I have created an underlying Game.java class and a MenuBarBean.java class. The name attribute value must match that of a ui:insert tag in the target template for the named content to be included. ui:define is a JSF facelets templating tag that defines named content to be inserted into a template. The index then defines the UI items using ui:define. The template defines the header, body and divs. The facelets template ( template.xhtml) is set up and imported into the index page. I’m viewing this as the first step to an administrative page where a user can both create a game and edit existing games. I am pulling partly from the freely available ICEFaces demo application as a base and creating parts of an admin console for a silly bingo game application. This example application is far from complete. Here, we will use the following ACE Components: ace:dataTable, ace:tabSet, ace:menuBar, ace:menuItem and ace:tabPane. The ICEsoft website describes ACE Components (Advanced components) as “ideally suited to ICEfaces projects that are able to leverage the power of modern browsers to provide a richer, more dynamic and responsive user-interface.” The ICEsoft website states that ICE components are primarily geared towards legacy browser support, specialized applications and application migration. ICEFaces offer two sets of components: ICE components and ACE components. Just a quick reminder: JSF implementations offer up the basic HTML components while component libraries add the extra stuff to make UI development quick and easy.įor this example, I am using ICEFaces ACE Components. Also note that there are lots of ways to set up a JSF project – I’m using this one for simplicity.
#JSF ICEFACES DEVELOPED BY DOWNLOAD#
Or you can download your desired implementation manually and setup the library as described in the document.įor this demo, I am using Apache MyFaces. You can select from several JSF implementations. You will need to pick a JSF implementation to use.
#JSF ICEFACES DEVELOPED BY PDF#
Open the PDF guide and step through the Eclipse setup ( hint: if you’ve downloaded the files, be sure to select local content when doing the Eclipse install not the archive). If you want to use ICEFaces, then you will need to go to the website and get the appropriate download. Nor am I pushing IceFaces as the best component library I’m using it as an example because I was recently working on a project where it was successfully used. I am in no way encouraging anyone to stay away (go play with the new frameworks for JavaScript and you will be saying how much fun it can be too. JavaScript can be very fun to work with, especially now in the time of HTML5. However, in some cases, component libraries can help you get your user interface up and running both quickly and effectively. If you want to have a lot of control over the JavaScript, then this is not the solution. JSF and component libraries are perfect for certain situations, but may not be a good choice at all for others. I would like to first reiterate that what you choose is going to depend on your needs for a particular project.
In this post, I would like to give a couple of examples of the kinds of components that can be used to quickly bring up a user interface. This is a continuation of my previous entry on component based Java frameworks.
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