JSF-Spring

Comprehensive JSF integration for Spring

Authors

Andreas Kuhrwahl,Wolfgang Wopperer,Thomas Jachmann

Version 4.0

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Table of Contents

Preface
1. A short history of JSF-Spring
2. Release objectives for JSF-Spring 4.0
1. Introduction
1.1. Overview
1.2. Usage scenarios
2. What's new in JSF-Spring 4.0
2.1. Schema-based configuration of JSF plugins
2.2. Small state footprint
2.3. Submitting forms via GET
2.4. Full integration of action based web frameworks
3. Customizing and configuring JSF
3.1. Customizing managed beans
3.2. Customizing JSF plugins
3.2.1. Plugins
3.2.2. Phases of the JSF lifecycle
3.2.3. ComponentFactory, ConverterFactory, ValidatorFactory and MethodbindingFactory
3.3. Customizing JSF components with AspectJ
3.3.1. Converters and Validators
3.3.2. UIComponents
4. RESTful web applications
4.1. Small state footprint
4.1.1. Stateful vs. Stateless
4.1.2. The ViewBuilder
4.1.2.1. FaceletViewBuilder vs. FaceletViewHandler
4.1.3. GET and POST at a glance
4.1.3.1. The OptimizedStateManager
4.1.3.2. The NoStateManager
4.2. Submitting forms via GET
4.2.1. Readable URLs for GET requests
4.3. Full integration of action based web frameworks
4.3.1. Full integration of SpringMVC and JSF
4.3.1.1. The FacesContextFilter
4.3.1.2. The FacesDispatcherServlet
4.3.1.3. Lifecycles
4.3.1.4. Controllers
4.3.2. Integration with other web frameworks
5. Testing
5.1. Integration tests
5.1.1. Testing with Sun RI
5.1.2. Testing with MyFaces
A. Appendix A. XML Schema-based configuration
B. Appendix B. jsf-spring.tld