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JavaServer Faces (JSF) is quickly emerging as the leading solution for rapid user interface development in Java-based server-side applications. Now,Core JavaServer Facesthe #1 guide to JSFhas been thoroughly updated in this second edition, covering the latest feature enhancements, the powerful Ajax development techniques, and open source innovations that make JSF even more valuable. Authors David Geary and Cay Horstmann delve into all facets of JSF 1.2 development, offering systematic best practices for building robust applications, minimizing handcoding, and maximizing productivity. Drawing on unsurpassed insider knowledge of the Java platform, they present solutions, hints, tips, and "how-tos" for writing superior JSF 1.2 production code, even if you're new to JSF, JavaServer Pages , or servlets. The second edition's extensive new coverage includes: JSF 1.2's improved alignment with the broader Java EE 5 platform; enhancements to the JSF APIs; controlling Web flow with Shale; and using Facelets to replace JSP with XHTML markup. The authors also introduce Ajax development with JSFfrom real-time validation and Direct Web Remoting to wrapping Ajax in JSF components and using the popular Ajax4jsf framework. This book will help you Automate low-level details and eliminate unnecessary complexity in server-side development Discover JSF best practices, ranging from effective UI design and style sheets to internationalization Use JSF with Tiles to build consistent, reusable user interfaces Leverage external services such as databases, LDAP directories, authentication/authorization, and Web services Use JBoss Seam to greatly simplify development of database-backed applications Implement custom components, converters, and validators Master the JSF 1.2 tag libararies, and extend JSF with additional tag libraries

Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Getting Started	p. 2
Why JavaServer Faces?	p. 3
Software Installation	p. 4
A Simple Example	p. 6
Sample Application Analysis	p. 12
Development Environments for JSF	p. 21
JSF Framework Services	p. 28
Behind the Scenes	p. 30
Managed Beans	p. 36
Definition of a Bean	p. 37
Message Bundles	p. 42
A Sample Application	p. 46
Backing Beans	p. 53
Bean Scopes	p. 54
Configuring Beans	p. 57
The Syntax of Value Expressions	p. 64
Navigation	p. 70
Static Navigation	p. 71
Dynamic Navigation	p. 73
Advanced Navigation Issues	p. 84
Standard JSF Tags	p. 90
An Overview of the JSF Core Tags	p. 92
An Overview of the JSF HTML Tags	p. 94
Forms	p. 103
Text Fields and Text Areas	p. 108
Buttons and Links	p. 119
Selection Tags	p. 130
Messages	p. 157
Panels	p. 163
Data Tables	p. 170
The Data Table Tag h:dataTable	p. 171
A Simple Table	p. 173
Headers, Footers, and Captions	p. 178
JSF Components	p. 182
Editing Table Cells	p. 186
Styles	p. 189
Database Tables	p. 191
Table Models	p. 197
Scrolling Techniques	p. 214
Conversion and Validation	p. 218
Overview of the Conversion and Validation Process	p. 219
Using Standard Converters	p. 221
Using Standard Validators	p. 233
Programming with Custom Converters and Validators	p. 240
Event Handling	p. 266
Life Cycle Events	p. 268
Value Change Events	p. 269
Action Events	p. 275
Event Listener Tags	p. 285
Immediate Components	p. 287
Passing Data from the UI to the Server	p. 291
Phase Events	p. 295
Putting It All Together	p. 303
Subviews and Tiles	p. 314
Common Layouts	p. 315
A Book Viewer and a Library	p. 316
The Book Viewer	p. 318
Content Inclusion in the Book Viewer	p. 328
The Library	p. 339
Custom Components, Converters, and Validators	p. 354
Classes for Implementing Custom Components	p. 356
Encoding: Generating Markup	p. 362
Decoding: Processing Request Values	p. 366
Implementing Custom Component Tags	p. 372
Revisiting the Spinner	p. 387
Encoding JavaScript to Avoid Server Roundtrips	p. 404
Using Child Components and Facets	p. 408
Implementing Custom Converters and Validators	p. 432
External Services	p. 450
Database Access with JDBC	p. 451
Configuring a Data Source	p. 457
An Introduction to LDAP	p. 473
Managing Configuration Information	p. 483
Container-Managed Authentication and Authorization	p. 505
Using Web Services	p. 516
Ajax	p. 528
Ajax Fundamentals	p. 530
JavaScript Libraries	p. 533
Form Completion	p. 534
Realtime Validation	p. 537
Propagating Client-Side View State	p. 542
Direct Web Remoting	p. 543
Ajax Components	p. 546
Ajax4jsf	p. 554
Open Source	p. 570
Web Flow Shale	p. 572
Alternate View Technologies Facelets	p. 585
EJB Integration Seam	p. 596
How Do I	p. 610
Web User Interface Design	p. 611
Validation	p. 658
Programming	p. 669
Debugging and Logging	p. 684
Index	p. 699
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When we heard about JavaServer Faces (JSF) at the 2002 JavaOne conference, we were very excited. Both of us had extensive experience with client-side Java programming, and had lived to tell the tale--David inGraphic Java ,and Cay inCore 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 was a member) until 2004 to release the JSF 1.0 specification and reference implementation. A bug fix 1.1 release emerged shortly afterwards, and an incremental 1.2 release added a number of cleanups and convenience features in 2006. JSF is now the preeminent server-side Java web framework, and it has fulfilled most of its promises. You really can design web user interfaces by putting components on a form and linking them to Java objects, without having to mix code and markup. A strong point of JSF is its extensible component model, and a large number of third-party components have become available. The flexible design of the framework has allowed it to grow well and accommodate new technologies such as AJAX. The framework was designed for tool support, and usable drag-and-drop GUI builders have finally emerged. 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. 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 through 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 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 Chapter 7, 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: Event handling (Chapter 7) Including common content among multiple pages (Chapter 8) Implementing custom components, converters, and validators (Chapter 9) Connecting to databases and other external services (Chapter 10) AJAX (Chapter 11) Open Source Technologies, with a focus onFacelets, Seam, and Shale We end the book with a chapter that aims to answer common questions of the form "How do I...?" We encourage you to have a peek at that chapter as soon as you become comfortable with the basics of JSF.

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