JavaServer Faces
By Cay S. Horstmann
About This Refcard
JavaServer Faces (JSF) is the "official" component-based
view technology in the Java EE web tier. JSF includes a set
of predefined UI components, an event-driven programming
model, and the ability to add third-party components. JSF
is designed to be extensible, easy to use, and toolable. This
refcard describes the JSF development process, standard JSF
tags, the JSF expression language, and the faces-config.xml
configuration file.
Development Proces
A developer specifies JSF components in JSF pages,
combining JSF component tags with HTML and CSS for styling.
Components are linked with managed beans,Java classes
that contain presentation logic and connect to business logic
and persistence backends. Entries in faces-config.xml
contain
navigation rules and instructions for loading managed beans.
A JSF page has the following structure:
JSP Style |
Proper XML |
<html>
<%@ taglib
uri="http://
java.sun.com/jsf/
core"
prefix="f" %>
<%@ taglib
uri="http://
java.sun.com/jsf/
html"
prefix="h" %>
<f:view>
<head>
<title>...</
title>
</head>
<body>
<h:form>
...
</h:form>
</body>
</f:view>
</html>
|
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jsp:root xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/
JSP/Page"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
version="2.0">
<jsp:directive.page contentType="text/
html;charset=UTF-8"/>
<jsp:output omit-xml-declaration="no"
doctype-root-element="html"
doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN"
doctype-system="http://www.w3.org/TR/
xhtml1/
DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"/>
<f:view>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/
xhtml">
<head>
<title>...</title>
</head>
<body>
<h:form>...</h:form>
</body>
</html>
</f:view>
</jsp:root>
|
These common tasks give you a crash course into using JSF.
page.jspx
<h:inputText value="#{bean1.luckyNumber}">
faces-config.xml
<managed-bean>
<managed-bean-name>bean1</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>com.corejsf.SampleBean</
managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>
com/corejsf/SampleBean.java
public class SampleBean {
public int getLuckyNumber() { ... }
public void setLuckyNumber(int value) { ... }
...
}
page.jspx
<h:commandButton value="press me" action="#{bean1.
login}"/>
faces-config.xml
<navigation-rule>
<navigation-case>
<from-outcome>success</from-outcome>
<to-view-id>/success.jspx</to-view-id>
</navigation-case>
<navigation-case>
<from-outcome>error</from-outcome>
<to-view-id>/error.jspx</to-view-id>
<redirect/>
</navigation-case>
</navigation-rule>
com/corejsf/SampleBean.java
public class SampleBean {
public String login() { if (...) return
"success"; else return "error"; }
...
}
page.jspx
<h:selectOneRadio value="#{form.condiment}>
<f:selectItems value="#{form.condimentItems}"/>
</h:selectOneRadio>
com/corejsf/SampleBean.java
public class SampleBean {
private Map<String, Object> condimentItem = null;
public Map<String, Object> getCondimentItems() {
if (condimentItem == null) {
condimentItem = new LinkedHashMap<String,
Object>();
condimentItem.put("Cheese", 1); // label, value
condimentItem.put("Pickle", 2);
...
}
return condimentItem;
}
public int getCondiment() { ... }
public void setCondiment(int value) { ... }
...
}
Validation and Conversion
page.jspx
<h:inputText value="#{payment.amount}"
required="true">
<f:validateDoubleRange maximum="1000"/>
</h:inputText>
<h:outputText value="#{payment.amount}">
<f:convertNumber type="currency"/>
<!-- number displayed with currency symbol and
group separator: $1,000.00 -->
</h:outputText>
Error Messages
page.jspx
<h:outputText value="Amount"/>
<h:inputText id="amount" label="Amount"
value="#{payment.amount}"/>
<!-- label is used in message text -->
<h:message for="amount"/>
Resources and Styles
page.jspx
<head>
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"
type="text/css"/>
...
</head>
<body>
...
<h:outputText value="#{msgs.goodbye}!"
styleClass="goodbye">
...
