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Chapter 7. Configuring JavaServer Faces Applications
The process of building and deploying simple JavaServer Faces applications is described
in
The Java EE 6 Tutorial: Basic Concepts
. When you create large and complex applica-
tions, however, various additional configuration tasks are required. These tasks include the
following:
• Registering managed beans with the application so that all parts of the application
have access to them
• Configuring managed beans and model beans so that they are instantiated with the
proper values when a page makes reference to them
• Defining navigation rules for each of the pages in the application so that the applic-
ation has a smooth page flow, if non-default navigation is needed
• Packaging the application to include all the pages, resources, and other files so that
the application can be deployed on any compliant container
The following topics are addressed here:
• “
Using Annotations to Configure Managed Beans
” on page
142
• “
Application Configuration Resource File
” on page
144
• “
Configuring Managed Beans
”
on page
146
• “
Registering Application Messages
”
on page
155
• “
Using Default Validators
” on page
159
• “
Registering a Custom Validator
”
on page
159
• “
Registering a Custom Converter
”
on page
160
• “
Configuring Navigation Rules
” on page
161
• “
Registering a Custom Renderer with a Render Kit
”
on page
165
• “
Registering a Custom Component
”
on page
167
• “
Basic Requirements of a JavaServer Faces Application
” on page
168
Using Annotations to Configure Managed Beans
JavaServer Faces support for bean annotations is introduced in
Chapter 4
,
“
JavaServer
Faces Technology
,” in
The Java EE 6 Tutorial: Basic Concepts
. Bean annotations can be
used for configuring JavaServer Faces applications.
