss.org/wiki/MockObjectsforTestDrivenJSFDevelopmentorgjbosstest-jsfjsf-mockproject
>
> Another alternative is to build a UIViewRoot, and replace it during the
> PreRenderViewEvent (which specifically states that it can be used to replace
> the UIViewRoot.)
>
> Or.. there's the possibility of simply creating a "fake" Request and
> Response object, and doing an internal forward in order to capture output
> and capture the output (via the faked response object) to be used in
> generating the PDF or Mail document.
>
> This last option is probably where I would start. I'd start by simply trying
> to create a new request and capture the output -- just try on a normal page,
> we can worry about generating pages that look like email documents after
> this basic functionality is working.
>
> --Lincoln
>
>
> 2010/5/21 Cody Lerum <
cody.lerum@gmail.com>
>>
>> So a seam-mail and a seam-reporting?
>>
>> -C
>>
>> 2010/5/21 Tomaž Cerar <
cerar@parsek.com>:
>> > Hi guys,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Will pdf and mail be separate modules?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I would also like to contribute to both modules.
>> >
>> > I have done some extensive research of existing mail module code while
>> > tracking down JBSEAM-3555 and have found out that current approach to
>> > using
>> > JSF in seam mail error-prone J
>> >
>> > Currently seam just uses jsf that was initalized in web application and
>> > that
>> > is why there are some ugly hacks to make it work when you invoke seam
>> > mail
>> > from from non-web request (ejb,mdb,...)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Pete has sugessted that new seam-mail modul should start its own
>> > instance of
>> > JSF.
>> >
>> > Main problem with jsf is that there is no standard api to programaticly
>> > set-up jsf enviroment. Idea is that seam implements RI (Mojarra 2.0)
>> > with
>> > implementation specific api and possible others if they provide any
>> > machins
>> > for starting up.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I would also like to contribute do pdf module as we have some in-house
>> > improvments and also some friends are willing to contibute huge upgrade
>> > to
>> > seam-pdf(forms,etc,..) but it is currently seam 2.0.x based.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > As I have not yet had much time to dive deeply into CDI and Seam 3(but I
>> > folow development closly) a kick start as setting up seam3 module would
>> > be
>> > much apreciated. Altough I can help to »rip out« any seam 2 module...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Tomaž
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From:
seam-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org
>> > [mailto:
seam-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Lincoln Baxter,
>> > III
>> > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:57 PM
>> > To:
cody.lerum@gmail.com; Dan Allen; Seam Dev List
>> > Subject: [seam-dev] Let me know what you need for a first stab at the
>> > PDF/Mail port from Seam 2
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Cody, you have my email address now.
>> >
>> > I'm actually not very familiar with Seam 2, which is one of the reasons
>> > this
>> > has been lower priority, but if you can "rip" that part out of Seam 2
>> > and
>> > make it a standalone maven project, I can help you get it set up as a
>> > Seam 3
>> > module and all that goodness :)
>> >
>> >
seam-dev@lists.jboss.org (if you don't already know) is where we discuss
>> > development, so you can also ask questions there --
>> >
https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/seam-dev is where you can sign
>> > up.
>> >
>> > Thanks for reaching out!
>> > --
>> > Lincoln Baxter, III
>> >
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>> >
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>> > "Keep it Simple"
>> > !DSPAM:6,4bf54e13248112142088973!
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