From a3d9cedd6c08944d1cab09e421fc1835557e6f21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matti Tahvonen <matti.tahvonen@itmill.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:22:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] merged doc improvement

svn changeset:18417/svn branch:6.6
---
 src/com/vaadin/terminal/Paintable.java | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/com/vaadin/terminal/Paintable.java b/src/com/vaadin/terminal/Paintable.java
index b3fbdc3d9c..d5528495c2 100644
--- a/src/com/vaadin/terminal/Paintable.java
+++ b/src/com/vaadin/terminal/Paintable.java
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ public interface Paintable extends java.util.EventListener, Serializable {
      * Adds an unique id for component that get's transferred to terminal for
      * testing purposes. Keeping identifiers unique throughout the Application
      * instance is on programmers responsibility.
+     * <p>
+     * Note, that with the current terminal implementation the identifier cannot
+     * be changed while the component is visible. This means that the identifier
+     * should be set before the component is painted for the first time and kept
+     * the same while visible in the client.
      * 
      * @param id
      *            A short (< 20 chars) alphanumeric id
-- 
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