Jakarta Faces , formerly Jakarta Server Faces and JavaServer Faces ( JSF ) is a Java specification for building component -based user interfaces for web applications . It was formalized as a standard through the Java Community Process as part of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition . It is an MVC web framework that simplifies the construction of user interfaces (UI) for server-based applications by using reusable UI components in a page.
27-487: JFS may refer to: Computing [ edit ] JavaServer Faces , Java web application framework Journaling file system , a type of file system JFS (file system) , a journaling file system by IBM Veritas File System , another journaling file system called JFS and OnlineJFS in HP-UX Organisations [ edit ] Jabhat Fateh al-Sham ,
54-415: A German-American tavern owner who attempted to assassinate former US President Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 Publications [ edit ] Journal of Food Science Journal of Futures Studies See also [ edit ] JFFS , another, similarly named, journaling file system Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
81-509: A Java programmer can write their own code that uses reflection to process the annotation. Java SE 5 supports a new interface that is defined in the java.lang.reflect package. This package contains the interface called AnnotatedElement that is implemented by the Java reflection classes including Class , Constructor , Field , Method , and Package . The implementations of this interface are used to represent an annotated element of
108-688: A Salafist jihadist rebel group fighting in the Syrian Civil War Jewish Family Services , former name of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services John Fishwick & Sons , an English bus company JFS (school) , a Jewish secondary school in North London, England The John Fisher School , a Catholic school in Purley, Surrey, England People [ edit ] John Flammang Schrank ,
135-616: A consistent place within the Web application. This includes logical naming and versioning of resources. JSF 2.0 also includes a number of other changes like adding support for events, separate development, staging, and production modes, similar to RAILS_ENV in Ruby on Rails , and significantly expanding the standard set of components. Based on a component-driven UI design-model, JavaServer Faces uses XML files called view templates or Facelets views. The FacesServlet processes requests, loads
162-403: A set of special annotations (including @Deprecated , @Override and @SuppressWarnings ) for syntactic purposes. Annotations are often used by frameworks as a way of conveniently applying behaviours to user-defined classes and methods that must otherwise be declared in an external source (such as an XML configuration file) or programmatically (with API calls). The following, for example,
189-421: Is a JEE standard without really evaluating whether the programming model suits them. We think JSF is flawed because it tries to abstract away HTML , CSS and HTTP , exactly the reverse of what modern web frameworks do. JSF, like ASP.NET webforms, attempts to create statefulness on top of the stateless protocol HTTP and ends up causing a whole host of problems involving shared server-side state. We are aware of
216-520: Is also simplified, removing the need for faces-config.xml navigation cases. Page transitions can be invoked simply by passing the name of the desired View or Facelet. The addition of Partial State Saving and Document Object Model (DOM) updates are part of the built-in standardized AJAX support. The latest JSF release has built-in support for handling resources like images, CSS and Javascript, allowing artifacts to be included with component libraries, separated into JAR files, or simply co-located into
243-663: Is an annotated JPA data class: The annotations are not method calls and will not, by themselves, do anything. Rather, the class object is passed to the JPA implementation at run-time , which then extracts the annotations to generate an object–relational mapping . A complete example is given below: When Java source code is compiled, annotations can be processed by compiler plug-ins called annotation processors. Processors can produce informational messages or create additional Java source files or resources, which in turn may be compiled and processed. However, annotation processors cannot modify
270-748: Is often used together with AJAX , a Rich Internet application development technique. AJAX is a combination of web development techniques and technologies that make it possible to create rich user interfaces. The user interface components in Mojarra (the JSF reference implementation ) and Apache MyFaces were originally developed for HTML only, and AJAX had to be added via JavaScript. This has changed, however: Because JSF supports multiple output formats, AJAX -enabled components can easily be added to improve user interfaces created with JSF. The JSF 2.0 specification provides built-in support for AJAX by standardizing
297-458: Is the immediate attribute which changes the server side life cycle! And if this isn't enough it does it in different ways depending on what tag you use it on. You can't make stuff like this up. In February 2016, the enterprise Java community website TheServerSide published an article recommending against the use of JSF, whose use could compromise the quality of the final product. The article ellaborated on five reasons: Java annotation In
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#1732790503716324-457: The Java compiler . This allows annotations to be retained by the Java virtual machine at run-time and read via reflection . It is possible to create meta-annotations out of the existing ones in Java. The Java platform has various ad-hoc annotation mechanisms—for example, the transient modifier, or the @Deprecated javadoc tag. The Java Specification Request JSR-175 introduced
351-399: The Java computer programming language , an annotation is a form of syntactic metadata that can be added to Java source code . Classes , methods , variables , parameters and Java packages may be annotated. Like Javadoc tags, Java annotations can be read from source files. Unlike Javadoc tags, Java annotations can also be embedded in and read from Java class files generated by
