Question: JSF Page Templates inside Template - possible or not?

Hi guys!
I like pageTemplates! Really nice thing to decompose UI (especially supporting ADFm in background :))).
But, when I tried to define new template using another template, I was not able to reach facets of existing template (designer shows the "picture" of existing template but I cannot reach facets nor "enter" the template in any way). Looks like template inheritance is not supported? Or I'm doing something wrong.
Anyone succeeded to define new template based on existing one?
Thanks for any clue,
Pavle

Hey,
I think we should take emotions out for a while and consider the options you have to build "reusable" pieces with templates today.
If you, for example, build a declarative component out of existing layout components and specify facetRefs for areas you want the application developer to change or add cmponents to then this becomes reusable as a ADF library. This said, a change to the declarative component has immediate effect to the decalartive components used on a page and/or template as soon as the new ADF library jar is in. So for basic needs like modifying a base template to contain customized headers etc. I think this should do.
Rgarding "under discussion". We are for sure no idiots and have an eye on the market and application development needs. So its not a discussion of "do we want that feature" - as we all agree on that we want to have this - but, what would be the possible impact that could happen, like performance, access to contained binding references, circular template references, how-deep does it make sense. This - and I hope you agree - should be discussed first and then properly implemented rather than blindly coded into the product.
However, we do have release cycles and some features might come just too late to be within the first cut - unless we want our customers to wait any longer than necessary to get their hands on a production version of JDeveloper 11.
"But, maybe the truth is hidden from the public? Maybe JDev is not intended to be the custom apps dev tool but only "customization" tool for WebCentre and other Oracles applications? That way the focus on taskflows instead on full UI is justified"
Taskflows is part of the Oracle ADFc controller, which is an extension to the Faces controller. It can be used without ADF using plain JSF components and bean binding. Taskflows is badly needed in JSF because it solves many usecases of Ajax that otherwise you can bang your head against a wall on
- isolated memory scope
- isolated transaction handling with "safe for later" commit, and rollback functionality
- declarative back browser handling
- page-to-page navigation within a page
- break up of activity navigations in reusable units
- Declarative JAAS based security
- Defined entry and exit points
Taskflows are not a mean to build reusable layouts, but reusable flows (thats a big difference and will benefit to application development outside of Oracle Applications big times). Of course, some features might be limited to the use with ADF, but I don't think that you can blame us for having technology that enables out-of-the box behavior for what otherwise you have to hand-code.
Regions I think is what you are addressing as a solution to embed "template" alike content.
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