The list of ideas for improving CDK:

(The forum thread to discuss such improvements: https://community.jboss.org/message/727478#727478)

Bug fixes

• c:foreach in a cast component will result on a List<Object> instead of List<UIComponent> RF-12230
• EL empty method doesn't work for Collection RF-12231
• generate both get* and is* methods for boolean/Boolean expressions RF-12249
• support arbitrary objects with the <cdk:object> tag RF-11668

Ease of use

• <cdk:object /> scoping RF-12195
• fix scanning for interfaces (XML-free inheritance of attributes using Java interfaces) RF-12261

Enhancements

• Do not overwrite encodeBegin/encodeEnd when extending RendererBase RF-12235
• short-cuts for repetitious expressions RF-12247
• Auto-casting #{component} inside the encodeBegin / encodeEnd methods RF-12248

High-level Features

• generating listener tags RF-12257
• support for data attributes RF-12177
• full support for iterative/dynamic components RF-12259
• cc:renderFacet RF-12260
• wildcard support in component attributes RF-12200
• Support "varStatus" attribute on c:forEach RF-12232
• Support for CDK fragments to allow recursion and abstraction of code RF-12226
• Support for combining custom taglib configuration with generated taglib files from CDK RF-12272

Performance improvements

• Conditional resource inclusion RFSBOX-4
• rendering scripts using JavaScriptService (deferred inititialization) RF-11822

Testing CDK

• test harness for testing features of CDK from high-level view (give input / test output (scan java class/javadoc/annotation)) RF-12262

Development turnaround

• incremental build RF-8287

Other Tracked Issues

Link to all unresolved CDK 4.x issues

• template compiler: add assertion tags RF-8885
• Support partial component updates in renderer RF-8058
• CDK: <c:forEach > should generate while(){} loop for Iterator and Enumeration RF-10037