Beginning JSF? 2 APIs and JBoss® Seam

Contents at a Glance

Contents

About the Author

About the Technical Reviewer

Getting Started with JSF

Introducing the “Hello world” Application

Creating the “Hello world!” Application with JSF

Debugging a JSF Application

Summary

Using Forms

Developing a Stock Quote Application

Summary

Validating Input

Developing a Postage Calculator

Summary

Creating an E-shop

Listing the Products

Making the Link to Show the Details

Displaying Headers in the Columns

Implementing a Shopping Cart

Displaying the Content of the Shopping Cart

The Checkout Function

Getting the Credit Card Number of the Current User

Forcing the User to Log In

Implementing Logout

Protecting the Password

Summary

Creating Custom Components

Displaying a Copyright Notice on Multiple Pages

Allowing the Caller to Specify the Company Name

Creating a Product Editor

Passing a Method in a Parameter?

Creating a Box Component

Accepting Two Pieces of XHTML Code

Creating a Reusable Component Library

Creating a Component Library Without taglib.xml

Summary

Providing a Common Layout for Your Pages

Using the Same Menu on Different Pages

Using Global Navigation Rules

Using Two Abstract Parts

Creating Page-Specific Navigation Cases

Summary

Building Interactive Pages with Ajax

Displaying a FAQ

Refreshing the Answer Only

Hiding and Showing the Answer

Using Ajax to Hide or Show the Answer

Giving a Rating to a Question

Updating the Rating as the User Types

Using a Dialog Box to Get the Rating

Setting the Look and Feel with Skins

Displaying Multiple Questions

Summary

Using Conversations

Creating a Wizard to Submit Support Tickets

Interference Between Browser Windows

URL Mismatched?

Summary

Supporting Other Languages

Displaying the Current Date and Time

Supporting Chinese

Easier Way to Access Map Elements

Internationalizing the Date Display

Letting the User Change the Language Used

Localizing the Full Stop

Displaying a Logo

Making the Locale Change Persistent

Localizing Validation Messages

Summary

Using JBoss Seam

Installing Seam

Re-creating the E-shop Project

Allowing the User to Add Products

Restricting Access to the Product-Editing Page

Creating a Shopping Cart

Turning the Shopping Cart into a Stateful Session Bean

Creating the Checkout Page

Using WebLogic, WebSphere, or GlassFish

Summary

Index