Title : Accessing Web Services from JSF applications
Author : Raja
Date : Sat Nov 10th, 2007

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 Application in the final section of this article. It is assumed that readers have sufficient knowledge of JSF and Web Services before continuing this article.

Title : Event Driven Programming with JSF
Author : Raja
Date : Sat Nov 10th, 2007

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.

Title : Navigation model in JSF
Author : Raja
Date : Sat Nov 10th, 2007

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 in a Web Application with code snippets.

Title : Request Processing Lifecycle phases in JSF
Author : Raja
Date : Sat Nov 10th, 2007

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 Phase, Process Validations Phase, Update Model Phase, Invoke Application Phase and Render Response Phase are covered briefly.

Title : Using Converters in JSF
Author : Raja
Date : Sat Nov 10th, 2007

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 an important aspect in converting the user input to the one that is stored in the Mode.

Title : Spring - iBatis Integration
Author : Christy
Date : Fri Nov 2nd, 2007

iBatis is an object-relational mapping tool (ORM) that simplifies access to database. This article details the steps needed for integrating iBatis with Spring. Through such an integration, objects that are specific to iBatis can utilise all the benefits given by Spring's IOC Container. This is not an introductory article for both Spring and iBatis Frameworks. First-time readers are encouraged to read the Introductory article for Spring in javabeat Introduction to Spring Web Framework to know the preliminary concepts related to Spring.