On 8/24/05, Bernd Bohmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One question: > > why the value attribute of x:outputText doesn't accept rtexpressions? >
It's not just this attribute ... the restriction is pretty much universal across all attributes on all component tags. There are two reasons for this: * If rtexpressions were allowed, there would be cases where the RT expression could return a JSF value binding expression, which would then be invoked ... and there are potential security issues with this (pretty much like how webapps can be subject to cross site scripting attacks if they allow arbitrary code to be emitted). * The fact that you can use a value binding expression on nearly every attribute makes using rt expressions redundant ... you can do anything you need with a value binding anyway. In JSF 1.2 / JSP 2.1, the concepts are getting unified ... but in the mean time (when the JSP container doesn't know what a value binding expression is) this was the decision made at the JSF spec level. > > Bernd > Craig
