Advantages of making a component in Java vs using a template?

I was reading up on developing Vision components in the programming guide. I was trying to make one of our (somewhat broken) templates in this fashion. I started wondering what advantages this offers over making the same item as a template. What is the motivation for making customs components in Java and making them available to designer/client vs making them as a template inside of designer?

Blistering fast. Total integration. Control over licensing and redistribution (if not free). Protection against local edits. Bidirectional properties (bindable but also updatable within the component).

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Ability to use your own text editor / IDE

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