JSF 2.0 Tutorial
JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.0, is an MVC web framework which focus on simplifies building user interfaces (comes with 100+ ready UI tags) for Java web application and make reusable UI component easy to implement. Unlike JSF 1.x, almost everything is declared in faces-config.xml
, with JSF 2.0, you are allowed to use annotation to declare navigating, managed bean or CDI bean, which make your development easier and faster.
In this tutorial, it provides many step by step examples and explanations on using JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.0 framework.
Happy learning JSF 2.0 🙂
Quick Start
Some quick start examples for JSF 2.0
- JSF 2.0 hello world example
A JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.0 hello world example, shows the JSF 2.0 dependencies, basic annotations and configurations. Let you have a quick idea about how JSF 2.0 look like, and also how it differs from JSF 1.x. - JSF 2.0 + Ajax hello world example
In JSF 2.0, coding Ajax has been just like coding a normal HTML tag, it’s extremely easy. In this tutorial, you will restructure the last JSF 2.0 hello world example, so that, when the button is clicked, it will make an Ajax request instead of submitting the whole form. - How to make Eclipse IDE supports JSF 2.0
Here’s a quick guide to show how to enable the JSF 2.0 features in Eclipse projects. - Resources (library) in JSF 2.0
In JSF 2.0, all your resources files like css, images or JavaScript, should put into a “resources” folder in the root of your web application. In JSF 2.0 terminology, all the sub-folder name of the “resources” folder is considered as a “library” in JSF 2.0 web application. Later, you can reference this “library” with JSF tag’s library attribute.
Managed Bean
About managed bean configuration and injection in JSF 2.0
- Configure Managed Beans in JSF 2.0
In JSF 2.0, Java bean that can be accessed from JSF page is called Managed Bean. The managed bean can be a normal Java bean, which contains the getter and setter methods, business logic or even a backing bean (a bean contains all the HTML form value). - Injecting Managed beans in JSF 2.0
In JSF 2.0, a new @ManagedProperty annotation is used to dependency injection (DI) a managed bean into the property of another managed bean.
Navigation
How the navigation works in JSF 2.0
- Implicit Navigation in JSF 2.0
Now, JSF 2 come out a new “auto view page resolver” mechanism named “implicit navigation“, where you don’t need to declare the above navigation rule, instead, just put the “view name” in the action attribute and JSF will find the correct “view page” automatically. - Conditional Navigation Rule in JSF 2.0
JSF 2 comes with a very flexible conditional navigation rule to solve the complex page navigation flow. - JSF “form-action” navigation rule example
In JSF navigation rule, you may encounter a situation where two separate actions return a same “outcome” in a page. In this case, you can use “form-action” element to differentiate the two navigation cases. - JSF : Page Forward vs Page Redirect
By default, JSF performs a server page forward while navigating to another page. See following example to differentiate between the page forward and page redirect.
Resource Bundles
JSF’s message manipulation and Internationalization.
- JSF 2.0 and Resource Bundles example
In this tutorial, we show you the use of resource bundle to display the messages in the JSF 2.0. For maintainability concern, it’s recommended to put all the messages in the properties file, instead of hard-code the message in the page directly. - JSF 2 Internationalization example
JSF 2.0 Internationalization or multiple language example.
JSF Tag Library
Standard JSF 2 form’s tag component.
- JSF 2 textbox example
<h:inputText> textbox example. - JSF 2 password example
<h:inputSecret> password example. - JSF 2 textarea example
<h:inputTextarea> textarea example. - JSF 2 hidden value example
<h:inputHidden> hidden value example. - JSF 2 checkboxes example
<h:selectBooleanCheckbox> and <h:selectManyCheckbox > checkboxes example. - JSF 2 radio buttons example
<h:selectOneRadio> radio buttons example. - JSF 2 listbox example
<h:selectOneListbox> single select listbox example. - JSF 2 multiple select listbox example
<h:selectManyListbox> multiple select listbox example. - JSF 2 dropdown box example
<h:selectOneMenu> dropdown box example. - JSF 2 multiple select dropdown box example
<h:selectManyMenu > multiple select dropdown box example. The use of this tag is not recommend. - JSF 2 outputText example
Display text with <h:outputText> tag. - JSF 2 outputFormat example
Display parameterized text with <h:outputFormat> tag. - JSF 2 graphicImage example
Display image with <h:graphicImage> tag. - JSF 2 outputStylesheet example
Include CSS file with <h:outputStylesheet> tag. - JSF 2 outputScript example
Include JavaScript file with <h:outputScript> tag. - JSF 2 button and commandButton example
<h:button> and <h:commandButton> example. - JSF 2 link, commandLink and outputLink example
<h:link>, <h:commandLink> and <h:outputLink> example. - JSF 2 panelGrid example
<h:panelGrid> example. - JSF 2 message and messages example
<h:messages> and <h:message> example. - JSF 2 param example
<f:param> example, pass a parameter to a component. - JSF 2 attribute example
<f:attribute> example, pass a attribute to a component. - JSF 2 setPropertyActionListener example
<f:setpropertyactionlistener> example, set a value directly into the property of your backing bean.
Table Manipulation
Add, update, delete and sorting data in via JSF’s dataTable.
- JSF 2 dataTable example
JSF 2 <h:dataTable>, <h:column> and <f:facet> tags to display data in a HTML table format. - Add row in JSF dataTable
JSF 2 example to add row in dataTable. - Update row in JSF dataTable
JSF 2 example to update row in dataTable. - Delete row in JSF dataTable
JSF 2 example to delete row in dataTable. - Display dataTable row numbers in JSF
JSF 2 example to display dataTable row number with DataModel class. - JSF 2 repeat tag example
JSF 2 <ui:repeat> example as alternative to <h:dataTable>. - JSF 2 dataTable sorting example
A JSF 2.0 example to show the use of custom comparator to implement the sorting feature in dataTable tag. - JSF 2 dataTable sorting example – DataModel
A JSF 2.0 example to show the use of dataModel to implement the sorting feature in dataTable tag.
Facelets Tags
Doing layout template with JSF 2.0 facelets tags.
- JSF 2 Templating with Facelets example
<ui:insert>, <ui:define>, <ui:include> and <ui:define> tags to show the templating example in JSF 2.0. - How to pass parameters to JSF 2.0 template file?
JSF 2 <ui:param> example, pass parameter to an include file or template file. - Custom tags in JSF 2.0
A guide to create a custom tag in JSF 2.0. - JSF 2 remove example
JSF 2 <ui:remove> example.
Converters & Validation
Standard Convertors and validator tags in JSF 2.0
- JSF 2 convertNumber example
“f:convertNumber” is a standard converter, which converts String into a specified “Number” format. In addition, it’s also used as a validator to make sure the input value is a valid number. - JSF 2 convertDateTime example
“f:convertDateTime” is a standard JSF converter tag, which converts String into a specified “Date” format. The following JSF 2.0 example shows you how to use this “f:convertDateTime” tag. - JSF 2 validateLength example
“f:validateLength” is a JSF string length validator tag, which is used to check the length of a string. - JSF 2 validateLongRange example
“f:validateLongRange” is a JSF range validator tag, which is used to check the range of a numeric value. - JSF 2 validateDoubleRange example
“f:validateDoubleRange” is a JSF range validator tag, which is used to validate the range of a floating point value. - JSF 2 validateRequired example
“f:validateRequired” is a new validator tag in JSF 2.0, which is used to make sure the input field is not empty. - JSF 2 validateRegex example
“f:validateRegex” is a new validator tag in JSF 2.0, which is used to validate JSF component with a given regular expression pattern. - Customize validation error message in JSF 2.0
How to customize validation error message in JSF 2.0. - Custom converter in JSF 2.0
How to create a custom converter in JSF 2.0. - Custom validator in JSF 2.0
How to create a custom validator in JSF 2.0. - Multi Components Validator in JSF 2.0
Uses PostValidateEvent system event to create a multiple components validator in JSF 2.0.
Composite Components
Reusable components in JSF 2.0
- Composite Component in JSF 2.0
In this tutorial, we show you how to create a reusable component (composite component) in JSF 2.0
Event Handler
JSF 2 comes with many event handler to hijack the JSF’s life cycle.
- JSF 2 valueChangeListener example
When user make changes in input components, such as h:inputText or h:selectOneMenu, the JSF “value change event” will be fired. - JSF 2 actionListener example
In JSF, “Action Events” are fired by clicking on a button or link component, e.g h:commandButton or h:commandLink. - JSF 2 PostConstructApplicationEvent and PreDestroyApplicationEvent example
PostConstructApplicationEvent, fire after application is started, PreDestroyApplicationEvent fire before application is about to shut down. - JSF 2 PreRenderViewEvent example
PreRenderViewEvent, fire before view root (JSF page) is display. - JSF 2 PostValidateEvent example
PostValidateEvent, fire after a component is validated.
Integrate with Other Frameworks
How to integrate JSF with external services.
- JSF 2.0 + JDBC integration example
Example to show how to integrate JSF 2.0 with database via JDBC. - JSF 2.0 + Spring integration example
Example to show how to integrate JSF 2.0 with Spring framework. - JSF 2.0 + Spring + Hibernate integration example
Example to show how to integrate JSF 2.0 + Spring + Hibernate framework together.
