I use MyFaces with Tiles in two projects and I'm quite happy with it. It does what I expect with no troubles!
that's great.
Recently, I read some statements from members of the MyFaces team (Werner Punz, Matthias Wessendorf) which take the view that using Tiles in context
bad boys ;)
of JSF is a bad idea (with no explanation why) Could one of the MyFaces comitters give a statement why using of Tiles is not recommended?
Tiles is a JSP based technology for templating. There is a "mismatch" between jsf and jsp. You can still use your Tiles defs with a myfaces app. That's fine! Facelets is on top of JSF so it is much closer to that spec. Facelets was created because of the JSF_JSP integration was/is not that well. (sorta practical work around)
What are the drawbacks of Tiles when I only need a templating tool?
Faclets is faster for instance. you don't need these *global* navigation rules. you parameterize Faclets But... Tiles has still one benefit, you can *navigate* to a "Tiles definition". In Facelets you navigate to a "template client" which says "header: page.xhtml; menu: navi.xhtml"...
Is the Tiles integration in future MyFaces versions guaranteed?
sure! Even the example will be maintained, in case of any issues.
I agree that the facelets framework is more powerful than Tiles but I think that the porting of an existing MyFaces Application to facelets is not as easy. Isn't it?
well, I'd never port that much from "technology a" to "technology b" in a (running) project. Tiles works! and if it fit's all your needs; that is perfect ! I'd not recomment to do the porting, but for new projects I'd look closer to Facelets. There is a very interesting article from Rick Hightower online (at IBM or so) If you like, check that out. (he explains facelets in there and has a demo with Facelets and Tiles) -M
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