</body>
faces-config.xml
<application>
<resource-bundle>
<base-name>com.corejsf.messages</base-name>
<var>msgs</var>
</resource-bundle>
</application>
com/corejsf/messages.properties
goodbye=Goodbye
com/corejsf/messages_de.properties
goodbye=Auf Wiedersehen
styles.css
.goodbye {
font-style: italic;
font-size: 1.5em;
color: #eee;
}
Table with links
page.jspx
<h:dataTable value="#{bean1.entries}" var="row"
styleClass="table" rowClasses="even,odd">
<h:column>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="Name"/>
</f:facet>
<h:outputText value="#{row.name}"/>
</h:column>
<h:column>
<h:commandLink value="Delete" action="#{bean1.
deleteAction}" immediate="true">
<f:setPropertyActionListener target="#{bean1.
idToDelete}"
value="#{row.id}"/>
</h:commandLink>
</h:column>
</h:dataTable>
com/corejsf/SampleBean.java
public class SampleBean {
private int idToDelete;
public void setIdToDelete(int value) {idToDelete
= value; }
public String deleteAction() {
// delete the entry whose id is idToDelete
return null;
}
public List<Entry> getEntries() {...}
...
}
LifeCycle
faces-config.xml
The faces-config.xml file contains a sequence of the following
entries.
- managed-bean
- description , display-name, icon (optional)
- managed-bean-name
- managed-bean-class
- managed-bean-scope
- managed-property (0 or more, other optional choices
are map-entries and list-entries which are not
shown here)
- description, display-name, icon (optional)
- property-name
- value (other choices are null-value, map-entries,
list-entries which are not shown here)
- navigation-rule
- description, display-name, icon (optional)
- from-view-id (optional, can use wildcards)
- navigation-case (1 or more)
- from-action (optional, not common)
- from-outcome
- to-view-id
- application
- resource-bundle
- base-name
- var
- action-listener, default-render-kit-id,
resource-bundle, view-handler, state-manager, elresolver,
property-resolver, variable-resolver,
application-extension (details not shown)
- converter
- converter-id
- converter-class
- Optional initialization (not shown here)
- validator
- validator-id
- validator-class
- Optional initialization (not shown here)
- lifecycle
- component, factory, referenced-bean, render-kit,
faces-config-extension (details not shown)
web.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchemainstance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
version="2.5">
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</
servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<!-- Add this element to change the extension for
JSF page files (Default: .jsp) -->
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</paramname>
<param-value>.jspx</param-value>
</context-param>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
<!-- Another popular URL pattern is /faces/* -->
</servlet-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.faces</welcome-file>
<!-- Create a blank index.faces (in addition to
index.jspx) -->
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
<!-- Use <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content=
"0; URL=index.faces"/> -->
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
The JSF Expression Language (EL)
An EL expression is a sequence of literal strings and expressions
of the form base[expr1][expr2]... As in JavaScript, you
can write base.identifier instead of base['identifier'] or
base["identifier"]. The base is one of the names in the table
below or a name defined in faces-config.xml.
header |
A Map of HTTP header parameters, containing only the first
value for each name. |
headerValues |
A Map of HTTP header parameters, yielding a String[] array of
all values for a given name |
param |
A Map of HTTP request parameters, containing only the first
value for each name. |
paramValues |
A Map of HTTP request parameters, yielding a String[] array of
all values for a given name. |
cookie |
A Map of the cookie names and values of the current request. |
initParam |
A Map of the initialization parameters of this web application. |
requestScope |
A Map of all request scope attributes. |
sessionScope |
A Map of all session scope attributes. |
applicationScope |
A Map of all application scope attributes. |
facesContext |
The FacesContext instance of this request. |
view |
The UIViewRoot instance of this request. |
There are two expression types:
- n Value expression: a reference to a bean property or an
entry in a map, list, or array. Examples:
userBean.name
calls getName
or setName
on the userBean
object
pizza.choices[var]
calls pizza.getChoices( ).get(var)
or pizza.getChoices( ).put(var, ...)
- n Method expression: a reference to a method and the
object on which it is to be invoked. Example:
userBean.login
calls the login
method on the userBean
object when it is invoked.
