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Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Programming Languages
Product - Business Developer
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Rational
Product family - Design & development
Product - Business Developer
Thank you for this input. We recognize the value of upgrading to JSF 2.0, both for the new features and for general currency. However, this is unlikely to be implemented within the next couple of years, so we are rejecting the RFE, in order to set your expectations realistically.
RBD does inherit quite a bit of its JSF support from RAD, but there are big technology differences in JSF 2.0, which RBD would need to adapt to. This would be very costly to implement. For example, our debugger is unique to RBD (not inherited from RAD), and debugging JSF 2.0 would require essentially a complete new implementation.
While we know that many of our clients are using JSF, for RBD the Web 2.0 Rich UI technology is more strategic as we look forward. Therefore we are unlikely to make such a large investment in enhancing JSF.