JSF

Is JSF Dying?

We remember the hype that rocked java world with entry of this web tier framework. It is different as compared to those frameworks which (actually) are front runners of web application technology stack. These include Struts, Spring MVC, Tapestry and many more. These frameworks provided simple MVC based web tier, and a set of classes [...]

JSF

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 [...]

JEE, JSF, Tech Notes

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?
We [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

JEE, JSF, Tech Notes