<section role="NotInToc" id="rich_messages">
   <title>
         &lt;rich:messages&gt; <emphasis role="since"><superscript> available since <emphasis role="version">3.1.0</emphasis></superscript></emphasis>
   </title>
      <section>
            <title>Description</title>
            <para>
                  The <emphasis role="bold"><property>&lt;rich:messages&gt;</property></emphasis> component is similar to <emphasis role="bold"><property>&lt;rich:message&gt;</property></emphasis> component but used for rendering all messages for the components.
            </para>
            <figure>
                  <title><emphasis role="bold"><property>&lt;rich:messages&gt;</property></emphasis> component</title>
                  <mediaobject>
                        <imageobject>
                              <imagedata fileref="images/messages_init.png"/>
                        </imageobject>
                  </mediaobject>
            </figure>
      </section>
         
      <section>
            <title>Key Features</title>
            <itemizedlist>
                  <listitem>
                        <para>Consists of three parts to be defined optionally: marker (pictogram), label (text message) and header</para>
                  </listitem>
                  <listitem>
                        <para>Provides set of facets for marker customization</para>
                  </listitem>
                  <listitem>
                        <para>Supports tooltip to display extra portion of message</para>
                  </listitem>
                  <listitem>
                        <para>Tracks both traditional and Ajax requests</para>
                  </listitem>
                  <listitem>
                        <para>Customizable look and feel </para>
                  </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
      </section>
      
   <section>
                    <title>Details of Usage</title>
               
         <para>
               The component has the same behavior as standard <emphasis role="bold"><property>&lt;h:message&gt;</property></emphasis> component. 
               Besides some extra features:
               </para>
               <itemizedlist>
                     <listitem>
                           <para>auto rerendering after Ajax request without help of <emphasis role="bold"><property>&lt;a4j:outputPanel&gt;</property></emphasis>;</para>
                     </listitem>
                     <listitem>
                           <para>providing <code>passed</code> message after validation has been passed (optional);</para>
                     </listitem>
                     <listitem>
                           <para>possibility to add marker to a message;</para>
                     </listitem>
                     <listitem>
                           <para>set of predefined CSS classes for customizing messages appearance.</para>
                     </listitem>   
               </itemizedlist>
                
  
                
                <para>The following example shows different variants of customization of the component.</para>

                 <programlisting role="XML"><![CDATA[<rich:messages layout="table" tooltip="true" showDetail="false" showSummary="true">
      <f:facet name="errorMarker">
            <h:graphicImage url="/image/error.png"/>
      </f:facet>
      <f:facet name="infoMarker">
            <h:graphicImage url="/image/info.png"/>
      </f:facet>
 </rich:messages>]]></programlisting>
                
                <para>The <emphasis role="bold">
            <property>&lt;rich:messages&gt;</property>
         </emphasis> component keeps all messages for all components even after only one Ajax-validated component  was updated.</para>                

          </section>
   <section>
      <title>Reference Data</title>
      <para>
         <ulink url="&tlddoc;rich/messages.html">Table of 
							&lt;rich:messages&gt; 
							 attributes</ulink>.
						</para>
      <table>
                    <title>Component Identification Parameters </title>
                    <tgroup cols="2">
                              <thead>
                                        <row>
                                                  <entry>Name</entry>
                                                  <entry>Value</entry>
                                        </row>
                              </thead>
                              <tbody>
                                        <row>
                                                  <entry>component-type</entry>
                                              <entry>org.richfaces.component.RichMessages</entry>
                                        </row>
                                        <row>
                                                  <entry>component-class</entry>
                                              <entry>org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlRichMessages</entry>
                                        </row>
                                        <row>
                                                  <entry>component-family</entry>
                                              <entry>org.richfaces.component.RichMessages</entry>
                                        </row>
                                        <row>
                                                  <entry>renderer-type</entry>
                                              <entry>org.richfaces.RichMessagesRenderer</entry>
                                        </row>
                                        <row>
                                                  <entry>tag-class</entry>
                                              <entry>org.richfaces.taglib.RichMessagesTag</entry>
                                        </row>
                              </tbody>
                    </tgroup>
          </table>
         
         <table>
         <title>Facets</title>
         <tgroup cols="2">
               <thead>
                     <row>
                           <entry>Facet</entry>
                           <entry>Description</entry>
                     </row>
               </thead>
               <tbody>
                     <row>
                           <entry>errorMarker</entry>
                           <entry>Defines pictogram for message with <emphasis>error</emphasis> severity class</entry>
                     </row>
                     <row> 
                           <entry>fatalMarker</entry>
                           <entry>Defines pictogram for message with <emphasis>fatal</emphasis> severity class</entry>
                     </row>
                     <row>
                           <entry>infoMarker</entry>
                           <entry>Defines pictogram for message with <emphasis>info</emphasis> severity class</entry>
                     </row>
                     <row>
                           <entry>passedMarker</entry>
                           <entry>Defines pictogram if there is no <emphasis>fatal</emphasis>, <emphasis>error</emphasis>, <emphasis>warn</emphasis> or <emphasis>info</emphasis> message</entry>
                     </row>
                     <row>
                           <entry>warnMarker</entry>
                           <entry>Defines pictogram for message with <emphasis>warn</emphasis> severity class</entry>
                     </row>
               </tbody>
         </tgroup>
        </table>
         
      <table id="tab_msC">
                              <title>Classes names that define a component appearance</title>

                              <tgroup cols="2">
                                        <thead>
                                                  <row>
                                                  <entry>Class name</entry>

                                                  <entry>Description</entry>
                                                  </row>
                                        </thead>

                                        <tbody>
                                                  <row>
                                                  <entry>rich-messages</entry>

                                                  <entry>Defines styles for a wrapper
                                                  element</entry>
                                                  </row>

                                                  <row>
                                                  <entry>rich-messages-marker</entry>

                                                  <entry>Defines styles for a
                                                  marker</entry>
                                                  </row>

                                                  <row>
                                                  <entry>rich-messages-label</entry>

                                                  <entry>Defines styles for a
                                                  label</entry>
                                                  </row>

                                        </tbody>
                              </tgroup>
                    </table>
							You can find all necessary information about style classes redefinition in 
						<link linkend="customstyles">Definition of Custom Style Classes</link> 
							section.
						</section>
   <section>
                    <title>Relevant Resources Links</title>
         <para>
               Visit the <ulink url="http://livedemo.exadel.com/richfaces-demo/richfaces/messages.jsf?c=messages&amp;tab=usage">Messages page</ulink> at RichFaces LiveDemo for examples of component usage and their sources.
         </para>           
         
          </section>
</section>