Hi all,
Just a heads up I have reverted all the changes done so far, so now
embarking on getting the changes done as described below.
Thanks!
Manfred
On 10/8/14, 4:18 PM, manfred riem wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After working on
> https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES_SPEC_PUBLIC-1311 it has
> become clear to Ed and I that there is more work to be done so I have
> temporarily reverted the work done for 1311 and I will now describe
> what we think would be a good way forward.
>
> Use case #1 - Old applications prior to Servlet 4.0 / JSF 2.3
>
> Make sure this keeps working as usual without making it hard CDI
> dependent. Which means we are not going to change in the EL resolvers,
> the EL resolver chain or how the integration is currently done. This
> will maintain our backwards compatibility.
>
> Use case #2 - New application wanting to use Servlet 4.0 / JSF 2.3
>
> 1. Required to either have a web.xml with version 4.0 or a
> WEB-INF/faces-config.xml stating version 2.3, as this will activate
> the new behavior.
>
> 2. Let CDI do most of the EL resolving, which means adding producers
> for the old EL resolvers (e.g. ImplicitObject, Composite etc).
>
> 3. Rework the EL resolver chain to use the new CDI EL Resolver plus
> any other EL resolvers that we need.
>
> 4. Define the default producers in a javax.faces package so they are
> consistent between JSF implementations and allow for overriding.
>
> 5. By making it an opt-in the component vendor / developer will have
> to support the new requirements if they want to take advantage of
> these new capabilities.
>
> Comments, thoughts?
>
> Regards,
> Manfred
>
>