JavaServer Faces

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 624 pages
• Published by: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
• Edition: 1st Edition April 30, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0596005393
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0596005399
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 2 pounds

Product Description
JavaServer Faces, or JSF, brings a component-based model to web application development that's similar to the model that's been used in standalone GUI applications for years. The technology builds on the experience gained from Java Servlets, JavaServer Pages, and numerous commercial and open source web application frameworks that simplify the development process.

In "JavaServer Faces," developers learn how to use this new framework to build real-world web applications. The book contains everything you'll need: how to construct the HTML on the front end; how to create the user interface components that connect the front end to your business objects; how to write a back-end that's JSF-friendly; and how to create the deployment descriptors that tie everything together.

"JavaServer Faces" pays particular attention to simple tasks that are easily ignored, but crucial to any real application: working with tablular data, for example, or enabling and disabling buttons. And this book doesn't hide from the trickier issues, like creating custom components or creating renderers for different presentation layers. Whether you're experienced with JSF or a just starting out, you'll find everything you need to know about this technology in this book.

Topics covered include:

The JSF environment

Creating and rendering components

Validating input

Handling user-generated events

Controlling page navigation

Working with tabular data

Internationalization

Integration between JSF and Struts

Developing custom renderers and custom components

"JavaServer Faces" is a complete guide to the crucial new JSF technology. If you develop web applications, JSF belongs in yourtoolkit, and this book belongs in your library.

About The Author
Hans Bergsten is the founder of Gefion Software, whose main product is a component suite, based on JavaServer Pages (JSP), for developing web applications. An active participant in the working groups for the JSF, servlet and JSP specifications from the be

Reader Reviews
This is one of the best O'Reilly Java books I have read in some time. The use of graphics is very effectively coupled with tightly written and interesting exposition. Nowhere is this more evident than in chapter four which works through an entire web transaction both on the client and the server. About two thirds of the book covers JSF in-depth. The last third, in the appendices, gives an O'Reilly style reference for the components. Before the reference section the book covers the basics, like forms. Then goes into advanced topics like internationalization and finished off by covering the creation of custom components and layout systems. This is a must read for anyone using or evaluating JSF. It's well written, and teaches the topic, as opposed to just translating the documentation.