In JSF, EL expressions are enclosed in #{...}
to indicate
deferred evaluation. The expression is stored as a string and
evaluated when needed. In contrast, JSP uses immediate
evaluation, indicated by ${...}
delimiters.
JSF Core Tags
Tag |
Description/Attributes |
f:view |
Creates the top-level view
locale | The locale for this view. |
renderKitId
(JSF 1.2) | The render kit ID for this view |
beforePhase,
afterPhase | Phase listeners that are called in every phase except "restore view" |
|
f:subview |
Creates a subview of a view
binding, id, rendered | Basic attributes |
|
f:facet |
Adds a facet to a component
name | the name of this facet |
|
f:attribute |
Adds an attribute to a component
name, value | the name and value of the attribute to set |
|
f:param |
Constructs a parameter child component
name | An optional name for this parameter
component. |
value | The value stored in this component. |
binding, id | Basic attributes |
|
f:actionListener
f:valueChangeListener |
Adds an action listener or value change listener to a
component
type | The name of the listener class |
|
f:setPropertyChange
Listener (JSF 1.2) |
Adds an action listener to a component that sets a bean
property to a given value.
value | The bean property to set when the
action event occurs |
binding, id | The value to set it to |
|
f:converter |
Adds an arbitary converter to a component
converterId | The ID of the converter |
|
f:convertDateTime |
Adds a datetime converter to a component
type | date (default), time, or both |
dateStyle | default, short, medium, long, or full |
timeStyle | default, short, medium, long, or full |
pattern | Formatting pattern, as defined in java.
text.SimpleDateFormat |
locale | Locale whose preferences are to be used
for parsing and formatting |
timezone | Time zone to use for parsing and
formatting |
|
f:convertNumber |
Adds a number converter to a component
type | number (default), currency , or
percent |
pattern | Formatting pattern, as defined in
java.text.DecimalFormat |
maxFractionDigits | Maximum number of digits in the
fractional part |
minFractionDigits | Minimum number of digits in the
fractional part |
maxIntegerDigits | Maximum number of digits in the
integer part |
minIntegerDigits | Minimum number of digits in the
integer part |
integerOnly | True if only the integer part is
parsed (default: false) |
groupingUsed | True if grouping separators are
used (default: true) |
locale | Locale whose preferences are to
be used for parsing and formatting |
currencyCode |
ISO 4217 currency code to use
when converting currency values |
currencySymbol | Currency symbol to use when
converting currency values |
|
f:validator |
Adds a validator to a component
validatorId | The ID of the validator |
|
f:validateDoubleRange
f:validateLongRange
f:validateLength |
Validates a double or long value, or the length of a string
minimum, maximum | the minimum and maximum of the
valid rang |
|
f:loadBundle |
Loads a resource bundle, stores properties as a Map
basename | The resource bundle name |
value | The name of the variable that is bound to
the bundle map |
|
f:selectitems |
Specifies items for a select one or select many component
binding, id | Basic attributes |
value | Value expression that points to a
SelectItem, an array or Collection of
SelectItem objects, or a Map mapping
labels to values. |
|
f:selectitem |
Specifies an item for a select one or select many
component
binding, id | Basic attributes |
itemDescription | Description used by tools only |
itemDisabled | Boolean value that sets the item's
disabled property |
itemLabel | Text shown by the item |
itemValue | Item's value, which is passed to the
server as a request parameter |
value | Value expression that points to a
SelectItem instance |
|
f:verbatim |
Adds markup to a JSF page
escape | If set to true, escapes <, >, and &
characters. Default value is false. |
rendered (JSF 1.2) | Basic attributes |
|
JSF HTML TAGS
Tag |
Description |
|
h:form |
HTML form |
|
h:inputText |
Single-line text input control |
 |
h:inputTextarea |
Multiline text input control |
 |
h:inputSecret |
Password input control |
 |
h:inputHidden |
Hidden field |
|
h:outputLabel |
Label for another
component for accessibility |
|
h:outputLink |
HTML anchor |
 |
h:outputFormat |
Like outputText, but
formats compound
messages |
|
h:outputText |
Single-line text output |
|
h:commandButton |
Button: submit, reset, or
pushbutton |
 |
h:commandLink |
Link that acts like a
pushbutton. |
register |
h:message |
Displays the most recent
message for a component |
 |
h:messages |
Displays all messages |
|
h:grapicImage |
Displays an image |
 |
h:selectOneListbox |
Single-select listbox |
 |
h:selectOneMenu |
Single-select menu |
 |
h:selectOneRadio |
Set of radio buttons |
 |
h:selectBooleanCheckbox |
Checkbox |
 |
h:selectManyCheckbox |
Multiselect listbox |
 |
h:selectManyListbox |
