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bull; bull;A Core book from Geary and Horstmann - two top experts and best-selling Java technology authors bull;Covers both the application framework and the component model in detail; includes appendices covering related open source tools such as ANT, JUnit, and Cactus bull;Launch at JavaONE in June!

Preface

xv

Acknowledgments

xix

Getting Started

2

(34)

Why JavaServer Faces

3

(1)

Software Installation

4

(2)

A Simple Example

6

(6)

Ingredients

9

(1)

Directory Structure

10

(1)

Build Instructions

11

(1)

Sample Application Analysis

12

(9)

Beans

13

(1)

JSF Pages

14

(3)

Navigation

17

(1)

Servlet Configuration

18

(2)

The Welcome File

20

(1)

Visual Development Environments

21

(2)

JSF Framework Services

23

(2)

Behind the Scenes

25

(5)

Rendering Pages

25

(2)

Decoding Requests

27

(1)

The Life Cycle

28

(2)

Automation of the Build Process with Ant

30

(6)

Using the Deployment Manager with Ant

34

(2)

Managed Beans

36

(30)

Definition of a Bean

37

(4)

Bean Properties

39

(2)

Value Binding Expressions

41

(1)

Message Bundles

41

(3)

A Sample Application

44

(6)

Backing Beans

50

(1)

Bean Scopes

51

(2)

Request Scope

51

(1)

Session Scope

52

(1)

Application Scope

53

(1)

Configuring Beans

53

(7)

Setting Property Values

54

(1)

Initializing Lists and Maps

55

(2)

Chaining Bean Definitions

57

(1)

String Conversions

58

(2)

The Syntax of Value Binding Expressions

60

(6)

Using Brackets

61

(1)

Map and List Expressions

61

(1)

Resolving the Initial Term

62

(2)

Composite Expressions

64

(1)

Method Binding Expressions

65

(1)

Navigation

66

(18)

Static Navigation

67

(2)

Dynamic Navigation

69

(11)

Advanced Navigation Issues

80

(4)

Redirection

80

(1)

Wildcards

81

(1)

Using from-action

82

(1)

The Navigation Algorithm

82

(2)

Standard JSF Tags

84

(76)

An Overview of the JSF Core Tags

86

(1)

An Overview of the JSF HTML Tags

87

(9)

Common Attributes

89

(7)

Forms

96

(4)

Form Elements and JavaScript

97

(3)

Text Fields and Text Areas

100

(11)

Using Text Fields and Text Areas

104

(4)

Displaying Text and Images

108

(3)

Hidden Fields

111

(1)

Buttons and Links

111

(11)

Selection Tags

122

(27)

Checkboxes and Radio Buttons

124

(4)

Menus and Listboxes

128

(2)

Items

130

(19)

Messages

149

(5)

Panels

154

(6)

Data Tables

160

(44)

The Data Table Tag

161

(1)

A Simple Table

162

(4)

h:dataTable Attributes

166

(1)

Headers and Footers

167

(2)

JSF Components in Table Cells

169

(4)

Editing Table Cells

173

(4)

Styles for Rows and Columns

177

(2)

Styles by Column

178

(1)

Styles by Row

178

(1)

Database Tables

179

(6)

JSTL Result vs. Result Sets

185

(1)

Table Models

185

(16)

Editing Table Models

185

(6)

Sorting and Filtering

191

(10)

Scrolling Techniques

201

(3)

Scrolling with a Scrollbar

201

(1)

Scrolling with Page Widgets

202

(2)

Conversion and Validation

204

(68)

Overview of the Conversion and Validation Process

205

(2)

Using Standard Converters

207

(10)

Conversion of Numbers and Dates

207

(4)

Conversion Errors

211

(3)

A Complete Converter Example

214

(3)

Using Standard Validators

217

(6)

Validating String Lengths and Numeric Ranges

217

(1)

Checking for Required Values

218

(1)

Displaying Validation Errors

219

(1)

Bypassing Validation

220

(1)

A Complete Validation Example

221

(2)

Programming with Custom Converters and Validators

223

(25)

