Hi, i would like to invest more time in the JSF 2.3 branch. I collected the new features from here: http://arjan-tijms.omnifaces.org/p/jsf-23.html#1238
Features done or in progress: CDI alignment Injection and EL resolving of JSF artifacts Injection in more JSF artifacts CDI compatible @ManagedProperty Networking / AJAX WebSocket integration Components Component Search Expression framework Features TODO: CDI alignment Native managed beans annotations deprecated Lifecycle System event published after view rendered Networking / AJAX Ajax method invocation Execute javascript from server at completion of AJAX response Updating multiple forms via AJAX Conversion / Validation Class level bean validation JDK 8 time support in f:convertDateTime Java API Support for the Iterable interface in UIData and UIRepeat Support for the Map interface in UIData and UIRepeat Support for custom types in UIData and UIRepeat Default getWrapped method for FacesWrapper implementations Components Freely placeable radio button component styleClass attribute on h:column rowClass attribute on h:dataTable Iteration in UIRepeat without backing model Automatic conversion in UISelectMany for Collection Importing constants into EL namespace Official spec recognition for dynamic component tree manipulation Views and Resources Basic support for exact mapping (extensionless URLs) Obtaining list of all view resources Standardised resource rendered tracking Resource loading for components dynamically added via ajax Type-safety Generics for ExternalContext#getInitParamterMap Generics for Converter and Validator interfaces Constants for "jsf.js", "javax.faces" and postback parameters Configuration Facelets default to non-hot reload in production .xhtml added to default mappings I will create issues in jira and probably start this week with some smaller features. Regards, Thomas