What Is a JavaServer Faces Application? - The Java EE 6 Tutorial, Volume I

Document Information

Part I Introduction

2. Using the Tutorial Examples

Part II The Web Tier

3. Getting Started with Web Applications

4. Java Servlet Technology

5. JavaServer Faces Technology

JavaServer Faces Technology User Interface

JavaServer Faces Technology Benefits

What Is a JavaServer Faces Application?

User Interface Component Model

User Interface Component Classes

Component Rendering Model

Conversion Model

Event and Listener Model

Validation Model

Navigation Model

Creating a Backing Bean Class

Configuring a Bean

Using the Unified EL to Reference Backing Beans

The Life Cycle of a JavaServer Faces Page

Restore View Phase

Apply Request Values Phase

Process Validations Phase

Update Model Values Phase

Invoke Application Phase

Render Response Phase

Further Information about JavaServer Faces Technology

6. Introduction to Facelets

7. Using JavaServer Faces Technology in Web Pages

8. Developing with JavaServer Faces Technology

9. Configuring JavaServer Faces Applications

Part III Web Services

10. Introduction to Web Services

11. Building Web Services with JAX-WS

12. Building RESTful Web Services with JAX-RS and Jersey

Part IV Enterprise Beans

13. Enterprise Beans

14. Getting Started with Enterprise Beans

15. Running the Enterprise Bean Examples

Part V Persistence

16. Introduction to the Java Persistence API

17. Running the Persistence Examples

18. The Java Persistence Query Language

Part VI Security

19. Introduction to Security in the Java EE Platform

20. Using Java EE Security

21. Securing Java EE Applications

22. Securing Web Applications

Part VII Java EE Supporting Technologies

23. Introduction to Java EE Supporting Technologies

24. Transactions

25. Resource Connections

What Is a JavaServer Faces Application?

For the most part, a JavaServer Faces application is like any other Java web application. A typical JavaServer Faces application includes the following pieces:

A set of web pages, in which UI components are laid out.
A set of tag libraries providing tags to add UI components to the web page.
A set of backing beans, which are JavaBeans components that define properties and functions for UI components on a page.
Optionally one or more application configuration resource files (such as faces-config.xmlfile), which define page navigation rules and configures beans and other custom objects, such as custom components.
A deployment descriptor (a web.xml file).
Possibly a set of custom objects created by the application developer. These objects might include custom components, validators, converters, or listeners.
A set of custom tags for representing custom objects on the page.

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