Beginning JSF 2 APIs and JBoss Seam

The Enterprise Java™ platform, Java EE 6, has gotten a facelift ... JavaServer™ Faces (JSF™) 2, is a big part of what’s new in Java EE 6! JSF 2, a significant upgrade from JSF 1.2, includes Facelets and integration/use options with a variety of web frameworks, including the popular JBoss® Seam and even the Spring Framework.

Beginning JSF™ 2 APIs and JBoss® Seam gets you up to speed with the JSF 2.x API features and how they’re implemented using the latest Seam web framework. This quick–start tutorial is the fastest way to get started on JSF 2, Facelets, and Seam, and with it you’ll take the most useful features in the frameworks and apply them using best practices.

You’ll learn to create and enhance an eShop using practical methods, and can re-purpose the template for your own personal and professional projects.

What you’ll learn

• Get started with JSF 2 and its features, including forms, validations, and more.
• Create an eShop.
• Build interactive pages with Ajax.
• Incorporate the JSF 2 feature, Facelets, as your standard view definition framework.
• Provide a common layout using Facelets.
• Apply and fine–tune your eShop application using the popular JSF–based web framework, JBoss Seam.

This book is primarily for Java developers who need to develop an application in JSF but are just learning it. It also can be for Java developers who know JSF but would like to learn Facelets and Seam.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with JSF
2. Using Forms
3. Validating Input
4. Creating an E-shop
5. Creating Custom Components
6. Providing a Common Layout for Your Pages
7. Building Interactive Pages with Ajax
8. Using Conversations
9. Supporting Other Languages
10. Using JBoss Seam

Sun is releasing its new JavaServer Faces 2.x APIs as part of its new Java EE 6 Platform release in summer 2009. Beginning JSF™ 2 API and JBoss® Seam should be one of the first books on JSF 2 and Java EE 6.

This book is a quick-start tutorial for getting readers up to speed with the new JSF 2.x APIs and learning to implement them using the latest Seam Web framework. Readers learn to create and enhance an eShop, using practical methods, and can re-purpose the template for their own personal and professional projects.

Kent Ka Iok Tong is the manager of the IT department of the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center. With a master’s degree in computer science from the New South Wales University, Sydney, Australia, and having won the “Macao Programming Competition (Open Category)” in 1992, Kent has been involved in professional software development, training, and project management since 1993. He is the author of several popular books on web technologies including Essential JSF, Facelets and Seam, Enjoying Web Development with Tapestry, Enjoying Web Development with Wicket, and Developing Web Services with Apache Axis 2.