Current Status

Added support for the following since A1:

• Dynamic AJAX beforedomupdate/complete events support
• a4j:ajax support nested components

Removed runtime dependencies on commons-* libraries.

Started discussions on the following points:

• Partial updates for iteration components

Near Term Tasks

None

Longer Term Tasks

• Employ JSFMock/JSFUnit for component-level testing (need more examples/guidelines)
• Partial updates for iteration components: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-8255
  • Review solution for RF-3341 in terms of RF 4.0: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-8055
• Migrate standard skinning feature: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RFPL-42
• Framework Initialization: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RFPL-11
• Review BaseRenderer/RendererUtils etc. Remove obsolete code from them: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RFPL-41
• Separate RichFaces.js into modules: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RFPL-84
• Enhanced diagnostic logging: http://community.jboss.org/wiki/RichFaces40MiscellaneousTopics
• Resolve SLF4J JBoss 6 conflict: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-8246
• Implement support for skin-based CSS files (more on this in skinning article)

Requirements for ALPHA2

• Development of unit testing for components is as easy as in 3.3.x
• Partial updates for iteration components implemented
• Diagnostic logging provides enough information to identify component which caused the problem
• Skinning is working the same as in 3.3.x

Estimation on Effort and Time

• Employ JSFMock/JSFUnit for component-level testing - guidelines & examples 3-4 days
• Partial updates for iteration components: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-8255 - 5-7 days
  • Review solution for RF-3341 in terms of RF 4.0: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-8055 - 2-3 days
• Migrate standard skinning feature - 1-2 days
• Framework Initialization - 1-2 days
• Review BaseRenderer/RendererUtils etc. Remove obsolete code from them - 3-4 days
• Separate RichFaces.js into modules - ?? days
• Enhanced diagnostic logging - 1-2 days
• Resolve SLF4J JBoss 6 conflict - 4 hrs
• Implement support for skin-based CSS files - will be estimated in the linked article