JEE
Set up Infrared on Unix for Weblogic
Recently, I got a chance to do hands on Infrared J2EE performance testing tool. While going through documentation available on internet, I noticed that everything is in windows operating system context. Hence I had to change all configuration to suite unix environment. It was weblogic 8.1 on unix. It did eat up some time. Hence [...]
What is a WSDL?
WSDL, webservice description language, is the contract definition of any webservice. This XML document is used to tell the world what is going to be the definition/structure of the webservice, what that webservice has to offer. Here is an example webservice document explained using inline comments. We are not taking any complex example here. But [...]
Portlet Technology: Points to Ponder
JSR 168 defined the contract between applications to be developed using portlet technology and the portal servers. But this technology somehow lagged behind in evolution and continued to exist with many challenges. During application technology stack selection, one comes across portal server options many times. Sometimes we have to choose between application server and portal [...]
Empowering POJOs – Spring vs EJB
If we look at the way Java open source technologies are advancing around plain old Java objects, we can definitely say that this is an era of POJOs. Now, you may be feeling that writing functionality in simple objects is enough to build a complex application, where rest of the supporting services can be provided [...]
Better Design without ActionForm in Struts 2
Struts 2 is different from Struts 1 in many aspects. The intention behind changes in Struts 2 is to enrich this framework by adding new features, supporting web tier features like AJAX, and simultaneously simplifying the development with this framework. This framework change is also in line with current trend of getting job done using [...]
Java Server Faces (JSF) Tutorial
JSF – Java Server Faces is a web tier technology. This technology is different from other JEE web tier technologies in many aspects. This tutorial helps you to understand building blocks of JSF, compares it with other web tier technologies like Struts, Spring MVC etc. Following detailed articles constitute this tutorial.
JSF Hello World Example on [...]
JSF Request Handling Lifecycle
By now you must have understood what is jsf, how to write simple application using jsf, and what are the changes required if you want to use jsp with jsf. In this article, we will try to explore the request processing by jsf. How does it work when we submit a request from client browser?
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Applying Java Server Faces (JSF) Technology to Jsp
Normally, a jsp contains static and dynamic contents. Static contents are written using html while dynamic contents are executed at server side, and the resultant data is presented again in html format. When a page is presented in a browser, it contains sequence of html tags that are nested to present view elements and data. [...]
Mapping JSF Technology with Other Web Tier Technologies
If we look at the new technologies introduced in Java domain, it can be clearly seen that web tier is one of the prime focus area now a days. Evolution of Java web technology had been slow as compared to the middle tier and persistent data access technology for past few years. For ages, we [...]
JSF Hello World Example on Eclipse and Tomcat
In this example, we will write a simple application using JSF and it’s default renderer – HTML renderer on Eclipse IDE. Next, the application will be deployed on tomcat, and run to see results. Functionality of our project is simple – enter first name and last name, on press of submit button, show the complete [...]