2006/1/20, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 14:04 +0000, Hendrik Neumann wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I have developed a bunch of JSF-Components which uses some
> > JavaScript-Codes (about 10 *.js-files). Now I have written an Apache
> > Maven Script which builds a mycomponents.jar file (containing
> > everything needed to use the components) which can simply be copied
> > into the lib-Folder of any other web-application.
> >
> > My problem: This jar-file contains my javascript-files but what is the
> > most compfortable way to serve the script-files to the
> > client-browsers? How do you MyFaces-guys solve this problem? What
> > would be the best way to do it?
>
> This problem needs no solution for core JSF components because none of
> them require complicated script; any script used is inline.
>
> It's solved in Tomahawk via the AddResources and ExtensionsFilter
> classes working in partnership. Classes call AddResources to "queue"
> script references needed in the page; the ExtensionsFilter buffers the
> entire page output and calls back into AddResources when the page is
> complete to allow that class to insert the queued references into the
> appropriate parts of the html page via a special URL
> "{contextPath}/faces/myFacesExtensionResource/..." which must also be
> mapped to the ExtensionsFilter. This then locates the desired file
> within the classpath and serves it up.
>
> The javadoc on org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.AddResource
> describes how this works in detail.
>
> ExtensionsFilter has javadoc but there is also info here:
> http://myfaces.apache.org/tomahawk/extensionsFilter.html
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon
>
>
thanks for your help - I'll also take a look at this! I already
noticed this AddResources and ExtensionsFilter classes by analyzing
your source code...
