I just read the proposal and think now it would be interessting, to become a (common) community-based standard on that.
Has anyone read the proposal too? BTW. I guess by SUN there is a proposal, that addresses this issue for Studio Creator too. But I am not sure... I thing it's important for authors of JSF componets to see their components supported by *any* (or nearly all). I remember to some questions on MyFaces user list, "howto use MyFaces' components with Sun Creator" So ok, if anybody is *supporting* this feature, that's fine. But then, there comes the next, "howto integrate the MyFaces' extentions with IBM's JSF"? etc. A common standard on that would be a great deal. Also the proposal says, that's the most of *Metadata* for JSF components is included in TLDs for JSP Taglib, but perhaps, on a long term, there are other usages as JSP for JSF components. (see [1]) Sure, that's all disscussable, but why not talking about that? Perhaps the existing proposals could be merged, to become one standard, based on a disscussion started by a growing community like our ;-) Just my 2 cents. Matthias [1] http://tinyurl.com/68ufe > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonas Jacobi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 5:08 PM > To: [email protected]; > [email protected]; Matthias Wessendorf > Subject: Providing component design-time meta data > > > Hi All, > > I have had an email exchange with Matthias about JSF, MyFaces and ADF > Faces and what level of design time support faces component authors > would, or could, expect from tools vendors such as (in my > case) Oracle's > JDeveloper. > > A couple of months back we (the Oracle ADF Faces team) posted > a proposal > for design-time metadata for JSF at the JSFCentral website > (http://www.jsfcentral.com/articles/oracle_metadata_proposal.html). > > Matthias thought it would be a good idea if I sent an email to this > mailing list asking for feedback on the proposal. > > One of the concerns that we have is the lack of information > provided by > the JSF spec that defines what syntax to use for associating > additional > metadata with faces components. This lack of information can > force tools > vendors to come up with their own syntax to support > additional metadata > for custom components, which would force component authors to have to > deal with different solutions for different IDEs. If there is a > standard in this area, component authors would be able to provide > metadata in one format that will work in all tools, and the end user > will be in the ideal situation of being able to pick the tool > they want > to use independently from the component set that best meets > their needs. > > The goal would be to have a good and productive discussion about this > topic/proposal and try to come up with a solution that all parties > involved (component authors, tools vendors etc...) could > agree upon, and > then put it in front of the EG as a proposal from the community to > enhance JSF. As one of the leading JSF organizations comments and > contributions from MyFaces to this proposal are greatly appreciated. > > Matthias please feel free to correct me if I interpret your email > incorrectly. > > Best Regards, > Jonas > > ------------------------------------------------- > Jonas Jacobi > Oracle JDeveloper - JSF & ADF Faces > Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores > 94065 California, US > http://www.orablogs.com/jjacobi > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