378-420: The javac compiler in version 1.6. Java defines a set of annotations that are built into the language. Of the seven standard annotations, three are part of java.lang , and the remaining four are imported from java.lang.annotation. Annotations applied to Java code: Annotations applied to other annotations (also known as "Meta Annotations"): Since Java 7, three additional annotations have been added to
405-534: The keyword "interface". Annotations may include a set of key-value pairs, which are modeled as methods of the annotation type. Each method declaration defines an element of the annotation type. Method declarations must not have any parameters or a throws clause. Return types are restricted to primitives , String , Class, enums , annotations, and arrays of the preceding types. Methods can have default values . Annotations themselves may be annotated to indicate where and when they can be used: The compiler reserves
432-753: The AJAX request lifecycle and providing simple development interfaces to AJAX events. The specification allows an event triggered by the client to go through validation, conversion, and method invocation, before returning the result to the browser via an XML DOM update. JSF 2 includes support for graceful degradation when JavaScript is disabled in the browser. The following companies and projects offer AJAX-based JSF frameworks or component libraries: In their January 2014 Technology Radar publication, ThoughtWorks wrote: We continue to see teams run into trouble using JSF – JavaServer Faces – and are recommending you avoid this technology. Teams seem to choose JSF because it
459-616: The annotated code itself. (Code modifications may be implemented using methods beyond the Java Language Specification.) The Java compiler conditionally stores annotation metadata in the class files, if the annotation has a RetentionPolicy of CLASS or RUNTIME . Later, the JVM or other programs can look for the metadata to determine how to interact with the program elements or change their behavior. In addition to processing an annotation using an annotation processor,
486-479: The appropriate view template, builds a component tree, processes events, and renders the response (typically in the HTML language) to the client. The state of UI components and other objects of scope interest is saved at the end of each request in a process called stateSaving (note: transient true ), and restored upon next creation of that view. Either the client or the server side can save objects and states. JSF
513-681: The general-purpose annotation (also known as metadata ) facility to the Java Community Process in 2002; it gained approval in September 2004. Annotations became available in the language itself beginning with version 1.5 of the Java Development Kit (JDK). The apt tool provided a provisional interface for compile-time annotation processing in JDK version 1.5; JSR-269 formalized this, and it became integrated into
540-459: The improvements in JSF 2.0, but think the model is fundamentally broken. We recommend teams use simple frameworks and embrace and understand web technologies including HTTP, HTML and CSS. In February 2014, Çağatay Çivici (PrimeFaces Lead) responded to ThoughtWorks criticisms in a post titled JSF is not what you've been told anymore . Çivici argues that improvements in JSF over the years offer many features that embrace modern web development, providing
567-555: The language. This example demonstrates the use of the @Override annotation. It instructs the compiler to check parent classes for matching methods. In this case, an error is generated because the gettype() method of class Cat doesn't in fact override getType() of class Animal like is desired, because of the mismatching case . If the @Override annotation were absent, a new method of name gettype() would be created in class Cat. Annotation type declarations are similar to normal interface declarations. An at-sign (@) precedes
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#1732790503716594-507: The option to write your own JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Also regarding state, Çivici wrote: JSF is a stateful framework by nature and state makes web applications easy to develop with. With improved state management techniques introduced in JSF 2.0+ (e.g. stateless mode, partial state saving), JSF can scale as well. In the article published November 2014 in the DZone website, titled "Why You Should Avoid JSF", Jens Schauder wrote: Facelets,
621-451: The preferred presentation technology of JSF looks at first sight like an ordinary templating technology like the good old JSP or Thymeleaf. But if you look closer the horror becomes obvious. In the same place where you structure your HTML, you also place the logic what parts of the UI should get updated on an action. A clear violation of the separation of concerns principle in my book. Even better
648-481: The program currently running in the Java Virtual Machine. This interface allows annotations to be read reflectively. The AnnotatedElement interface provides access to annotations having RUNTIME retention. This access is provided by the getAnnotation , getAnnotations , and isAnnotationPresent methods. Because annotation types are compiled and stored in byte code files just like classes,
675-592: The software may also use XUL or Java . JSF 1.x uses JavaServer Pages (JSP) as its default templating system. In 2001, the original Java Specification Request (JSR) for the technology that ultimately became JavaServer Faces proposed developing a package with the name javax.servlet.ui In June 2001, JavaWorld would report on Amy Fowler's team's design of "the JavaServer Faces API" (also known as "Moonwalk") as "an application framework for creating Web-based user interfaces". Facelets (which
702-508: The title JFS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JFS&oldid=1234666437 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages JavaServer Faces JSF 2.x uses Facelets as its default templating system. Users of
729-462: Was designed specifically for Java Server Faces) was adopted as the official view technology for JSF 2.0. This eliminates the life-cycle conflicts that existed with JSP, forcing workarounds by Java developers. The new JSF developments also provide wide accessibility to Java annotations such as @ManagedBean , @ManagedProperty and @FacesComponent that removes the need for faces-config.xml, in all cases except framework extension. Navigation
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