Describe your motivation
The core problem is that the HasOrderedComponents interface contains methods that are universally applicable to all components. Ideally, these methods should also be present in HasComponents, but they are not.
There is no reason to distinguish between HasOrderedComponents and HasComponents, as the interfaces only contain default methods that directly access the element API.
Furthermore, due to the nature of Java and Vaadin, component structures are always ordered by default, in the order they were added in the source code.
Describe the solution you'd like
The functions of HasOrderedComponents should instead be exposed in HasComponents, and the HasOrderedComponents interface should be given an empty shell for those methods that only call super, in order to remain backward compatible.
Describe alternatives you've considered
We considered implementing our own method that executes the exact same code as in HasOrderedComponents.replace; this would work as a temporary solution, but it's not the ideal solution.
Describe your motivation
The core problem is that the
HasOrderedComponentsinterface contains methods that are universally applicable to all components. Ideally, these methods should also be present inHasComponents, but they are not.There is no reason to distinguish between
HasOrderedComponentsandHasComponents, as the interfaces only contain default methods that directly access the element API.Furthermore, due to the nature of Java and Vaadin, component structures are always ordered by default, in the order they were added in the source code.
Describe the solution you'd like
The functions of HasOrderedComponents should instead be exposed in HasComponents, and the HasOrderedComponents interface should be given an empty shell for those methods that only call super, in order to remain backward compatible.
Describe alternatives you've considered
We considered implementing our own method that executes the exact same code as in HasOrderedComponents.replace; this would work as a temporary solution, but it's not the ideal solution.