ui:repeat vs c:forEach

[snod0g]

i tried reading this: http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Projects/FaceletsFAQ#What_s_the_difference_between_c

but i still dont understand

[quilleashm]

This isn't really the right forum for this question. You'd be best subscribing and mailing to the facelets mailing list.

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I'll answer it anyway.

c:forEach is a build-time tag that does not generate a UIComponent. It simply loops and replicates the component tree under it.

ui:repeat is a render-time tag and maps one-to-one with a UIComponent (UIRepeat). It does the "looping" during encoding similar to how h:dataTable works. Because the looping is done during the encoding you do NOT get a copy of the component tree under it each time round the loop like you do with c:forEach. This has advantages for a large table as it keeps the component tree size down.

HTH.

Mike.