JSF Central has published a community proposal by Ryan Pollock, Jeff Stephenson and Adam Winer of Oracle Corporation
Tools require both grammar and metadata information for Java Server Faces (JSF) components in order to provide a polished design-time experience. Grammar information, such as the set of available components and what attributes exist on those components, is used by tools to guide the user towards valid editing operations. While grammar information can help the tool support the basic operations for creating and manipulating components, metadata can be used to enhance the design-time experience in a variety of ways. Design-time metadata is perfect for simple customizations like changing what name or icon a tool displays for a component, but can also be used to arrange components or attributes into groups, or even provide information on common design patterns associated with a component. This document examines the existing sources of grammar and metadata information for JSF components, and then proposes a strategy for providing additional design-time metadata.
Read the full article at http://www.jsfcentral.com/articles/oracle_metadata_proposal.html
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