Support base classes as source class for SystemEvents
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- Java
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Description
Originally created on [https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYFACES-3185](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYFACES-3185) by Carsten Dimmek:
Registering a system event listener in the faces-config need a concrete class like HtmlInputText. If you wan't to register a listener for let's say all UIInputs you need to explicit configure all subclasses.
```
view.RequiredValidationListener
javax.faces.event.PostValidateEvent
javax.faces.component.html.HtmlInputText
view.RequiredValidationListener
javax.faces.event.PostValidateEvent
javax.faces.component.html.HtmlInputSecret
```
etc.
Supporting base classes would be great:
```
view.RequiredValidationListener
javax.faces.event.PostValidateEvent
javax.faces.component.UIInput
```
a fine-grained configuration would be still possible through SystemEventListener.isListenerForSource(Object source)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing how faces-config processes the source-class in system-event-listener entries and review SystemEventListener.isListenerForSource(Object source). The issue names no files or tests. Done means a base class such as UIInput can cover its subclasses while listener-level source filtering remains possible.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100