Hi Leonardo,
I have simplified the Javadoc for this particular VisitHint.
It is a hint to the run-time that could be used to have a visit tree be 
aware it is being executed as part of the execute portion of the life-cycle.
There is no specification mandated requirement to use it.
I have committed the change and closed the issue.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Manfred Riem
On 9/6/15, 10:35 PM, Leonardo Uribe wrote:
> Hi Manfred
>
> I expect an explanation about how VisitHint.EXECUTE_LIFECYCLE affects 
> visitTree(...) algorithm. For example, it is clear what happen when 
> VisitHint.SKIP_TRANSIENT is set (skip transient), but I do not know 
> anything about the conditions when VisitHint.EXECUTE_LIFECYCLE should 
> be set.
>
> In MyFaces I see this hint is only used on PartialViewContextImpl on 
> the visitTree that do the "execute" part of the lifecycle. It talks 
> about some initialization steps, but which ones?. In practice, MyFaces 
> just ignore this hint. So I expect here a review to see if we need to 
> add the hint on a visitTree(...) call, and if there is justification 
> to do something else on some components.
>
> regards,
>
> Leonardo Uribe
>
>
>
>
> 2015-09-04 16:31 GMT-05:00 manfred riem <manfred.riem_at_oracle.com 
> <mailto:manfred.riem_at_oracle.com>>:
>
>     Hi Leonardo,
>
>     Can you tell me what you are expecting us to do with this issue?
>
>     Unless you can describe what kind of changes you are looking for I
>     will close it out as Incomplete.
>
>     Please respond by 9/11.
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     Kind regards,
>     Manfred Riem
>
>