I also see COMPONENT_TYPE = "org.apache.myfaces.HtmlMessages"; in the HtmlMessages class. component-type and component-family are they different?
> I have a new renderer class I extended from > org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlMessagesRendererBase named > com.speedy.renderers.HtmlTextMessagesRenderer . I want the component > org.apache.myfaces.component.html.ext.HtmlMessages to use it. The source > code for HtmlMessages has the static variable: > > DEFAULT_RENDERER_TYPE = "org.apache.myfaces.Messages"; > > I am assuming this is the default renderer that the component > uses and would > be the renderer-type in my configuration and the renderer class > would be my > extended class. I don't know what the component family is though. Is the > component family a super class of the HtmlMessages component or something > entirely different? > > <render-kit> > <render-kit-id>some-id</render-kit-id> > <renderer> > <component-family>?????????</component-family> > <renderer-type>org.apache.myfaces.Messages</renderer-type> > > <renderer-class>com.speedy.renderers.HtmlTextMessagesRenderer</renderer- > class> > </renderer> > </render-kit> > > The components hierarchy of HtmlMessages is: > > ... > javax.faces.component.UIComponent > javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase > javax.faces.component.UIMessages > javax.faces.component.html.HtmlMessages > org.apache.myfaces.component.html.ext.HtmlMessages > > Thanks, > > Warren Bell > > __________ NOD32 1.1283 (20051110) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >
