On Apr 20, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Mario Ivankovits wrote:
Belen, Marco wrote:
In order 'choose' an unique prefix, why not re-use a common way to
create unique names in Java: Use a package-structure.
There for until it can be configured in the web.xml how about using
"org_apache_myfaces_" as the clientID-prefix.
My first reaction on this was: "No, please don't" as this will greatly
increase the size of the rendered html page if you have tables or
trees
on it.
On the other hand, if one would like to have short ids its simple to
configure the id on the component level instead of using the
autogenerated one - and IMHO its better to use manual component ids
then
the automatic created one as this makes the rendered page more
readable
(in case you have to look at the html source)
So I'll have not problem to use this "big" clientId, just, maybe a
"o_a_m_id" would make it too.
I had the same reaction about how this change could increase the size
of the rendered page. True that it could be configured at the
component level, but for the sake of performance how about taking a
position that the autogenerated one is as small as reasonably
possible and rely on the user to replace it in the case of a
collision? i.e. the user optionally lengthens, not shortens, the
autogenerated id.
Best wishes,
Paul
