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Taskflows are a very useful feature in Oracle ADF which provide a modular approach for defining control flow in an application. It allows to create application flow graphs which can be tied together to build the complete application. So instead of considering an application as a collection of different JSF pages, in ADF we would [...]

Internationalization & Localization Introduction In the current arena of Globalization, the user base of a web application has been extensively increasing day by day. With this huge increase in the user base, it is very essential that the applications are very well understood and interpreted by people of different cultures and different languages. It is [...]

Introduction Spring Web Flow is a framework that provides abilities to developers to capture the workflow of a web application in the form of configurational constructs called Flows. JSF is a UI framework that provides support for developing complex user interface components along with simplified page navigation rules and event handling. In this article we [...]

Introduction JSF is a Web framework for developing Component oriented web applications in the User Interface layer. Amongst the various capabilities that JSF provides, one of the major strengths of JSF is that it is not tied to any specific target device. For example, currently most of the JSF applications are running in a web [...]

Introduction This article will provide an introduction to the Facelets framework with the assumption that the readers have a basic understanding on Java Server Pages. With the Introduction of JSF, the idea is to make JSP as the view technology for JSF. However the architecture of JSF and JSP are completely different and there were [...]

Introduction Testing has become an important aspect for every application and an application cannot be released unless it is not thoroughly tested. JSFUnit provides an attempt to bring in testing capabilities for JSF applications. Not many frameworks exists in the market for testing JSF applications and this framework which originated from JBoss community provides wider [...]

Introduction MVC architecture has become the default choice for developing web applications. It has become a tradition to develop web applications using multi-tier architecture and hence involving one or more Frameworks. A Framework ensures faster development cycle and guarantees the usage of proven design patterns and architecture. There are various Frameworks available for each layer; [...]

JSF 2.0 Cookbook This book will cover all the important aspects involved in developing JSF applications. It provides clear instructions for getting the most out of JSF and offers many exercises to build impressive desktop-style interfaces for your web applications. You will learn to develop JSF applications starting with simple recipes and gradually moving on [...]

Apache MyFaces 1.2 Web Application Development Hypes and trends (such as Web 2.0) cause a change in the requirements for user interfaces every now and then. Although a lot of frameworks are capable of meeting these changing requirements, they often mean that you, as a developer, need in-depth knowledge of web standards, such as XHTML [...]

Apache MyFaces Trinidad 1.2In this book, you will learn how Facelets and Seam are used to get the most out of JSF. You start out by learning where Trinidad comes from and what its aims are. Additionally, you will also learn the often occurring tag attributes and, in particular, Trinidad’s Ajax technology. You will implement login, authorization, navigation, [...]