WA1355 Introduction to JSF Using RAD Training and Courseware

This JSF Training course combines lecture with hands-on experience, and open ended discussion that will help the developer quickly understand the benefits of JSF and how to use the framework. Upon completion of this course, students will:

• Become familiar with the JSF tags for the commonly used HTML components in a form.
• Learn how to write event handler methods in a managed bean.
• Learn how to register the event handler method with a GUI component.
• Write navigation rule in faces-config.xml.
• Control the sequence of page display based on certain business logic.
• Add very besic validation to the intro.jsp page
• Display objects in an ArrayList in a data table.

• Introduction and Overview
• The JSF Architecture
• JSF Request Objects
• Simple JSF User Interface components
• The EL Expression Language and Advanced User Interface components
• Event Handling
• Data Validation
• Data Conversion
• Rendering Custom User Interface Objects

• J2EE Server Side Enterprise Java Beans
• Advanced XML

• Software designers, developers and programmers

• What is JavaServer Faces (JSF)?
• Why Use JSF?
• Nature of a JSF Application
• The Sun Reference Implementation (RI)
• JSF and MVC
• Faces Servlet
• Managed Bean
• The View
• A Simple JSF Application
• The Input Form: form.jsp
• The Result: thanks.jsp
• The Controller: AddressBean
• Page Flow or Navigation Rule
• How Does the Application Work?
• Under the Covers: The Rendered Form HTML
• Under the Covers: The Layout Tree

• What is a Managed Bean?
• Why Do You Need Managed Beans?
• Managed Bean As a Controller
• Registering a Managed Bean
• Lifecycle of a Managed Bean
• Initializing a Managed Bean
• What Scope to Use?
• Value Binding
• Property Data Conversion
• Advanced Property Types
• Component Binding
• Other Binding Types
• Basic Input Processing
• Advanced Input Processing
• JSF Expression Language
• Language Basics
• Use of Expression in JSF
• Basic Expression
• Property Access Expression
• Map Access Expression
• Complex Access Expression
• Predefined Objects
• Operators

• JSF UI Components
• JSF Component Tag Libraries
• Using the Tag Libraries
• HTML Tag Library
• Identifying Components
• Component Identifier
• Client Identifier
• Form Input Field Names
• Labels and Images
• Create a Form
• Buttons
• Links
• Adding Parameters to Links
• Text Input
• Simple Check Box
• Check Box Group
• Check Box Group Example
• Radio Button
• List Boxes
• Dynamic List Box
• Example
• Another Example
• JSF Core Library
• JSF Core Library - Components
• JSF Component Model
• Base Class Hierarchy
• Useful Base Classes
• Useful HTML Classes

• Objectives
• Request Processing Phases
• Action Request Processing Phases
• JSF Event & Listener Model
• JSF Event Classes
• Event Classes
• Event Classes: Hierarchy
• Action Event Handling
• Action Event: Example
• Action Listener
• Value Change Event
• Value Change Event Handler
• Listener Classes
• Listener Interfaces
• Listener Classes: Hierarchy
• Action Listener Class
• Value Change Listener Class
• Phase Event Listener
• Request Processing Lifecycle
• Phase Identifiers

• Objectives
• JSF Navigation
• Example Action Listener
• faces-config.xml File
• JSF Navigation
• Navigation Rules: Example
• Choosing Between Redirect & Direct Rendering
• Navigation: Scenarios

• Objectives
• Introduction
• Validation
• Standard Validators
• <f:validateLength>
• <f:validateDoubleRange>
• <f:validateLongRange>
• Checking for Required Values
• Showing Validation Error Messages
• Customizing Standard Error Messages
• Standard Validation Error Messages
• Validation Process
• Sequence Diagram
• Bypassing Validation
• Immediate Command Components
• Immediate Input Component
• Accessing User Input
• Immediate Example
• Advanced Field Validation
• Advanced Error Handling

• Objectives
• HTML Panel
• Applying Styles
• Grouping Components
• Data Table
• Using a Data Table
• Data Table Model
• Using a Data Table
• Displaying a Header and Footer Row
• Applying Styles
• Adding Links to a Row
• Using Component Binding
• Handling Action
• Using the Data Table Model
• Handling Action

• A Typical Application
• The Create Form
• Create Action Method
• Listing Items
• Editing an Item
• Adding the Edit Link
• The Edit Form
• Update Item
• Things to Keep in Mind

• Objectives
• Introduction to JSTL
• Using JSTL with JSF
• The <c:out> Tag
• The <c:if> Tag
• The <c:choose> Tag
• The <c:forEach> Tag
• International Text Display Tags

• Custom Components
• Requirements To Develop Custom Components
• Packages Useful for Custom Component Developer
• javax.faces.component.UIComponent
• Decoding
• javax.faces.component.UIComponent
• UIComponentTag
• Implementing Custom Component Tags
• FacesContext
• javax.faces.application.Application
• javax.faces.context.ResponseWriter
• javax.faces.component.UIComponent
• javax.faces.component.EditableValueHolder
• Tag Library: TLD
• Faces configuration file: faces-config.xml
• faces-config.xml
• Sample.jsp: Example Showing the Relationship Between the JSF Artifacts
• External Renderer
• Render Defined in faces-config File
• Implementing the Renderer
• Event Listeners
• Using ActionListener in JSP
• ActionListener in the Java Code
• ActionListeners in JSF
• Create Input Form
• Input Form (Code)
• Update faces-config.xml
• ActionEvent Handling
• Summary

• Conversion Overview
• Different Viewpoints of Data
• Process of Conversion
• Why Local Values?
• Types of Standard Converters
• Standard Converters with JSF
• Three Ways to Use Standard Converters
• Bind UI Component to Backing Bean Property
• Use converter Attribute on the UI Component
• Use <f:converter> Tag with ConverterId Attribute
• Usage of Standard Converters
• Output of Using Standard Converters
• Converter Attribute
• Standard Converters to Display Output
• Standard Converters: Screen Shot
• Conversion Errors
• Displaying Error Messages
• Conversion Tag
• Conversion Error: Display
• Conversion Error
• Custom Converter
• Custom Converter
• Registering the Converter
• Using the Registered Converter
• Conversion Errors
• Summary

• Overview
• Validation Review
• Custom Validators
• Creating a Custom Validator
• Custom Validator Example
• Custom Validator Tag Example
• Validator Registration and Custom Tags
• Summary