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1) Introduction This article will explain the sequence of activities that will take place while processing the Request in a typical Web Application. The various phases like the Restore View Phase, Apply Request Values Phase, Process Validations Phase, Update Model Values Phase, Invoke Application Phase and Render Response Phase are covered briefly. First-time readers of [...]

1) Introduction Java Server Faces provides a component-based event-driven model for User Interface Layer in a Web Application. JSF UI Components behave very similar to Swing Components in which case Events are made to trigger by the User and they are handled by appropriate Listeners. In this article, we will focus on Converters which remains [...]

1) Introduction In this technical article, let us see how it is possible to access Web Services from JSF Applications. JSF Application resides in the Web Tier of a typical Enterprise Application, whereas Web Services are External Services that reside in the Application Tier. We make use of Java EE 5 for developing the Sample [...]

1) Introduction This article discusses theories and concepts related to JSF Event Model. It details the supporting high level classes and interfaces that are involved in JSF Event Handling Mechanism. The logical categorization of JSF Events is also explained along with code snippets. Then, the tags available in the core JSF Framework are also discussed. [...]

1) Introduction In this article, let us see the different types of Navigation mechanisms available in JSF. The JSF Navigation Model is both declarative and programmatic, i,e, Navigation can be configured either statically in the deployment time or dynamically during the run-time of a Web Application. We will see how to configure such navigation models [...]