I personally don't think it's worth it. If someone wants to use annotations, I usually point them to a third party library (like Seam or Orchestra) or tell them to be patient and wait for JSF 2. Especially since it should be possible to run JSF 2 on current web containers like Tomcat 6, my idea is that migration goes faster and becomes easier than with Java EE 5.
Regards, Jan-Kees 2009/7/8 Mario Ivankovits <ma...@ops.co.at>: > Hmmm … it might be worth looking at using Orchestra without Spring. Guice is > not an option for your clients either, is it? > > > > If you do not use Spring, you also do not use its persistence capabilities > ;-) So then, using a CGLIB based (or whatever enhancer lib) approach which > simply enhances the beans in a way which is required by Orchestra might be > enough. > > > > Sure, we can not yet use the faces-config.xml to configure the managed beans > for Orchestra. > > But probably we can introduce something like a orchestra-config.xml for the > scope and managed bean configuration. > > > > @community: What do you think? Is it worth it? > > > > Ciao, > > Mario > > > > > > Von: Kito Mann [mailto:kito.m...@virtua.com] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 07. Juli 2009 23:45 > An: MyFaces Development > Betreff: Re: Shale Annotations > > > > The problem with using Orchestra is that it requires Spring, which is an > extra "framework" that some organizations don't necessarily need. Although > JSF managed beans aren't that great, sometimes they're a better choice than > integrating Spring into the project. > --- > Kito D. Mann -- Author, JavaServer Faces in Action > http://twitter.com/kito99 http://twitter.com/jsfcentral > http://www.virtua.com - JSF/Java EE consulting, training, and mentoring > http://www.JSFCentral.com - JavaServer Faces FAQ, news, and info > +1 203-404-4848 x3 > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Bruno Aranda <brunoara...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > What about just using MyFaces Orchestra? It does many of the thing the > shale tiger extensions used to do (and even includes lots of useful > features). You have the Orchestra view controller annotations and if > you want more annotations, you can use the Spring ones to register > backing beans and so on... > > Cheers, > > Bruno > > 2009/7/7 Kito Mann <kito.m...@virtua.com>: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I know that MyFaces is in the process of swallowing Shale Test. What do >> you >> guys think about swallowing Shale Annotations, too? I know it's a dead-end >> add-on considering JSF 2, but I run into enough clients that aren't going >> to >> be using JSF 2 for a loooong time, and could use annotation support today. >> Given Shale's "retired" status, they're never going to touch it. >> >> Thoughts? >> --- >> Kito D. Mann -- Author, JavaServer Faces in Action >> http://twitter.com/kito99 http://twitter.com/jsfcentral >> http://www.virtua.com - JSF/Java EE consulting, training, and mentoring >> http://www.JSFCentral.com - JavaServer Faces FAQ, news, and info >> +1 203-404-4848 x3 >> > >
