New Features in Java Server Faces 1.2

This Article provides a summary of new features added in JavaServer faces 1.2 Technology. Alignment with the JSP framework is one of the more important achievements of JavaServer Faces 1.2 technology, developed through JSR 252. In addition to these changes, JavaServer Faces technology contributes a host of other significant ease-of-use features.read full article

Introduction to Java Server Faces(JSF) Core Tags Library

This article introduces about the various Core Tags that are available in JSF. Tags represent some set of Actions that will be executed in the Server. This article assumes the reader to have a fair bit of knowlege in Java Server Faces. If not, then they can visit the Introductory Article in JSF in javabeat. For more information and resources about Java Server Faces, readers can also Jsf Articles Page visit here. This article will start off with the Major Classification of Core JSF Tags and then will explain in depth about the various different types of Tags that are available in each category. Wherever and whenever possible, Code Snippets are given to make the understanding of the Tags much clearer.read full article

Ajax support in struts 2.0

Ajax or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML was introduced by Jesse James Garrett in 2005. He is called the “Father of Ajax” .Ajax is a collection of concepts and technologies that allows richer and more interactive user interaction with the web applications. The Ajax engine allows the user’s interaction with the application to happen asynchronously — independent of communication with the server. So the user is never staring at a blank browser window and an hourglass icon, waiting around for the server to do something.read full article

Struts 2.0 Introduction and Validations using Annotations

This article provides an introduction to Struts 2.0 and its new Validation Features. Since Struts 2.0 is new, the first few sections of the article discusses in brief about the basics of Struts 2.0, its architecture and its various New Features. The rest of the article is dedicated towards explaining about the new Validation Features available. Struts is an Open-Source Web Application Framework that simplifies the creation of a Java Web Application. It is based on the Model-View-Controller 2 (MVC 2) Architecture which was originally found in a language called SmallTalk. The recent version of Struts is Struts 2.0 and it has borrowed most of the concepts in terms of architecture and functionality from two frameworks namely WebWork and XWork.read full article>>

Introduction to Java Server Faces

Java Server Faces (JSF) simplifies the development of User Interfaces in a typical Web application. It provides a Component-based Pluggable Architecture for developing and representing User Interface Components. Also bundled with JSF is a whole set of various new features like Event Handling Mechanism, Page Navigation, Input Validation and Conversion. This article provides an overview about JSF Framework and the various core elements that form the basis for a JSF Framework. It then provides a detailed overview about the various phases in the JSF Request Processing Life-cycle. Explained further is the structure of the JSF Configuration File. And finally the article is concluded by providing a sample application that demonstrates the various new features.read full article

Integrating Struts With Spring

Struts is more established and more stable MVC2 framework at this time so if your application is based on Struts framework you may forget about thinking to move to some other framework. But at the same time you must have heard about the buzz created by Inversion of Control (IOC) design pattern. This design pattern is implemented by Spring framework. Besides there are some more amazing features of Spring like AOP. So if you like to take advantage of these features of Spring you do not have to rebuild the application, but you can integrate your existing Struts application with Spring without much hassle. More about that latter but first we would like to have a look at new features of Spring and how they work.read the full article>>