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1. Re: Seam Events
In JSF we simply associtate the JSF page actions by using the commands ( Combo box selects, Command Buttions clicks etc) and the backing bean populates with the required values from the page. I am assuming in Seam component-driven events model components can call actions of each others. How the data is availabe in backing bean to the respective component?
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2. Re: Seam Events
Look at the booking app for an example of what a component driven event looks like. Components can raise events when you want to completely uncouple the interaction between components. Obviously any component can inject another component and call a method on it, but that action of calling the other component might not really be core to function of that component.
In the booking app, a bookingConfirmed event is raised. The bookingListAction listens for this event and acts on it by refreshing its data. Why should the actually booking code have the code to call out and tell the other components what to do? That's a mix of concerns. If you want to make your components as pure as possible, you can model this type of interaction with events. Any component that might need to change its state can listen to the event. (maybe even none) It's a very flexible way to go about doing things.
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3. Re: Seam Events
Right, one of the things that Seam can really do is allow you to write _very_ loosely coupled components. It's hard to explain exactly what it is about this model that makes that easier than in other architectures, but its somehow to do with:
* events bound to components via EL +
* contextual state
Well, anyway, that is what I have observed. I wonder what other people think about that.