Multiselect listbox |
 |
h:selectManyMenu |
Multiselect menu |
 |
h:panelGrid |
HTML table |
|
h:panelGroup |
Two or more components
that are laid out as one |
|
h:dataTable |
A feature-rich table
component |
|
h:column |
Column in a data table |
|
Basic Attributes
Identifier for a component
binding Reference to the component that can be used in a backing
bean
rendered A boolean; false suppresses rendering
styleClass Cascading stylesheet (CSS) class name
value A component's value, typically a value binding
valueChangeListener A method binding to a method that responds to value
changes
converter Converter class name
validator Class name of a validator that's created and attached to a
component
required A boolean; if true, requires a value to be entered in the
associated field
Attribute |
Description |
id |
Identifier for a component |
binding |
Reference to the component that can be used in a backing
bean |
rendered |
A boolean; false suppresses rendering |
styleClass |
Cascading stylesheet (CSS) class name |
value |
A component's value, typically a value binding |
valueChangeListener |
A method binding to a method that responds to value
changes |
converter |
Converter class name |
validator |
Class name of a validator that's created and attached to a
component |
required |
A boolean; if true, requires a value to be entered in the
associated field |
Attributes for h:form
Attribute |
Description |
binding, id, rendered, styleClass |
Basic attributes |
accept, acceptcharset, dir, enctype, lang,
style, target, title |
HTML 4.0 attributes
(acceptcharset corresponds to
HTML accept-charset) |
onblur, onchange, onclick, ondblclick, onfocus,
onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup, onmousedown,
onmousemove, onmouseout, onmouseover, onreset,
onsubmit |
DHTML events |
Attributes for h:inputText,
h:inputSecret, h:inputTextarea,
and h:inputHidden 
Attribute |
Description |
cols |
For h:inputTextarea only,number of columns |
immediate |
Process validation early in the life cycle |
redisplay |
For h:inputSecret only,when true, the input
field's value is redisplayed when the web page is
reloaded |
required |
Require input in the component when the form is
submitted |
rows |
For h:inputTextarea only,number of rows |
valueChangeListener |
A specified listener that's notified of value changes |
binding, converter, id, rendered,
required, styleClass, value,
validator |
Basic attributes |
accesskey, alt, dir,
disabled, lang, maxlength,
readonly, size, style,
tabindex, title |
HTML 4.0 pass-through attributes,alt, maxlength,
and size do not apply to h:inputTextarea. None
apply to h:inputHidden |
onblur, onchange, onclick,
ondblclick, onfocus,
onkeydown, onkeypress,
onkeyup, onmousedown,
onmousemove, onmouseout,
onmouseover, onselect |
DHTML events. None apply to h:inputHidden |
Attributes for h:outputText and
h:outputFormat
Attribute |
Description |
escape |
If set to true, escapes <, >, and &
characters. Default value is true. |
binding, converter, id, rendered,
styleClass, value |
Basic at tributes |
style, title |
HTML 4.0 |
Attributes for h:outputLabel
Attribute |
Description |
for |
The ID of the component to be labeled. |
binding, converter, id, rendered,
value |
Basic attributes |
Attributes for h:graphicImage 
Attribute |
Description |
binding, id, rendered, styleClass, value |
Basic attributes |
alt, dir, height, ismap, lang, longdesc, style,
title, url, usemap, width |
HTML 4.0 |
onblur, onchange, onclick, ondblclick, onfocus,
onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup, onmousedown,
onmousemove, onmouseout, onmouseover,
onmouseup |
DHTML events |
Attributes for h:commandButton
and h:commandLink 
Attribute |
Description |
action |
If specified as a string: Directly specifies an
outcome used by the navigation handler to
determine the JSF page to load next as a result
of activating the button or link If specified as a
method binding: The method has this signature:
String methodName(); the string represents
the outcome
|
actionListener |
A method binding that refers to a method with
this signature: void methodName(ActionEvent) |
charset |
For h:commandLink only,The character
encoding of the linked reference |
image |
For h:commandButton only,A context-relative
path to an image displayed in a button. If you
specify this attribute, the HTML input's type will
be image. |
immediate |
A boolean. If false (the default), actions and action
listeners are invoked at the end of the request
life cycle; if true, actions and action listeners are
invoked at the beginning of the life cycle. |
type |
For h:commandButton: The type of
the generated input element: button,
submit, or reset. The default, unless you
specify the image attribute, is submit. For
h:commandLink: The content type of the
linked resource; for example, text/html, image/
gif, or audio/basic |
value |
The label displayed by the button or link.
