JSF 2.0 Cookbook

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Using Standard and Custom Converters in JSF
  • Introduction
  • Working with implicit and explicit conversions
  • Standard converters for numbers
  • Standard converters for date and time
  • Converters and NULL values
  • Creating and using a custom converter
  • Using custom converters for h:selectOneMenu
  • Binding converters to backing bean properties
  • RichFaces and standard converters
  • RichFaces and custom converters
  • Instance variables in converters
  • Client-side converters with MyFaces Trinidad

• Chapter 2: Using Standard and Custom Validators in JSF
  • Introduction
  • Using a standard validator
  • Customizing error messages for validators
  • Creating a custom validator
  • Binding validators to backing bean properties
  • Validating forms with RichFaces rich:beanValidator
  • Validating forms with RichFaces rich:ajaxValidator
  • Apache MyFaces Commons validators
  • Bean validation with f:validateBean
  • Enforcing a value's presence with f:validateRequired
  • Using regular expressions with f:validateRegex

• Chapter 3: File Management
  • Introduction
  • Downloading files using Mojarra Scales
  • Multi-file upload using Mojarra Scales
  • File upload with Apache MyFaces Tomahawk
  • AJAX multi-file upload with RichFaces
  • Downloading with PrimeFaces 2.0
  • PPR multi-file upload with PrimeFaces 2.0
  • Extracting data from an uploaded CSV file
  • Exporting data to Excel, PDF, CVS, and XML

• Chapter 4: Security
  • Introduction
  • Working with the JSF Security project
  • Using the JSF Security project without JAAS Roles
  • Using secured managed beans with JSF Security
  • Using Acegi/Spring security in JSF applications

• Chapter 5: Custom Components
  • Introduction
  • Building a "HelloWorld" JSF custom component
  • Renderers/validators for custom components
  • Adding AJAX support to JSF custom components
  • Using Proxy Id library for dynamic IDs
  • Using JSF ID Generator
  • Accessing resources from custom components
  • Custom components with Archetypes for Maven
  • RichFaces CDK and custom components
  • Composite custom components with zero Java
  • Creating a login composite component in JSF 2.0
  • Building a spinner composite component in JSF 2.0
  • Mixing JSF and Dojo widget for custom components

• Chapter 6: AJAX in JSF
  • Introduction
  • A first JSF 2.0-AJAX example
  • Using the f:ajax tag
  • Installing and using Dynamic Faces in NetBeans 6.8
  • Using the inputSuggestAjax component
  • ajax4jsf—more than 100 AJAX components
  • Writing reusable AJAX components in JSF 2.0
  • PrimeFaces, CommandLink, and CommandButton

• Chapter 7: Internationalization and Localization
  • Introduction
  • Loading message resource bundles in JSF
  • Using locales and message resource bundles
  • Message resource bundles without f:loadBundle
  • Working with parameterized messages
  • Accessing message resource keys from a class
  • Providing a theme to a Visual Web JSF Project
  • Displaying Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and so on
  • Selecting a time zone in JSF 2.0

• Chapter 8: JSF, Images, CSS, and JS
  • Introduction
  • Injecting CSS in JSF
  • JSF, CSS, and tables
  • JSF and dynamic CSS
  • Integrating JavaScript and JSF
  • Getting a JSF inputText value from JavaScript
  • Working with JSF hidden fields from JavaScript
  • Passing parameters from JS to JSF (client to server)
  • Passing parameters from JSF to JS (server to client)
  • Opening a pop-up window using JSF and JS
  • Passing parameters with HTTP GET within the URL
  • Communication between parent pop-up windows
  • Populating a JS load function with JSF values
  • Dynamic images with PrimeFaces
  • Cropping images with PrimeFaces
  • Working with rss4jsf project
  • Using resource handlers

• Chapter 9: JSF—Managing and Testing
  • Introduction
  • Managing JSF with Faces Console
  • Testing JSF applications with JSFUnit
  • JSFUnit and Ant
  • JSFUnit API
  • A JSF and JMeter issue
  • Working with JSF Chart Creator

• Chapter 10: Facelets
  • Introduction
  • Installing Facelets under JSF 1.2 (or JSF 1.1)
  • Facelets aliasing components
  • Facelets templating
  • Creating composition components in JSF 2.0
  • Passing sub-elements to composition components
  • Passing actions to composition components

• Chapter 11: JSF 2.0 Features
  • Introduction
  • JSF 2.0 annotations
  • The JSF 2.0 exception handling mechanism
  • Bookmarking JSF pages with PrettyFaces
  • JSF declarative event handling
  • URLs based on specified navigation outcome
  • JSF view parameters
  • JSF 2 and navigation cases

• Chapter 12: Mixing JSF with Other Technologies
  • Introduction
  • Configuring Seam with JSF
  • An overview of Seam JSF controls
  • Mixing JSF and JSTL
  • Integrating JSF and Hibernate
  • Integrating JSF and Spring
  • Mixing JSF and EJB (JPA)

• Appendix: Configuring JSF-related Technologies
  • Apache MyFaces Trinidad (supports JSF 2.0)
  • RichFaces (supports JSF 2.0)
  • Apache MyFaces Tomahawk (supports JSF 1.2)
  • Apache MyFaces Tomahawk Sandbox (supports JSF 1.2)
  • Mojarra Scales (supports JSF 1.2)
  • j4j (supports JSF 2.0)
  • rss4jsf (supports JSF 2.0)

• Index

Anghel Leonard

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