Implementing Custom Converter Classes

223

(14)

Implementing Custom Validator Classes

237

(3)

Registering Custom Validators

240

(2)

Validating with Bean Methods

242

(1)

Validating Relationships Between Multiple Components

243

(5)

Implementing Custom Tags

248

(24)

Custom Converter Tags

248

(14)

Custom Validator Tags

262

(10)

Event Handling

272

(42)

Life-Cycle Events

274

(1)

Value Change Events

275

(6)

Action Events

281

(9)

Event Listener Tags

290

(2)

Immediate Components

292

(4)

Using Immediate Input Components

294

(1)

Bypassing Conversion and Validation

295

(1)

Phase Events

296

(8)

Putting It All Together

304

(10)

Subviews and Tiles

314

(36)

Common Layouts

315

(1)

A Book Viewer and a Library

316

(2)

The Book Viewer

318

(9)

Monolithic JSF Pages

320

(5)

Common Content Inclusion

325

(1)

Content Inclusion in JSP-Based Applications

326

(1)

JSF-Specific Considerations

326

(1)

Content Inclusion in the Book Viewer

327

(11)

Looking at Tiles

330

(1)

Installing Tiles

331

(1)

Using Tiles with the Book Viewer

332

(2)

Parameterizing Tiles

334

(1)

Extending Tiles

335

(3)

The Library

338

(12)

Nested Tiles

340

(1)

Tile Controllers

340

(10)

Custom Components

350

(80)

Implementing Custom Components with Classes

352

(6)

Tags and Components

355

(1)

The Custom Component Developer's Toolbox

356

(2)

Encoding: Generating Markup

358

(4)

Decoding: Processing Request Values

362

(5)

Using Converters

364

(3)

Implementing Custom Component Tags

367

(11)

The Spinner Application

374

(4)

Revisiting the Spinner

378

(18)

Using an External Renderer

378

(6)

Calling Converters from External Renderers

384

(1)

Supporting Value Change Listeners

385

(1)

Supporting Method Bindings

386

(10)

Encoding JavaScript to Avoid Server Roundtrips

396

(5)

Using Child Components and Facets

401

(29)

Processing SelectItem Children

406

(1)

Processing Facets

407

(2)

Including Content

409

(1)

Encoding CSS Styles

410

(1)

Using Hidden Fields

411

(1)

Saving and Restoring State

412

(2)

Firing Action Events

414

(6)

Using the Tabbed Pane

420

(10)

External Services

430

(74)

Accessing a Database

431

(16)

Issuing SQL Statements

431

(1)

Connection Management

432

(1)

Plugging Connection Leaks

433

(2)

Using Prepared Statements

435

(1)

Configuring a Database Resource in Tomcat

436

(3)

A Complete Database Example

439

(8)

Using LDAP for Authentication

447

(11)

LDAP Directories

448

(2)

Configuring an LDAP Server

450

(3)

Accessing LDAP Directory Information

453

(5)

Managing Configuration Information

458

(34)

Configuring a Bean

459

(1)

Configuring the External Context

460

(2)

Configuring a Container-Managed Resource

462

(3)

Creating an LDAP Application

465

(13)

Container-Managed Authentication and Authorization

478

(14)

Using Web Services

492

(12)

Wireless Clients

504

(56)

Rendering Technologies for Mobile Clients

505

(2)

MIDP Basics

507

(8)

Canvases and Forms

507

(1)

Commands and Keys

508

(2)

Networking

510

(2)

Multithreading

512

(2)

The MIDP Emulator

514

(1)

Mobile Communication and Control Flow

515

(2)

Component Implementation for Mobile Clients

517

(11)

The Battleship Game

528

(32)

The Game Rules

528

(1)

The User Interface

528

(1)

Implementation

529

(31)

How Do I

560

(79)

Web User Interface Design

561

(39)

How do I support file uploads?

561

(10)

How do I show an image map?

571

(1)

How do I include an applet in my page?

572

(3)

How do I produce binary data in a JSF page?

575

(6)

How do I show a large data set one page at a time?

