Thanks for your insights. Is there a name for this type of interface-style (if not SPI)?
Is it correct to say that SPI-style interfaces the spec includes the spec classes and the implementers generally wouldn't package the spec classes along, in this style there are no spec classes - only specified behavior for every interface? I can now see how JSF's source code wouldn't be bundled in with the Java EE 5 source code (because there is no interfaces FacesServlet from that implementors implement), but are you saying that there is no Java EE 5 source code at all - only implementations? Is every Java EE 5 spec designed in this non-SPI style where there exist no actual Java EE 5 source code, only the implementations' source code? e.g. Is there no EntityManager, HttpServlet, etc source code provided by Sun - only Javadocs? (If not, where could I get it?) I can find the J2EE source code here but not Java EE 5: http://www.sun.com/software/communitysource/j2ee/j2ee/download.xml Simon Kitching-3 wrote: > > lightbulb432 wrote: >> I have another question about MyFaces source code. When looking at the >> source >> code included with MyFaces, I noticed that FacesServlet is specific to >> MyFaces, as seen in the line: >> >> SERVLET_INFO="FacesServlet of the MyFaces API implementation >> >> I thought that Sun provided the standard set of APIs and the >> implementations >> just extend/implement everything in the API package. For example, every >> implementer of JSF uses the same FacesServlet class provided by the spec >> and >> in their implementation they create a "MyFacesServlet" specific to them. >> I >> didn't realize the way things worked was that they just replace the main >> classes!? That seems pretty weird... >> >> Is this a standard kinda way of implementing specs or is this a different >> approach. Pardon my ignorance, as I'm inexperienced with all this... > > This is the way that JSF is intended to be implemented at least. Sun > provide a spec which includes a batch of javadocs, but the > implementation of those classes in javax.faces is different for each > "vendor". > > Yes, it is a little different from the "SPI" style of interfaces. > > >> >> Is there a Java EE 5 version of the JSF classes that get implemented or >> replaced by the RI and MyFaces? Or are RI, MyFaces, and any other >> implementations the only JSF source code that exist (i.e. there is no >> "official" JSF source code)? > > There is no "official" implementation. Sun's implementation has no claim > to be any more "official" than the Apache Myfaces version (or other > implementations, though I don't know of any). > > JBoss comes with the MyFaces version, Glassfish comes with the Sun > version. I bet that Geronimo (and therefore Websphere Community Edition) > comes with MyFaces. > > I haven't checked what version BEA Weblogic provides, or Oracle. > >> >> I am looking for Java EE 5 source code in general (incl. JSF) and can't >> find >> it anywhere! Where'd you get it from? > > For the "Glassfish" implementation of the jee 5 spec, search the sun site. > > For the JBoss implementation of the jee 5 spec, search the JBoss site. > > Apache Geronimo is still working on implementing this version > (http://geronimo.apache.org/), but you'll find the source they have so > far on that site. > > BEA Weblogic source code isn't available. > > Regards, > > Simon > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Source-code-tf2978235.html#a8645742 Sent from the MyFaces - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
