Utilize @FacesComponent and @FacesRenderer annotations rather than declaring components in XML descriptors

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: None
• Fix Version/s: liferay-faces-2.1.6-ga7, liferay-faces-2.2.6-ga7, liferay-faces-3.0.6-legacy-ga7, liferay-faces-3.0.6-ga7, liferay-faces-3.1.6-ga7, liferay-faces-3.2.6-ga7, liferay-faces-4.2.6-ga7
• Component/s: Liferay Faces Alloy / Showcase / Tests, Liferay Faces Bridge Impl / Demos / Tests, Liferay Faces Portal / Demos / Tests
• Labels: None

In an effort to minimize the amount of text in XML descriptors like faces-config.xml, it is necessary to utilize the @FacesComponent and @FacesRenderer annotations.

Example of @FacesComponent:

@FacesComponent(value="com.liferay.faces.alloy.component.AUIColumn")

Example of @FacesRenderer:

@FacesRenderer(
        componentFamily = "javax.faces.Panel", rendererType = "com.liferay.faces.alloy.renderkit.ColumnRenderer",
        renderKitId = "HTML_BASIC"
)

If these annotations are used, this corresponding code can be safely removed from faces-config.xml:

<component>
	<component-type>com.liferay.faces.alloy.AUIColumn</component-type>
	<component-class>com.liferay.faces.alloy.component.AUIColumn</component-class>
</component>

        ...

<renderer>
        <component-family>javax.faces.Panel</component-family>
	<renderer-type>com.liferay.faces.alloy.renderkit.ColumnRenderer</renderer-type>
	<renderer-class>com.liferay.faces.alloy.renderkit.ColumnRenderer</renderer-class>
</renderer>