No, it is only used for uniqueness on the client-side. Component tree doesn't require unique id's. Id's must only be unique beneath a given NamingContainer.
On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 06:31:12 -0800 (PST), Ray Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is the clientId in the component used for anything > other than generating uniqueness for the client side > tag? Is it used on the server side in the processing > of the component tree? > > Thanks, > Ray > > --- Heath Borders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm in favor of doing this, though I don't think > > I'll have much time > > at work to dedicate to it since we're not really > > aching for the > > change. If I get some time, I'll try to do > > something, but I can't > > really commit to it. > > > > > > On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 11:59:15 -0800, Craig McClanahan > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you wanted to be more familiar to Struts users, > > you might consider > > > using "styleId" instead ... that's the attribute > > all the Struts HTML > > > tags use to specify the "id" attribute to be > > emitted. > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:47:55 -0500, Sean Schofield > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > A possible solution would be to implement > > direct id's (that is any id > > > > > specified in the JSP translates into the same > > client id) in the > > > > > MyFaces extended components. > > > > > > > > > > We could provide a separate attribute on all > > extended components > > > > > called "directId". If specified, directId > > would be both the id and > > > > > the clientId. In order to ensure uniqueness, > > we would have to have > > > > > all components register their directId's with > > the view root. > > > > > > > > > > This would allow backwards compatibility with > > existing code and allow > > > > > easy direct access to the clientId from the > > JSP without a separate > > > > > tag. > > > > > > > > That would be an extremely welcome enhancement. > > Although I imagine it > > > > would take a bit of work to get it done :-) > > > > > > > > > -Heath Borders-Wing > > > > > > > > sean > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -Heath Borders-Wing > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? > http://my.yahoo.com > -- -Heath Borders-Wing [EMAIL PROTECTED]
