[TRINIDAD-1011] Add new properties to the maven-faces-plugin

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.7-core, 1.2.7-core
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.7-plugins
• Component/s: Plugins
• Assignee: Andrew Robinson
• Reporter: Andrew Robinson
• Created: 18/Mar/08 00:20
• Updated: 27/Jan/10 08:45
• Resolved: 18/Mar/08 19:26

Description

Looking to add 2 new properties to be supported for the maven faces plug-in that will be leveraged in JDev:

mfp:grouping-element - allow the user to specify when multiple child components are being added to a facet, what wrapping component to use to ensure that there is only one child per facet. Example usage:

<facet>
<description>My facet</description>
<facet-name>myfacet</facet-name>
<facet-extension>
<mfp:facet-metadata>
<mfp:grouping-element>
<![CDATA[<tr:panelGroupLayout layout="scroll" xmlns:tr="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad" />]]>
</mfp:grouping-element>
</mfp:facet-metadata>
</facet-extension>
</facet>

In this case, if two elements are added to "myfacet", then the IDE should wrap them in a tr:panelGroupLayout.

Purpose: to allow the component developer to control the grouping element to be added by default as a wrapper for components that desire special children to be used.

Second property: is-content-resizable
This instructs the IDE that content in a facet is not resizable. This is useful as there are some components that stretch their children and thus it is confusing to let the user alter the size in the IDE when it will not be used during run time. Example usage:

<facet>
<description>My facet</description>
<facet-name>myfacet</facet-name>
<facet-extension>
<mfp:facet-metadata>
<mfp:is-content-resizable>false</mfp:is-content-resizable>
</mfp:facet-metadata>
</facet-extension>
</facet>