On 12/26/07, Greg Reddin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to propose that we discontinue support for the Shale-Tiles > component. I've spent some time looking at the TilesViewHandler over > the last week or so and comparing it to the TilesTwoViewHandler that > is unreleased, but is part of the MyFaces Tomahawk project. The > conclusion I've come to is that the MyFaces version provides what is > needed. To make Shale-Tiles work correctly we'd have to make it look > pretty much like the MyFaces TilesTwoViewHandler. Therefore, I propose > that we discontinue support for our view handler and remove > Shale-Tiles from future releases. If we have improvements to suggest, > I'd propose we put those improvements into the MyFaces Tomahawk view > handler. > > Please let me know your thoughts on the issue. > <snip/>
Thanks, I wasn't aware of the Tomahawk impl but I just had a look. On one side: * shale-tiles is fairly independent (no Shale dependencies) and switching to another ViewHandler should therefore involve minimal other changes * Other than the fact that shale-tiles does a ExternalContext#dispatch and the Tomahawk one leverages the TilesContainer API a lot more -- which presumably does the same thing (not a Tiles user myself) -- they seem very similar ... while on the other ... * shale-tiles is a lightweight dependency (say, as compared to Tomahawk) So, I suggest you make the call (if you haven't already by sending this email :-). If we decide to remove shale-tiles, we will need a suitable blurb in the release notes. -Rahul > Thanks, > Greg >
