basic jsf question

Hello all,

It might be a bit off-list but i'll try it anyway. We have
been on JSF
for some months now and somehow we dont understand the
difference
between rendertype en component family. We also tried to
find the
answer on google but we cannot find something that we also
understand.
Is there anyone that is willing to answer this basic
question.

thanks,
Dennis

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While this section [1] of the tutorial is specific to the
RI, the 
general concept of component families and
renderer types still applies.

[1]  http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/
JSFConfigure9.html

Dennis Bekkering wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> It might be a bit off-list but i'll try it anyway. We
have been on JSF
> for some months now and somehow we dont understand the
difference
> between rendertype en component family. We also tried
to find the
> answer on google but we cannot find something that we
also understand.
> Is there anyone that is willing to answer this basic
question.
>
> thanks,
> Dennis
>
>
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Thanks Ryan for your reply, we'v been reading it thoroughly
but i am
afraid that we still dont understand it. I mean technically
it is
pretty clear what has to be done to get things working but
the added
value of the family attribute is not clear to us. The family
and the
rendertype combined is a composite key to get a renderer but
we dont
understand the use case for family, why is the rendertype as
a key not
enough? What can we not do if there was no such thing as a
family. Is
it ment for tools only?

regards,
Dennis

2006/11/27, Ryan Lubke <Ryan.Lubkesun.com>:
> While this section [1] of the tutorial is specific to
the RI, the
> general concept of component families and
> renderer types still applies.
>
> [1]  http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/
JSFConfigure9.html
>
> Dennis Bekkering wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > It might be a bit off-list but i'll try it anyway.
We have been on JSF
> > for some months now and somehow we dont understand
the difference
> > between rendertype en component family. We also
tried to find the
> > answer on google but we cannot find something that
we also understand.
> > Is there anyone that is willing to answer this
basic question.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Dennis
> >
> >
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mvg,
Dennis

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