Would I just use <t:messages layout="text"/> in my jsp where layout="text" would be implemented in my my.package.extend.MyMsgRenderer class that extends org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlMessagesRenderer?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Kitching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 2:29 PM > To: MyFaces Discussion > Subject: Re: Messages as text only? > > > Warren Bell wrote: > > I am kinda playing around with extending > > org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlMessagesRenderer. I found the > > renderMessages method and see where I would call a new method that would > > render the messages the way I want. > > > > private void renderText(FacesContext facesContext, > > UIComponent messages, > > MessagesIterator messagesIterator) > > throws IOException > > { > > // format messages as text > > ... > > } > > > > I am not quite sure how to proceed from there. Would I list the > new class in > > the faces-config file like this? > > > > <render-kit> > > <render-kit-id>textMessages</render-kit-id> > > > <render-kit-class>my.package.extend.MyNewHtmlTextMessagesRenderer</render > > -kit-class> > > </render-kit> > > You don't want to override the *render kit* itself. You want to modify > the html render kit's configuration. As the html render kit is the > default render kit, you need: > > <render-kit> > <renderer> > <component-family>javax.faces.Output</component-family> > <renderer-type> > org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlMessagesRenderer > </renderer-type> > <renderer-class>my.package.extend.MyMsgRenderer</renderer-class> > </renderer> > </render-kit> > > > > > > And then how would I actually use this in a page? Is there a good > > tutorial/example of how to do this? > > The page doesn't need altering at all, as you haven't changed what JSP > *tag* is being used, just what renderer is used. > > There's no tutorial on overriding renderers as far as I know. Maybe that > would be a nice addition to: > http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/ > even though it's really generic JSF stuff. > > The O'Reilly JavaServer Faces book is pretty good (I'd give it 7 out of > 10) and does talk about this stuff. > > See class UIComponentBase method getRenderer for the real details of how > a renderer is located for a component. > > Regards, > > Simon > > __________ NOD32 1.1283 (20051110) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >
