apex:dynamicComponent - Correct type of a component

Question

Situation

I want to implement a dynamic, dynamic custom component in visualforce and apex. Therefore I created a new component:

<apex:component controller="SidebarController">
    <apex:repeat value="{!components}" var="component">
        <apex:dynamicComponent componentValue="{!component}" />
    </apex:repeat>
</apex:component>

And a corresponding controller:

public without sharing class SidebarController
{
    public List<Component.c> components {get; set;}

    public SidebarController()
    {
        components = new List<Component.c>();

        components.add(new Component.c.TestComponent());
        components.add(new Component.c.TestComponent2());
    }
}

Do you know from which type the component value has to be?

I already tried the following types:

1. Object -> Cast fail
2. UIComponent -> Not available in apex
3. Component.c -> core.apexpages.quickfix.QuickFixException
4. Component.apex -> core.apexpages.quickfix.QuickFixException
5. Component -> general issue

Do you know the correct type of a component in apex?

Answer 1

I think this is the correct type:

public List <ApexPages.Component> childComponents {get; set;}

Here are the docs.