gavin.king@gmail.com wrote on 01/08/2009 08:40:35 AM:
> Certainly *some* other EE DDs could benefit from the namespaced-
> based approach:
>
> * ejb-jar.xml, certainly
> * perhaps some of the WS DDs, but I've never used this stuff so I'm not sure
>
> but most of the other DDs are just fine as they are:
>
> * application.xml
> * web.xml
> * jsf-config.xml
> * taglib.tld
>
> None of these would really benefit much from the new-style XML,
> because they aren't being used to configure third-party components (at
> least, not any more in EE 6!)
>
> Finally, the following two "DD"s, which *are* used to configure
> third-party components *already* use the "new" style:
>
> * JSP pages
> * JSF pages

Can you elaborate?  When I look at faces-config.xml, I see something
that looks like the typical DD elements we've seen in the past:

<managed-bean>
    <managed-bean-name>TestBean</managed-bean-name>
    <managed-bean-class>test.TestBean</managed-bean-class>
    <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>

That's not a new style and given that JSPs are defined in the web.xml,
I'm not sure what "new" style you are talking about.  Note, we're
talking about metadata syntax, not the JSP/JSF page source.

Thanks,
Jim Knutson
WebSphere J2EE Architect