My understanding is that component-family is just a generic classification of the component.
For example, h:message, h:messages, t:message, and t:messages would all be of the same family. I'm not sure what it's used for, but you should be able to use whatever's already defined for h:messages. However, each component has a unique component-type value. On 11/11/05, Warren Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > >
