Shale is definitely not off-topic IMO. I think MyFaces and Shale go very nicely together. Plus every time you say the word "Shale" Craig pops up here ;-) This is a cheap way to get him to answer our JSF questions.
I suspect a lot us are going to be using Shale soon (I am about to use it in a limited fashion in the next production release of our system.) I notice a certain common set of issues that keep coming up on this list and often times, the answer is "use shale." sean On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:39:26 -0800 (PST), Ray Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Craig/Anyone: > > I realize this is off topic (and off list for that > matter), but, how is Shale coming along? Is it ready > for an Alpha release any time soon? > > Thanks, > Ray > > --- Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Formally, a managed bean has the following > > characteristics: > > > > * Registered in a faces-config.xml file (not web.xml > > :-) > > > > * Public class with a public zero-args constructor > > (i.e. a JavaBean) > > > > When a value binding or method binding expression is > > evaluated, the > > various scopes (request, session, application) are > > searched for a bean > > with the same name (similar in spirit to what the > > <jsp:useBean> tag > > does). Otherwise, the facility will: > > > > * Instantiate a new instance of the specified bean > > class > > > > * Configure its properties via either literal values > > or value > > binding expressions (essentially giving you a very > > simple > > Dependency Injection / Inversion of Control > > container > > with no extra software) > > > > * Store the new instance in the specified scope > > (unless you > > set it to "none", which means a new instance will > > be created > > for every expression evaluation. > > > > Using managed beans in a filter, however, will be > > problematic -- you > > need to have a FacesContext instance set up for the > > current request in > > order to evaluate the expression, and that doesn't > > happen until > > FacesServlet processes the request. But you don't > > need a filter for > > the configuration use case. > > > > As others have stated, Shale's approach to this is > > quite elegant (but > > of course I'm biased :-). > > > > Craig > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ >
