Problem A global navigation rule is a rule that applies to all pages. For example, apply a “logout” navigation rule that every pages are allow to access. Is there a way to configure it in JSF? Solution In JSF, wildcard is supported in navigation rule, you can use a “*” to specify a navigation rule […]
In JSF navigation rule, you may encounter a situation where two separate actions return a same “outcome” in a single page. In this case, you can use “from-action” element to differentiate the two navigation cases. See following example : 1. Managed Bean A managed bean, with two actions which return a same outcome – “success”. […]
JSF 2 comes with a very flexible conditional navigation rule to solve the complex page navigation flow, see the following conditional navigation rule example : 1. JSF Page A simple JSF page, with a button to move from this page to the payment page. start.xhtml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" […]
In JSF 1.2, all the page navigation are required to declare in the “faces-config.xml” file like this : … <navigation-rule> <from-view-id>page1.xhtml</from-view-id> <navigation-case> <from-outcome>page2</from-outcome> <to-view-id>/page2.xhtml</to-view-id> </navigation-case> </navigation-rule> … In JSF 2, it treats “outcome” as the page name, for example, navigate to “page1.xhtml”, you have to put the “outcome” as “page1”. This mechanism is called “Implicit […]