Hi, following things are specified by spec, but maybe someone will know reasons:
1) why UISelectOne/Many classes don't have method like List<SelectItem> getSelectItems currently each renderkit has own method with similar purpose but with different quality and bugs :) for example, myfaces have RendererUtils.getSelectItemList(UISelectMany, FacesContext) which outputs warning if f:selectItems value= leads to null, but RichFaces throw an uninformative exception in same situation. For user's view it is inconsistent behaviour. 2) similar question: why UISelectItem/UISelectItems dont have getSelectItem() resp. getSelectItems() method for creating selections they represent? 3) why UISelectItem has method like getItemLabel(), getItemDescription(), but UISelectItems not - it uses only attributes map. Regards, Kočičák
