Hi, I think most people will agree that writing Renderers for JSF components using the standard tools, i.e. ResponseWriter.startElement and ResponseWriter.writeAttribute etc., is not very straightforward or productive, especially when creating complex components. If you take a look at org.apache.myfaces.custom.schedule.ScheduleDetailedDayRenderer, you'll know what I mean :)
One of the great things about Dojo is that you can create templates for your components. Inspired by this, I tried to do something similar for JSF renderers, using Freemarker. I put it in the sandbox, and wrote a replacement HtmlOutputTextRenderer based on it. I know the outputText is a bad example for this, but for complex stuff, this could be really useful. What do you think? Jurgen
