Thanks Roger, That really helps alot. So can I assume that other than these attributes that the getAttributes method and the StateHelper class will not contain any other attributes unless explicitly placed there on a component by the component? The JavaServer Faces runtime is not iterating through the DOM and digging out attributes on whatever css model is being used or such business as that. Other than these attributes, the JSF runtime will not know or care about them unless otherwise explicitly loaded and accessed by whatever code a component may execute?
I'm so glad to get an answer on this. I never thought to look there. This has had me scratching my head for a week.
Thanks,
Mark
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