Todd Patrick wrote:
> Interesting enough. This is going really fast and I may just drop my
> current JSF/Facelets implementation on the floor for JSFTemplating.
>
> I have three *major* hurdles:
>
> 1.) How do I use dynamic objects with a data source?
>
I might need more information on exactly what you want to do. My last
email might have answered this. You can do it the "JSF-way" if that
works best for you, or make use of handlers to initialize your data when
you need it.
> 2.) Can JSFTemplating be used in combination of *standard* JSF pages in
> which a team co-worker is developing? i.e. I develop with JSFTemplating
> and he can develop in standard JSF 1.1_01.
>
Yes using JSP's. I have not spent time to ensure it works with
"Facelets," though. The problem w/ Facelets is that it also uses a
ViewHandler and the 2 implementations do not currently play well
together. It would be nice if the JSF spec provided a more clear way to
register a custom ViewHandler just for specific pages (i.e. specific url
patterns) -- but it doesn't.
If your co-workers are using out-of-the box JSF w/ JSP pages, the
interoperability should be just fine. However, there is presently a
warning that is kind of ugly in the server.log that may appear -- I plan
to clean this up and log it only at "FINE" log level.
> 3.) Is navigation still handled though a faces-config.xml file?
>
Yes. However, you also have the option of using the
"navigate(page="/some/page.jsf");" handler. For example:
<rave:hyperlink ...>
<!command
navigate(page="/nextPage.jsf");
/>
</rave:hyperlink>
> I'm developed a GUI in a couple hours that would had took a day in
> JSF... (interesting.)
>
:) I'm glad to hear it is working well for you. Your questions have
helped me a lot in prioritizing what I need to document next. I haven't
publicized this project much yet (the project has been around for about
2 yrs now, only a few months on java.net though). I haven't gotten much
external feedback until now -- thank you!
Ken
> Thanks,
>
> --Todd
>