FAQ
Some Frequent ask questions in JSF 2.0
- How to pass parameter from JSF page to backing bean
- How to pass new hidden value to backing bean in JSF
- How to split faces-config.xml into multiple files
- How to add a global navigation rule in JSF
- Where is JSF 2 taglib JavaDoc
- How to include cascading style sheets (CSS) in JSF
- How to include JavaScript file in JSF
- How to pass parameters to JSF 2.0 template file
- How to use comments in JSF 2.0
- How to pass parameters in method expression – JSF 2.0
- How to skip validation in JSF
- How to access a managed bean from JSF event listener
Common Errors
Some common error messages in JSF 2.0
- java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: javax.faces.context.ExceptionHandlerFactory
- java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.core.Config
- JSF 2.0 + Tomcat : It appears the JSP version of the container is older than 2.1…
- Eclipse IDE : Unsupported content type in editor
- Eclipse IDE : .xhtml code assist is not working for JSF tag
- JSF 2.0 : <f:ajax> contains an unknown id
- JSF 2.0 : managed bean x does not exist, Check that appropriate getter and/or setter methods exist
- WARNING: JSF1063: WARNING! Setting non-serializable attribute value into HttpSession
- java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.el.ExpressionFactory
- Can’t find bundle for base name xxx, locale en_US
- javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name jdbc is not bound in this Context
Reference
Some useful reference site for further study on JSF 2.0
Thank you for your excellent JSF tutorials! Would you happen to have an example of a custom tag using a Renderer subclass?
Hi, Please consider me as your new fan. I am starting a new J2EE financial project which will also have lots of menus, graphs, charts. I was thinking using JSF2 with PrimeFaces, do you think that is a good approach or is any other MVC a preferred framework of choice (Spring MVC or something else). Many thanks in advance.
Please how do i set data from database to primefaces charts
Very helpful. Great tutorial!
Great tutorial Yong:-)
i have been developing web application since 5 days .i’m using spring+Hibernate+jsf when i run .xhtml file its showing “Uh-oh, something went wrong! Error Code: 404 ” this error in browser and
Great tutorial series Yong Mook Kim !!!
This site is very useful and the UX is great. Hope you can add tutorials on JSF authentication and authorization
Hello, I have a quick question about icefaces tag outputResource. I am trying to remove icefaces completely out of my projects and use myfaces instead, can you give me an equivalent implementation of ice:outputResource in myfaces, it could be a myface tag or equivalent implementation using html and js that i could use. Also checked tomahawk, trinidad component libraries for this.
Really helpful info.
Small request:
It will be useful if you could add a tutorial on how to extend JSF components
I have a quick request:
Do you know how to make primefaces panel component on a dashboard component resizable?
Hi, I want to know how can I move the jsf (xhtml) file to a folder, for example: from /web (root folder) to /web/faces? Could you help me with that?
so easy,I can help you
Hello im looking for a example of BLOB upload to database using hibernate to save the pdf and jsf 2.0 (xhtml pages) to display the upload buttons .I only found examples of upload only with jsf or only with hibernate , not integrated.Can anyone help me with that? thank you.
Hi MkYong,
Please tell me how to generate / Export pdf from JSF 2.0 OR you can say how to convert xhtml to PDF.?
Hey , i created a jsf2.2 web application and deployed it to a free web hosting service . I found that the text boxes are not editable and the commandButton does not appear however it works very el on Glassh Fish 4.0 local server . What’s the problem ? Please answer asap .
Can you give an example where we dont use JSF managed bean and we use spring bean..its tricky to manage two containers
Can u please tell me the difference between Backing Bean and Manged Bean ?
Is both are same ..?
Can you explain with an example.
Please replay ..
Both are used interchangeably usually. But as such managed beans contain data for the screen, while backing beans hold references of components of the screen. You may not need to hold the references of components on the screen in a backing bean if you don’t plan to add components dynamically. If it all sounds too complicated then you can simply assume that both are same.
Yes both are same in the JSF
Hi
I am facing some problem while setting up an environment.
I have to use jsf 2.x with facelets and richfaces on Glassfish V2.
please help me to setup this
Thanks
Abdul
hi
I have included peimefaces jar in lib. and added it in deployment assembly.
tags are coming in the pages with no errors.
But when I am running it the primefaces is not working.
what to do ?
Go to primefaces site there you will find kickstart tutorial. Might be web.xml entries are missing
you can find some more details in the below link,”http://javadomain.in/hello-world-jsf-example-steps/”
Hi Mkyong,
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thank you very much!!!!
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Hi Mkyong,
I am new in jsf 2 using primefaces libraries.But whats the correct jsf project Structure for devoloping A standard project.I mean Creating P pure MVC Project in JSF.Please Help Me
Hi Mkyong,
I am new to Richfaces and Jsp. I dont know how to configure Pom.xml file. So can u please give me a step by step tutorial for creating a project using richfaces4 using jsf2.0 in Eclipse using Maven.
Nice tutorial, got it! Thank you!
hi,
how to configure jsf+jpa please can you guide me
Thanks in advance
Venkat
You have’t explained the 2 new scopes added in ver 2.0 – View scope. This is a major addition in ver 2.0. Also 2.2 has some @Flow scope added.
Really helpful.
I like this tutorial.
A good job.
Thanks