What new in JSF 2?

What new in JSF 2?
The follow link gives out a lot of info. Andy Schwartz has created a fantastic introduction to the new features of JavaServer Faces 2.

http://andyschwartz.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/whats-new-in-jsf-2/

The follow is a slide of introduction of JSF.
http://horstmann.com/presentations/javaone-2009-sl/what-is-new-in-jsf2.html#(1)

JSF 1.x Part of Java EE Standard (JSR 127, 252)
Component oriented web framework
Two implementations: Sun, Apache
Veeeery extensible
Tool support
Third party component libraries

JSF 2.0Part of Java EE 6 (JSR 314)
Reduced XML configuration
Better error handling
Ajax
Support for GET requests
Easier component authoring
Resource handling
Lots of plumbing for tool builders

Easy NavigationBefore:


Managed Bean Annotations


FaceletsWas third party extension (Jacob Hookom)
Now part of the standard
The preferred view handler in JSF
No more JSP mess
MUCH better error messages
Page composition

Bookmarkable URLsIn JSF 1.x, everything is a POST
Browser bar URL one step behind
Can't be bookmarked
JSF 2.x supports GET requests
New tags h:button, h:link
View Parameters
.Bound to beans when request comes in
.Can be attached to next request



Composite ComponentsMade up of simpler components
Example: Login component with username/password fields
True JSF components
Can attach validators, listeners
Specified with XHTML+composite tags


Ajax



Minor Features
Resource loading
Standard resources directory
h:graphicImage, h:outputStylesheet, h:outputScript have library, name attributes
<h:outputStylesheet library="css" name="styles.css" />
Dynamic versioning
Botched attempt at i18n
New scopes
View scope
Flash
14 new events
Most useful for app developers: preRenderView, postValidate
<f:event type="postValidate" listener="#{user.validate}"/>

How to PlayRI is feature-complete but not bug-free
Download JSF 2.0 RI from http://javaserverfaces.dev.java.net/
Works with Tomcat
Or download Glassfish v3 Prelude
Or Netbeans 6.7 RC
Caveat: These may not have the latest JSF 2.0 implementations today

Looking ForwardComponent libraries for 2.0
IceFaces
RichFaces
Trinidad
Cruft removal
Integration with Web Beans (JSR 299)

RichFaces - another wheel from JBoss.

RichFaces 3.3.2 GA finally available for donwloads! Numerous bug fixes, optimizations and community RFCs are ready for the review and usage!

RichFaces is a component library for JSF and an advanced framework for easily integrating AJAX capabilities into business applications.

100+ AJAX enabled components in two libraries
a4j: page centric AJAX controls
rich: self contained, ready to use components
Whole set of JSF benefits while working with AJAX
Skinnability mechanism
Component Development Kit (CDK)
Dynamic resources handling

Testing facilities for components, actions, listeners, and pages
Broad cross-browser support

Large and active community


JSF 2 and RichFaces 4
We are working hard on RichFaces 4.0 which will have full JSF 2 integration. That is not all though, here is a summary of updates and features:

Redesigned modular repository and build system.
Simplified Component Development Kit with annotations, faces-config extensions, advanced templates support and more..
Ajax framework improvements extending the JSF 2 specification.
Component review for consistency, usability, and redesign following semantic HTML principles where possible.
Both server-side and client-side performance optimization.
Strict code clean-up and review.

ICEfaces - the best JSF framework

ICEfaces has been supported by NetBeans IDE. It looks pretty good and ease the developer to develop web application visually.

ICEfaces 1.8.2 Released

ICEfaces 1.8.2 is an official release that includes over 160 fixes and improvements.

Notable changes include:

• All-new support for "cookieless" mode operation for synchronous ICEfaces applications (deployed to browsers with cookies disabled).
• Enhanced keyboard navigation for the menuBar, menuPopup, panelCollapsible, panelTabSet, and tree components.
• The panelTab component now supports an optional label facet for defining arbitrarily complex labels.
• Enhanced dataExporter: define which columns & rows to export, seamless operation with dataPaginator, portlet support, and improved robustness.
• Improved panelTooltip: smarter positioning, mouse tracking, and customizable display event triggers (hover, click, etc.).
• Support for nested modal panelPopups.
• The inputFile component now supports optional "autoUpload" mode.
• The graphicImage component now supports all ICEfaces Resource APIs for specifying image resources.
• The outputResource component now has improved special character support for resource file-names.
• Rendering performance optimizations have been made to the dataTable, panelGroup, panelSeries, and menuBar components.
• Updated Component Showcase sample application illustrating new component capabilities.

PrimeFaces UI 0.9.3 is released/IPhone App Development with JSF

(From http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=58131)
UI Components 0.9.3 features the TouchFaces mobile UI kit, 5 new components, improved portlet support, enhanced datatable and various improvements.

* TouchFaces - UI Development kit for mobile devices mainly iphone
* New component : FileUpload (Reimplemented)
* New component : Tooltip (Reimplemented)
* New component : PickList
* New component : HotKey
* New component : Virtual Keyboard
* Easy row selection, ajax pagination, data filtering and lazy loading enhancements to DataTable
* Significantly improved portal support for JSR168 and JSR268 portlets.
* Pojo and Converter support for AutoComplete


(From http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=57877)
TouchFaces is a new subproject of PrimeFaces targeting the mobile
devices mainly iphone. Applications created with TouchFaces have the native look and feel of an IPhone applications and still benefit from the Java/JSF infrastructure. In addition TouchFaces depends on the PrimeFaces UI so ajax is built-in.

There's a 10 minute getting started screencast available online.


Website: http://primefaces.prime.com.tr/en/