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[jsr372-experts] Re: [941-ReduceELCalls] DISCUSSION

From: Leonardo Uribe <leonardo.uribe_at_irian.at>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:06:03 -0500

Hi Manfred

MR>> The encodeBegin method has access to the parent component

The problem is do that will increase the algorithm complexity. We need to
keep it on lineal complexity (O(n)), otherwise the optimization will not
be effective.

regards,

Leonardo Uribe

2015-01-12 12:44 GMT-05:00 manfred riem <manfred.riem_at_oracle.com>:

> Hi Leonardo,
>
> The encodeBegin method has access to the parent component, so it can
> determine the parent ElCacheable from it. If the parent is not an
> ELCacheable instance the component itself cannot be either, otherwise it
> can look its getter.
>
> Regards,
> Manfred
>
>
> On 1/12/15, 11:40 AM, Leonardo Uribe wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I don't think an interface could work, because it is the parent, not the
> child who defines the iteration strategy. It is a fact that we reuse the
> same component instances for different rows (UIData).
>
> regards,
>
> Leonardo Uribe
>
> 2015-01-12 9:13 GMT-05:00 manfred riem <manfred.riem_at_oracle.com>:
>
>> Hi Hanspeter,
>>
>> I am trying to formalize it for the RenderPhase only, which would mean
>> stating something like the following:
>>
>> 1. ElCacheable would be defined by an interface
>> 2. ElCacheable would operate only in RENDER_RESPONSE
>> a. Which means a component would not be allowed to change the value
>> of an EL expression
>> b. For an iterating component it would not cache and thus not
>> implement ElCacheable
>> c. For components not implementing the ElCacheable interface it would
>> operate as if it was not cacheable.
>> 3. Add a getter / setter that stores elCacheable on the UIComponent
>>
>> Am I missing something here?
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> Manfred
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/9/15, 5:18 PM, Hanspeter wrote:
>>
>> Hi Experts.
>>
>> I think this is worth pushing +1.
>>
>> The multiple rendered attribute evaluation bothers most in the render
>> phase because isRendered() is called by every UIComponent(Base).encode*
>> method. So maybe a first step would be to improve the encode* methods such
>> that for an encodeAll() cycle the rendered attribute is cached. That is
>> possible with a few lines of code - I happily provide the changes.
>>
>> E.g. encodeAll() and/or encodeBegin() could enable renderedCaching,
>> isRendered() stores the rendered result on a component private Boolean, and
>> in encodeEnd() rendered caching is disabled and reset. That way without
>> additional effort rendered is reset for the next iteration. But still this
>> would reduce evaluate times by factor 3 to 4 per component encoding.
>>
>> I'm not sure whether rendered caching on a broader scope makes sense,
>> e.g. for phases 2-5. In csJSF component library we did some rendered
>> caching, but had to reset the cache once per phase and within iterating
>> components as well. And I think rendered is rarely evaluated more often as
>> it was reset in these execution phases.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Hanspeter
>>
>>
>>
>> 2015-01-09 19:12 GMT+01:00 Bauke Scholtz <balusc_at_gmail.com>:
>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> Ideally, the UIComponent#isRendered() should cache the value on a
>>> per-phase and per-iteration basis. It would be awesome too if iteration
>>> components implement a common interface or abstract class, which should
>>> also simplify a lot of other things related to a.o. setting the currently
>>> iterated item and state saving.
>>>
>>> Cheers, B
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 7:00 PM, manfred riem <manfred.riem_at_oracle.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Whoops, sending to right list. Please ignore it on the other.
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [jsr344-experts]
>>>> [941-ReduceELCalls] DISCUSSION Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 11:51:14 -0600 From:
>>>> manfred riem <manfred.riem_at_oracle.com> <manfred.riem_at_oracle.com> Reply-To:
>>>> jsr344-experts_at_javaserverfaces-spec-public.java.net Organization: Oracle
>>>> Corporation To: jsr344-experts_at_javaserverfaces-spec-public.java.net CC:
>>>> Max Starets <max.starets_at_oracle.com> <max.starets_at_oracle.com>, Andy
>>>> Schwartz <andy.schwartz_at_oracle.com> <andy.schwartz_at_oracle.com>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> As we all know the number of times an EL expression is evaluated during
>>>> render is higher than it could be.
>>>>
>>>> To see if there is a potential to reduce that number I want to ask the
>>>> most important question first as it determines whether or not this issue is
>>>> even worth pursuing?
>>>>
>>>> *Is it safe to assume that during rendering and not as a child of an
>>>> iterating component the value of the EL expression will stay stable?*
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Manfred
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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