Core JavaServer Faces, Rough Cuts, 3rd Edition

Description

• Copyright 2009
• Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
• Pages: 672
• Edition: 3rd

• Rough Cuts
• ISBN-10: 0-13-701395-7
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-701395-1

This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.

JavaServer Faces (JSF) is the standard Java EE technology for building web user interfaces. It provides a powerful framework for developing server-side applications, allowing you to cleanly separate visual presentation and application logic. JSF 2.0 is a major upgrade, which not only adds many useful features but also greatly simplifies the programming model by using annotations and “convention over configuration” for common tasks.

To help you quickly tap into the power of JSF 2.0, the third edition of Core JavaServer™ Faces has been completely updated to make optimum use of all the new features. The book includes

• Three totally new chapters on using Facelets tags for templating, building composite components, and developing Ajax applications
• Guidance on building robust applications with minimal hand coding and maximum productivity–without requiring any knowledge of servlets or other low-level “plumbing”
• A complete explanation of the basic building blocks–from using standard JSF tags, to working with data tables, and converting and validating input
• Coverage of advanced tasks, such as event handling, extending the JSF framework, and connecting to external services
• Solutions to a variety of common challenges, including notes on debugging and troubleshooting, in addition to implementation details and working code for features that are missing from JSF
• Proven solutions, hints, tips, and “how-tos” show you how to use JSF effectively in your development projects

Core JavaServer™ Faces, Third Edition, provides everything you need to master the powerful and time-saving features of JSF 2.0 and is the perfect guide for programmers developing Java EE 6 web apps on Glassfish or another Java EE 6-compliant application servers, as well as servlet runners such as Tomcat 6.

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Table of Contents

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xix

Chapter 1: Getting Started 2

Why JavaServer Faces? 3

A Simple Example 4

Development Environments for JSF 13

An Analysis of the Sample Application 15

A First Glimpse of Ajax [JSF 2.0 Topic] 21

JSF Framework Services 24

Behind the Scenes 26

Conclusion 31

Chapter 2: Managed Beans 32

Definition of a Bean 33

CDI Beans [CDI Topic] 39

Message Bundles 40

A Sample Application 45

Bean Scopes 51

Configuring Beans 56

The Expression Language Syntax 63

Conclusion 71

Chapter 3: Navigation 72

Static Navigation 73

Dynamic Navigation 74

Redirection 86

RESTful Navigation and Bookmarkable URLs [JSF 2.0 Topic] 88

Advanced Navigation Rules 96

Conclusion 99

Chapter 4: Standard JSF Tags100

An Overview of the JSF Core Tags 102

An Overview of the JSF HTML Tags 105

Panels 115

The Head, Body, and Form Tags 118

Text Fields and Text Areas 123

Buttons and Links 134

Selection Tags 145

Messages 171

Conclusion 177

Chapter 5: Facelets [JSF 2.0 Topic] 178

Facelets Tags 179

Templating with Facelets 181

Custom Tags 195

Loose Ends 198

Conclusion 202

Chapter 6: Data Tables 204

The Data Table Tag–h:dataTable 205

A Simple Table 207

Headers, Footers, and Captions 212

Styles 215

JSF Components in Tables 218

Editing Tables 2

Database Tables 228

Table Models

Scrolling Techniques 242

Conclusion 244

Chapter 7: Conversion and Validation 246

Overview of the Conversion and Validation Process 247

Using Standard Converters 249

Using Standard Validators 262

Bean Validation [JSF 2.0 Topic] 270

Programming with Custom Converters and Validators 275

Implementing Custom Converter and Validator Tags 297

Conclusion 303

Chapter 8: Event Handling 304

Events and the JSF Life Cycle 306

Value Change Events 307

Action Events 312

Event Listener Tags 318

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