I had problems doing certain types of page refreshes using Trinidad and Ajax4JSF. See the mail list topic: [Trinidad] Problems working with Ajax4JSF
"Andrew Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/03/2007 12:25:26 PM: > I've started a project on the side using JSF and am trying to decide > on an AJAX component library. I'm debating between using A4J, which I > have used before and Trinidad, which I have not. Here are the > libraries that I have decided it must work with: > > MyFaces 1.1.5 (or 1.2.0) > Tomahawk 1.1.6 > Facelets 1.1.11 > JBoss Seam 1.2.1 > > Functionality I would like/require: > * re-rendering of specific components > * submission, decoding, validating and updating of only select components > * ability to run custom busy java script code to be run while AJAX > request is being processed > * Clear API for writing custom components to leverage AJAX functionality > * Clear API for specifying re-rendered components in backing bean actions > * ability to run javascript after an AJAX call is complete that > differs per-component > * clear javascript hooks into the client side API for customizing the behavior > * ability to skip the update phase to just check for > validation/conversion errors (would be nice functionality) > > Would like to see these types of components: > * SPAN/DIV AJAX "areas" to be able to re-render them to AJAX enable > non-ajaxed components > * ability to specify which components to submit/decode/validate/update > (tomahawk sandbox subForm can work if it resorts to that) > * polling component > * ajax-enabled include that works with JSF navigation (would be nice) > * ajax on event functionality (re-render such-and-such when a select > box changes value for example) > > Ajax4JSF has all this functionality and I like it but I have issues > with it, and I want to see what the Trinidad team has to say. > > Problems I have with A4J: > * LGPL license, so no hope of components written by the Apache team > that will work with it > * Very limited component library that supports it (RichFaces) > * RichFaces lacks many components that are "standard" > * RichFaces API is lacking as well as the quality (I find that if you > use their controls slightly differently than they tested them you > starting hitting all kinds of problems) > > From what I have seen so far with trinidad, I have not seen any of the > ajax functionality really exposed. Are there any components equivalent > to a4j:support, a4j:region, a4j:poll? > > How easy is it to write custom trinidad ajax components? > > So really, I just want to hear how the trinidad functionality stacks > up against A4J > > Thanks, > Andrew
