Discover JBoss Seam: the Unified Framework for Simpler, More Powerful Web Development JBoss Seam integrates EJB 3.0 and JSF components under a unified framework that simplifies and accelerates Java EE 5Web development. Now, JBoss Seamrs"s project leader and technology evangelist take you inside this powerful new technology, showing exactly how to put it to work. Michael Yuan and Thomas Heute show how JBoss Seam enables you to create Web applications that would have been difficult or impossible with previous Java frameworks. Through hands-on examples and a complete case study application, yours"ll learn how to leverage JBoss Seamrs"s breakthrough state management capabilities; integrate business processes and rules; use AJAX with Seam; and deploy your application into production, one step at a time. Coverage includes How JBoss Seam builds onand goes beyondthe Java EE 5 platform Using the "Stateful Framework": conversations, workspaces, concurrent conversations, and transactions Integrating the Web and data components: validation, clickable data tables, and bookmarkable Web pages Creating AJAX and custom UI components, enabling AJAX for existing JSF components, and JavaScript integration via Seam Remoting Managing business processes, defining stateful pageflows, and implementing rule-based security Testing and optimizing JBoss Seam applications Deploying in diverse environments: with Tomcat, with production databases, in clusters, without EJB 3, and more Download source code for this bookrs"s case study application athttp://www.michaelyuan.com/blog/seam-next-gen-web-framework/. www.prenhallprofessional.com www.jboss.com About This Book xi About the Authors xiii Acknowledgments xv Part I: Getting Started 1 Chapter 1: What Is Seam? 3 Chapter 2: Seam Hello World 11 Chapter 3: Recommended JSF Enhancements 31 Chapter 4: Rapid Application Development Tools 55 Part II: Stateful Applications Made Easy 75 Chapter 5: An Introduction to Stateful Framework 77 Chapter 6: A Simple Stateful Application 87 Chapter 7: Conversations 99 Chapter 8: Workspaces and Concurrent Conversations 117 Chapter 9: Transactions 127 Part III: Integrating Web and Data Components 135 Chapter 10: Validate Input Data 137 Chapter 11: Clickable Data Tables 149 Chapter 12: Bookmarkable Web Pages 157 Chapter 13: The Seam CRUD Application Framework 169 Chapter 14: Failing Gracefully 183 Part IV: AJAX Support 195 Chapter 15: Custom and AJAX UI Components 197 Chapter 16: Enabling AJAX for Existing Compo