Re: JSFTemplating: Developer session?
Works for me.
thanks
Karam
Ken Paulsen wrote:
>
> My calendar reminder just popped up for this meeting. :) I didn't
> arrange anything for it. I can throw a quick meeting together... but
> I think it would better to reschedule this meeting. Will Tuesday at
> 1PM PDT work for those interested in attending?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> Ken Paulsen wrote:
>> Ok, lets plan for next Friday at 10AM PDT. I'll send out meeting
>> details early next week. If others have topics they'd like covered,
>> please send out your ideas prior to the meeting... that way I might
>> be able to have an example / demonstration during the meeting (no
>> promises, though).
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> Karam Singh Badesha wrote:
>>> Not sure if this is covered already in the topics, here are some:
>>>
>>> - Explain what are the different elements jsftemplating consists of.
>>> e.g. LayoutDefinitionManager, ComponentFactories etc
>>> - If I want to create a custom tag for a new feature, how to go about
>>> doing that (e.g. you created <sun:..> for woodstock tags, I would like
>>> to create <jfreechart:...>)
>>> - How to create new attributes for the custom tags created above?
>>> - If you have to contribute code to jsftemplating, what kind of process
>>> is there.
>>>
>>> Friday next week after 10am is fine with me as well. Wed will not work
>>> for me.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Karam
>>>
>>> Ken Paulsen wrote On 03/29/07 10:04,:
>>>
>>>> Hi Karam,
>>>>
>>>> Sure, can we plan this for next week? It can be open to anyone
>>>> receiving this email. We can do a WebEx meeting to more easily see
>>>> examples / code. Here are some ideas on topics, feel free to suggest
>>>> more. During the meeting we can pick and choose from these topics
>>>> depending on people's interest:
>>>>
>>>> * Creating a LayoutDefinitionManager
>>>> * Creating a ContentType for the "fileStreamer" feature
>>>> * Creating Handlers (not sure if this is too basic to cover)
>>>> * Creating ComponentFactories
>>>> * Manipulating the UIComponent tree (replacing or recreating portions of
>>>> the page)
>>>>
>>>> We could also talk about future features for JSFTemplating if people
>>>> have ideas.
>>>>
>>>> I can meet Wed or Fri of next week after 10AM PDT. What would work for you?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>> Karam Singh Badesha wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Ken,
>>>>> Is it possible to have a developer session where you can show how to add
>>>>> new code to jsftemplating, flow of code, guidelines, some tips etc. I
>>>>> think once I have a better understanding of the flow and what its doing,
>>>>> I could help with some of the new code.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> Karam
>>>>>
>>>>> Ken Paulsen wrote On 03/29/07 08:58,:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Karam,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, you should be able to use JFreeChart w/o too much difficulty,
>>>>>> especially if there are already JSF components which provide this
>>>>>> capability. You can use the <component componentType="theComponentType"
>>>>>> attributexyz="..." ... /> tag to use ANY jsf component. If you want a
>>>>>> specific tag for your charting component, then you simply have to create
>>>>>> a ComponentFactory for it, which is very easy to do... take a look at
>>>>>> any of the existing component factories in
>>>>>> com.sun.jsftemplating.component.factory.* packages.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope this helps!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good luck,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ken
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karam Singh Badesha wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ken/Anissa,
>>>>>>> I know that you guys are trying to get jMaki:chart component working
>>>>>>> inside jsftemplating. Is it possible to get some kind of hook for
>>>>>>> jfreechart? jfreechart is more mature and also there is some jsf
>>>>>>> component already available for jfreechart. Right now the problem I
>>>>>>> see with both of these is the way the data gets passed. There needs to
>>>>>>> be an easier way to pass a array, list etc to these and that is where
>>>>>>> jsftemplating can help. Please let me know if I should submit this
>>>>>>> request.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>> Karam
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anissa Lam wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There are some attributes in a component that gets evaluated only
>>>>>>>> when the component is created, not during refresh. So, when the
>>>>>>>> page refresh, the component exists and so won't go through the
>>>>>>>> creation again.
>>>>>>>> This seems to be the case of the 'text' of a button. I also need to
>>>>>>>> re-create the jmaki:chart component with new data set.
>>>>>>>> I am sure there is a way to force the recreate, but not sure how.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>>> Anissa.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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