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Figure 6-13.
Directory structure of the Hello World web application
Life Cycle of a JSF Application
Unlike Struts and Spring Web MVC, the JSF life cycle performs the following request-processing
tasks in well-defined phases during which specific tasks are performed:
Checking whether the incoming data is valid
Triggering application logic to fulfill the request
Binding the field properties directly to properties of the model and having their
values updated upon form submissions
Rendering the response to the client
The following are the six phases of the JSF application life cycle, as illustrated in Figure
6-14
:
Restore View phase
Apply Request Values phase
Process Validation phase
Update Model phase
Invoke Application phase
Render Response phase