You can specify a string or a value reference
expression. |
accesskey, alt, binding, id, lang,
rendered, styleClass, value |
Basic attributes |
coords (h:commandLink only), dir,
disabled (h:commandButton only),
hreflang (h:commandLink only),
lang, readonly, rel (h:commandLink
only), rev (h:commandLink only),
shape (h:commandLink only), style,
tabindex, target (h:commandLink
only), title, type |
HTML 4.0 |
onblur, onchange, onclick,
ondblclick, onfocus, onkeydown,
onkeypress, onkeyup, onmousedown,
onmousemove, onmouseout,
onmouseover, onmouseup, onselect |
DHTML events |
Attributes for h:outputLink 
Attribute |
Description |
accesskey, binding, converter, id,
lang, rendered, styleClass, value |
Basic attributes |
charset, coords, dir, hreflang, lang,
rel, rev, shape, style, tabindex,
target, title, type |
HTML 4.0 |
onblur, onchange, onclick, ondblclick,
onfocus, onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup,
onmousedown, onmousemove, onmouseout,
onmouseover, onmouseup |
DHTML events |
Attributes for:
h:selectBooleanCheckbox,
h:selectManyCheckbox,
h:selectOneRadio,
h:selectOneListbox,
h:selectManyListbox,
h:selectOneMenu,
h:selectManyMenu

Attribute |
Description |
disabledClass |
CSS class for disabled elements,for
h:selectOneRadio and h:selectManyCheckbox
only |
enabledClass |
CSS class for enabled elements,for
h:selectOneRadio and h:selectManyCheckbox
only |
layout |
Specification for how elements are laid out:
lineDirection (horizontal) or pageDirection
(vertical),for h:selectOneRadio and
h:selectManyCheckbox only |
binding, converter, id,
immediate, styleClass,
required, rendered,
validator, value,
valueChangeListener |
Basic attributes |
accesskey, border, dir,
disabled, lang, readonly,
style, size, tabindex,
title |
HTML 4.0,border is applicable to
h:selectOneRadio and h:selectManyCheckbox
only. size is applicable to h:selectOneListbox and
h:selectManyListbox only |
onblur, onchange, onclick,
ondblclick, onfocus,
onkeydown, onkeypress,
onkeyup, onmousedown,
onmousemove, onmouseout,
onmouseover, onmouseup,
onselect |
DHTML events |
Attributes for h:message and h:messages

Attribute |
Description |
for |
The ID of the component whose message is displayed,applicable
only to h:message |
errorClass |
CSS class applied to error messages |
errorStyle |
CSS style applied to error messages |
fatalClass |
CSS class applied to fatal messages |
fatalStyle |
CSS style applied to fatal messages |
globalOnly |
Instruction to display only global messages,applicable only to
h:messages. Default: false |
infoClass |
CSS class applied to information messages |
infoStyle |
CSS style applied to information messages |
layout |
Specification for message layout: table or list,applicable only
to h:messages |
showDetail |
A boolean that determines whether message details are shown.
