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[jsr344-experts mirror] [jsr344-experts] Re: UIViewRoot API review

From: Kito Mann <kito.mann_at_virtua.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:21:34 -0400

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Edward Burns <edward.burns_at_oracle.com>wrote:

> >>>>> On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:16:29 -0400, Kito Mann <kito.mann_at_virtua.com>
> said:
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> KM> Ideally, we would want to support both use cases. There are some cases
> KM> where you really only want this behavior for specific fields (this is
> the
> KM> case I often see). This happens when you're manipulating only a couple
> of
> KM> fields via Ajax, and you want to clear the values, but the other
> fields on
> KM> the form (maybe in a separate tab) are okay.
>
> KM> However, I'm sure there are cases where you really just want to reset
> the
> KM> entire form, in which case listing all of the ids may be impossible
> (again,
> KM> a page with one form and multiple tabs is a good example).
>
> ED>I'd like to hear from Cagatay on this.
>



> Certainly. Remember, however, that the original proposal came from both of
> us, and that I have a version of it working for a client today. Cagatay
> will have a better sense of what different users have complained about,
> though.



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