Beginning JSF 2 APIs and JBoss Seam Book

About the Author ix

About the Technical Reviewer xi

Chapter 1 Getting Started with JSF 1

Introducing the "Hello world" Application 1

Installing Eclipse 2

Installing JBoss 3

Installing a JSF Implementation 7

Installing Web Beans 8

Creating the "Hello world!" Application with JSF 9

Generating Dynamic Content 17

Retrieving Data from Java Code 20

Exploring the Life Cycle of the Web Bean 25

Using an Easier Way to Output Text 25

Debugging a JSF Application 25

Summary 27

Chapter 2 Using Forms 29

Developing a Stock Quote Application 29

Getting the Stock Quote Symbol 29

Displaying the Result Page 36

Displaying the Stock Value 38

Marking Input As Required 40

Inputting a Date 49

Conversion Errors and Empty Input 55

Using a Combo Box 60

Using a Single b2 Bean 62

Hooking Up the Web Beans 63

Summary 66

Chapter 3 Validating Input 67

Developing a Postage Calculator 67

What If the Input Is Invalid? 73

Null Input and Validators 78

Validating the Patron Code 80

Creating a Custom Validator for the Patron Code 82

Displaying the Error Messages in Red 86

Displaying the Error Messages Along with the Field 87

Validating a Combination of Multiple Input Values 96

Summary 100

Chapter 4 Creating an E-shop 101

Listing the Products 102

Making the Link to Show the Details 106

Displaying Headers in the Columns 115

Implementing a Shopping Cart 116

Displaying the Content of the Shopping Cart 126

The Checkout Function 127

Getting the Credit Card Number of the Current User 131

Forcing the User to Log In 139

Implementing Logout 146

Protecting the Password 148

Summary 149

Chapter 5 Creating Custom Components 151

Displaying aCopyright Notice on Multiple Pages 151

Allowing the Caller to Specify the Company Name 157

Creating a Product Editor 159

Passing a Method in a Parameter? 162

Creating a Box Component 163

Accepting Two Pieces of XHTML Code 166

Creating a Reusable Component Library 168

Creating a Component Library Without taglib.xml 170

Summary 172

Chapter 6 Providing a Common Layout for Your Pages 173

Using the Same Menu on Different Pages 173

Using Global Navigation Rules 177

Using Two Abstract Parts 178

Creating Page-Specific Navigation Cases 180

Summary 182

Chapter 7 Building Interactive Pages with Ajax 183

Displaying a FAQ 183

Refreshing the Answer Only 185

Hiding and Showing the Answer 189

Using Ajax to Hide or Show the Answer 191

Giving a Rating to a Question 194

Updating the Rating as the User Types 199

Using a Dialog Box to Get the Rating 200

Setting the Look and Feel with Skins 204

Displaying Multiple Questions 206

Summary 212

Chapter 8 Using Conversations 215

Creating a Wizard to Submit Support Tickets 215

Interference Between Browser Windows 219

URL Mismatched? 225

Summary 229

Chapter 9 Supporting Other Languages 231

Displaying the Current Date and Time 231

Supporting Chinese 232

Easier Way to Access Map Elements 237

Internationalizing the Date Display 238

Letting the User Change the Language Used 238

Localizing the Full Stop 243

Displaying a Logo 246

Making the Locale Change Persistent 248

Localizing Validation Messages 250

Summary 251

Chapter 10 Using JBoss Seam 253

Installing Seam 253

Re-creating the E-shop Project 254

Allowing the User to Add Products 257

Restricting Access to the Product-Editing Page 265

Creating a Shopping Cart 267

Turning the Shopping Cart into a Stateful Session Bean 273

Creating the Checkout Page 277

Using WebLogic, WebSphere, or GlassFish 284

Summary 284

Index 287