Hi,
I'm evaluating JSFTemplating for a project, and had a couple quick
questions.
First, very simply, I can't seem to find the class
com.sun.jsftemplating.annotation.UIComponentFactory, which is referenced
in one of the tutorial articles. All I'm trying to do is get a simple
custom component to render using a template file, which as I understand
it, should just require the Component java class, a template file, a
faces-config entry, and an annotated UIComponentFactory class--the last
of which I can't pull off without finding
com.sun.jsftemplating.annotation.UIComponentFactory. I've downloaded a
bunch of wars and versions of jsftemplating.jar, but none seem to have
this class.
Second, is it generally possible to use JSF Templating as a "drop-in"
solution for custom component rendering? I have messed around with
FreeMarker templates for doing this in the past, but would love to use
this JSF-centric approach if possible. I am sticking with Facelets for
my overall page composition solution.
Third, is Dynafaces (the modified version) required to use JSF
Templating in the above capacity? ICEFaces is my component suite (with
RI 1.2), and I've had problems in the past making the partial lifecycle
in Dynafaces play nice with ICEFaces--although a first try with the
modified version didn't give any errors. If all I'm doing is using the
templating capability and possibly some event/handler stuff, it seems
like the partial lifecycle stuff wouldn't be needed; but I don't know
what all is going on under the hood.
Thanks in advance,
Rogers