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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:58:36 -0300
From: tetsuo <ronald.tetsuo@gmail.com>
To: "MyFaces Discussion" <users@myfaces.apache.org>
Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] What I wish that JSF 2.0 would be like...
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	 <efcgdg$ql0$1@sea.gmane.org> <efchgk$t47$1@sea.gmane.org>

All I need is JSP definetely dropped, and a decent exception handling
mechanism! :D

Have fun, guys!


On 9/26/06, Roger Keays <roger.keays@ninthavenue.com.au> wrote:
>
> One more:
>
>     * New listener for FacesServlet startup/shutdown. Some JSF
> extensions may need to do some initial configuration on startup and
> shutdown but these extensions can't add a ServletContextListener to
> web.xml. ATM you can get similar behaviour by using a PhaseListener and
> deregistering it after it is first run, but that is just a workaround
> really.
>
> Roger Keays wrote:
> >
> > Hi Martin,
> >
> > Here are a couple of ideas I've jotted down:
> >
> >   * Native support for conversation scope.
> >
> >   * Support for partial requests (i.e. AJAX). I imagine this would be
> > along the lines of standardising the request and response formats for
> > partial requests, and requiring a javascript implementation.
> >
> >   * Ability to invoke actions on first page request. When you're linked
> > from other sites, or from a mail client you can't really expect them to
> > send the whole state of the component tree, which would be needed to
> > invoke an action from that tree (although this does work). Instead, you
> > might be able to create a new action listener type which is invoked when
> > the tree it is attached to is created/rendered. Of course, it'd have to
> > fit into the lifecycle somehow. A simple use case for this would be a
> > "click here to vote for struts" link in an email which should invoke a
> > JSF Action{Listener}. Currently you'd probably do this with a
> > PhaseListener or ServletFilter.
> >
> >   * Ability to define converters for annotated classes (e.g. @Entity).
> > We can do <converter-for-class>, which also works for interfaces, but
> > there are cases where an annotation might indicate that a common
> > converter could be used. In the case of @Entity, you might be able to
> > use something like EntityManager.getId(entity).toString() to convert the
> > class (somebody add getId() to JPA 1.1 please!).
> >
> >   * Ability to use #{foo} as an lvalue. Maybe more specific to the EL
> > spec, but ATM only #{foo.bar} can be used as an lvalue. Sometimes I just
> > want to keep a simple string in the session scope and do things like
> > <h:inputText value="#{foo}"/>, but instead I have to make a separate
> > bean just containing a String.
> >
> >   * Reinvestigate, as per Jabob's ideas, whether we /really/ need
> > component state-saving. I got pretty confused when I wrote a simple
> > regexp validator that kept forgetting what the regexp was. It was all
> > there in the .xhtml file! That was until I learnt about state-saving
> > (which was more than I really wanted to know).
> >
> >   * Dump JSP, and make facelets standard.
> >
> > Happy Oktoberfest!
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >
> > Martin Marinschek wrote:
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> Ed Burns, Jesse Alexander and me will be heading a discussion on what
> >> our users dreamed JSF 2.0 would be like - on friday, 2006/09/29, in
> >> Munich, at the Oktoberfest.
> >>
> >> So it's a good opportunity for both talking about JSF and drinking
> >> beer - probably the best of the world. We'll meet up in:
> >>
> >> http://www.weisses-brauhaus.de/
> >>
> >> at 18:00
> >>
> >> and if you're interested in coming, reply to this mail and I'll
> >> include you in the reservation.
> >>
> >> regards,
> >>
> >> Martin
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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