581

(6)

How do I generate a popup window?

587

(8)

How do I customize error pages?

595

(5)

Validation

600

(17)

How do I use the Struts framework for client-side validation?

600

(6)

How do I write my own client-side validation tag?

606

(9)

How do I use the Jakarta Commons Validator for client-side validation?

615

(1)

How do I validate relationships between components?

616

(1)

Programming

617

(13)

How do I use JSF with Eclipse?

617

(5)

How do I locate a configuration file?

622

(1)

How do I get the form ID for generating document.forms[id] in JavaScript?

622

(1)

How do I make a JavaScript function appear only once per page?

623

(1)

How do I package a set of tags into a JAR file?

623

(3)

How do I carry out initialization or cleanup work?

626

(1)

How do I extend the JSF expression language?

626

(3)

How do I choose different render kits?

629

(1)

Debugging and Logging

630

(9)

How do I decipher a stack trace?

630

(2)

How do I find the logs?

632

(1)

How do I find out what parameters my page received?

633

(1)

How do I turn on logging of the JSF container?

634

(1)

How do I replace catalina.out with rotating logs?

635

(1)

How do I find the library source?

636

(3)

Index

639

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When we heard about JavaServertrade; Faces (JSF) at the 2002 Java One conference, we were very excited. Both of us had extensive experience with client-side Java programming, and had lived to tell the tale-David in Graphic Java, and Cay in Core Java, both published by Sun Microsystems Press. When we first tried web programming with servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP), we found it to be rather unintuitive and tedious. JavaServer Faces promised to put a friendly face in front of a web application, allowing programmers to think about text fields and menus instead of fretting over page flips and request parameters. Each of us proposed a book project to the publisher, who promptly suggested that we should jointly write the Sun Microsystems Press book on this technology. It took the JSF expert group (of which David is a member) another two years to release the JSF 1.0 specification and reference implementation. This release ful-fills many of the original promises. You really can design web user interfaces by putting components on a form and linking them to Java objects, without having to write any code at all. The framework was designed for tool support, and the first batch of drag-and-drop GUI builders is now emerging. The framework is extensible-you are not limited to the standard set of HTML components, and you can even use completely different rendering technologies, to support, for example, wireless devices. And finally, unlike competing technologies that let you tumble down a deep cliff once you step beyond the glitz, JSF supports the hard stuff-separation of presentation and business logic, navigation, connections with external services, and configuration management. Of course, being a 1.0 release, the current version of JSF is far from perfect. Some of the APIs are awkward. We supply you with utility classes in the com.corejsf.util package to reduce your pain. Also, there are fewer components than we originally expected. While JSF has a powerful and convenient data table component, some useful components such as tabbed panes, scrollers, file uploads, and so on, were not included for lack of time. In the book, we show you how to implement these features. Of course, we expect the next release of JSF to remedy many of these shortcomings. We are still excited about JSF, and we hope you will share this excitement when you learn how this technology makes you a more effective web application developer. About This Book This book is suitable for web developers whose main focus is user interface design, as well as for programmers who implement reusable components for web applications. This is in stark contrast to the official JSF specification, a dense and pompously worded document whose principal audience is framework implementors, as well as long-suffering book authors. The first half of the book, extending to the middle of Chapter 6, focuses on the JSF tags. These tags are similar to HTML form tags. They are the basic building blocks for JSF user interfaces. No programming is required for use of to use the tags. We only assume only basic HTML skills for web pages and standard Java programming for the business logic. The first part of the book covers these topics: Setting up your programming environment (Chapter 1) Connecting JSF tags to application logic (Chapter 2) Navigating between pages (Chapter 3) Using the standard JSF tags (Chapters 4 and 5) Converting and validating input (Chapter 6) Starting with the final sections of Chapter 6, we begin JSF programming in earnest. You will learn how to perform advanced tasks, and how to extend the JSF framework. Here are the main topics of the second part: Implementing custom converters and validators (Chapter 6) Event handling (Chapter 7) Including common content among multiple pages (Chapter 8) Implementing custom components (Chapter

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