Re: [exoplatform] MyFaces support

[Benjamin Mestrallet <benjamin.mestrallet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Kito,

So let me explain more our choices an incoming developments.

1. We had a lot of requests (including you) for supporting JSF  
MyFaces while we developed based on JSF RI. We can deploy MyFaces  
portlet in eXo portlet Container in standalone but not with eXo  
portal 1.x because of conflict with the JSF RI.

2. But we liked (from the early beginning of JSF) the component tree  
model, rendering and used some of the phases of JSF to build a kind  
of JSF RI extension in the portal and portlets of eXo Portal 1.1 as  
you saw. We for example use static inner class for action listener,  
some exception handlers...Hence, we wished to continue to use that  
model in eXo Portal 2.0

Therefore our solution to satisfy both 1 and 2 was to extract a  
"light" subset of JSF to build a framework that we use in eXo Portal  
2.0 and also in the portlet that goes with it.  That way we can still  
use a JSF like model and allow our users/customers to use the  
framework of their choice for their portlets, which is the great  
advantage of the portlets paradigm btw.

So we will move little by little all our portlets to that framework  
but it will take some time so for example the future version of eXo  
ECM (probably starting at 1.3+) will still use the current framework  
but those portlets will be deployed in the new eXo Portal 2.0. eXo  
ECM 2.0 will use the new framework

The change is not "drastic"  as the model is similar but lighter and  
more adapted to portal and portlets. And people will be able to use  
JSF in their own portlet while still almost using it (due to the  
similar model) in the portal.

HTH

Benjamin


On Aug 31, 2006, at 5:26 PM, kmann@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Quoting Benjamin Mestrallet <benjamin.mestrallet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > No beta of Portal 2.0 in september, maybe October...but we want to
> > make the surprise....and it will be big!
>
> It'll certainly help. It is possible to use the Tomahawk components  
> with
> a little bit today with a little bit of tweaking...
>
> > The solution is simple, the portal itself does not use JSF anymore
> > which allows to plug both JSF RI and JSF MyFaces portlet which is not
> >
> > possible if the portal is built using one of the two.
>
> Hmm.. So, are you removing JSF from the entire portal stack, or are  
> you
> simply moving all of the JSF logic into specific portlets that are
> bundled with the portal?
>
> It would seem like a pretty drastic change to remove JSF  
> altogether....
>
> > On Aug 14, 2006, at 8:04 PM, Kito D. Mann wrote:
> >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Gennady Azarenkov
> > [mailto:gennady.azarenkov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 6:28 AM
> > > > To: kmann@xxxxxxxxxx; exoplatform@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Re: [exoplatform] MyFaces support
> > > >
> > > > hi,
> > > > yes, the next version of Portal will solve this prb, AFAIK we
> > > > do not have strict timeframe for Portal 2.0, but as Tuan
> > > > mentioned some beta could be accessible in September :)
> > >
> > > Just out of curiosity, what is your technical approach for solving
> >
> > > this
> > > problem?
> > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Kito D. Mann" <kmann@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <exoplatform@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 6:16 PM
> > > > Subject: [exoplatform] MyFaces support
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > As far as I can tell, if you want to deploy a JSF portlet
> > > > in eXo portal
> > > > > 1.x,
> > > > > you must use the JSF RI (since that's what eXo uses, and
> > > > the JARs are in
> > > > > the
> > > > > common directory, at least in Tomcat). I saw an earlier
> > > > e-mail that stated
> > > > > this would be solved in eXo portal 2.0 (hopefully by
> > > > segregating class
> > > > > loaders). Is there are a target date for eXo portal 2.0?
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > > Kito D. Mann (kmann@xxxxxxxxxx)
> > > > > Author, JavaServer Faces in Action
> > > > > http://www.virtua.com - JSF/Java EE consulting, training,
> > > > and mentoring
> > > > > http://www.JSFCentral.com - JavaServer Faces FAQ, news, and info
> > > >
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