Defaults are false for h:messages, true for h:message |
showSummary |
A boolean that determines whether message summaries are
shown. Defaults are true for h:messages, false for h:message |
tooltip |
A boolean that determines whether message details are rendered
in a tooltip; the tooltip is only rendered if showDetail and
showSummary are true |
warnClass |
CSS class for warning messages |
warnStyle |
CSS style for warning messages |
binding, id,
rendered,
styleClass |
Basic attributes |
style, title |
HTML 4.0 |
Attributes for h:panelGrid
Attribute |
Description |
bgcolor |
Background color for the table |
border |
Width of the table's border |
cellpadding |
Padding around table cells |
cellspacing |
Spacing between table cells |
columnClasses |
Comma-separated list of CSS classes for columns |
columns |
Number of columns in the table |
footerClass |
CSS class for the table footer |
frame |
Specification for sides of the frame surrounding the table
that are to be drawn; valid values: none, above, below,
hsides, vsides, lhs, rhs, box, border |
headerClass |
CSS class for the table header |
rowClasses |
Comma-separated list of CSS classes for columns |
rules |
Specification for lines drawn between cells; valid values:
groups, rows, columns, all |
summary |
Summary of the table's purpose and structure used for
non-visual feedback such as speech |
binding, id, rendered,
styleClass, value |
Basic attributes |
dir, lang, style,
title, width |
HTML 4.0 |
onclick, ondblclick,
onkeydown, onkeypress,
onkeyup, onmousedown,
onmousemove,
onmouseout,
onmouseover,
onmouseup |
DHTML events |
Attributes for h:panelGroup
Attribute |
Description |
binding, id, rendered,
styleClass |
Basic attributes |
style |
HTML 4.0 |
Attributes for h:dataTable
Attribute |
Description |
bgcolor |
Background color for the table |
border |
Width of the table's border |
cellpadding |
Padding around table cells |
cellspacing |
Spacing between table cells |
columnClasses |
Comma-separated list of CSS classes for columns |
first |
Index of the first row shown in the table |
footerClass |
CSS class for the table footer |
frame |
Frame Specification for sides of the frame surrounding the
table that are to be drawn; valid values: none, above, below,
hsides, vsides, lhs, rhs, box, border |
headerClass |
CSS class for the table header |
rowClasses |
Comma-separated list of CSS classes for rows |
rules |
Specification for lines drawn between cells; valid values:
groups, rows, columns, all |
summary |
Summary of the table's purpose and structure used for nonvisual
feedback such as speech |
var |
The name of the variable created by the data table that
represents the current item in the value |
binding, id, rendered,
styleClass, value |
Basic attributes |
dir, lang, style, title,
width |
HTML 4.0 |
onclick, ondblclick,
onkeydown, onkeypress,
onkeyup, onmousedown,
onmousemove, onmouseout,
onmouseover, onmouseup |
DHTML events |
Attributes for h:column
Attribute |
Description |
headerClass (JSF 1.2) |
CSS class for the column's header |
footerClass (JSF 1.2) |
CSS class for the column's footer |
binding, id, rendered |
Basic attributes |
About The Author

Cay S. Horstmann
Cay S. Horstmann has written many books on C++, Java and objectoriented
development, is the series editor for Core Books at Prentice-Hall
and a frequent speaker at computer industry conferences. For four years,
Cay was VP and CTO of an Internet startup that went from 3 people in a
tiny office to a public company. He is now a computer science professor
at San Jose State University. He was elected Java Champion in 2005.
Publications
- Core Java, with Gary Cornell, Sun Microsystems Press 1996 - 2007 (8 editions)
- Core JavaServer Faces, with David Geary, Sun Microsystems Press, 2004-2006 (2 editions)
- Big Java, John Wiley & Sons 2001 - 2007 (3 editions)
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Recommended Book
Core JavaServer Faces
delves into all facets of
JSF development, offering
systematic best practices for
building robust applications
and maximizing developer
productivity.