When to extend an existing renderer class and when to write one's own component?

[Carsten Pieper <ca...@continentale.de>]

Hello everyone,

as a "spin-off" of another thread in this forum: I'm wondering what the
criteria
are when to implement one's own component and when "only" to extend existing
renderer classes?

I for one haven't the experience really to speak up for one of the above
(just,
as a user, I noticed that my own components, of course, aren't supported by 
the IDE, but this surely is a minor point...).  

Any thoughts are welcome!

Greetings,
Carsten

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Re: When to extend an existing renderer class and when to write one's own component?

[Martin Marinschek <ma...@gmail.com>]

Hi Carsten,

first, the question is about Java-JSF-components, or
Facelets-JSF-components?

if

1)
write a new/extended Java-JSF-component, if you need to change the behaviour
of the component-model or need to add attributes to the component model
write a new/extended Java-JSF-renderer if you want to change the display of
the component only - based on already existing attributes

2) write a Facelets-JSF-component whenever you have  recurring sections of
markup which you would otherwise copy and paste

regards,

Martin

On 8/15/07, Carsten Pieper <ca...@continentale.de> wrote:
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> as a "spin-off" of another thread in this forum: I'm wondering what the
> criteria
> are when to implement one's own component and when "only" to extend
> existing
> renderer classes?
>
> I for one haven't the experience really to speak up for one of the above
> (just,
> as a user, I noticed that my own components, of course, aren't supported
> by
> the IDE, but this surely is a minor point...).
>
> Any thoughts are welcome!
>
> Greetings,
> Carsten
>
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> View this message in context:
> http://www.nabble.com/When-to-extend-an-existing-renderer-class-and-when-to-write-one%27s-own-component--tf4272162.html#a12159324
> Sent from the MyFaces - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
>


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