1. Create a Maven project in Eclipse (Kepler) with a simple Java web application archetype "maven-archetype-webapp". Maven should be the best choice for managing the dependencies, so far. JSF is a web framework that is the reason why I chose the mentioned archetype for my example.
2. Import dependencies for JSF implementation - Myfaces (v2.2.10) into file pom.xml. The following code that is easy to find from http://mvnrepository.com/ with key words "myfaces".
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.myfaces.core</groupId>
<artifactId>myfaces-api</artifactId>
<version>2.2.10</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.myfaces.core</groupId>
<artifactId>myfaces-impl</artifactId>
<version>2.2.10</version>
</dependency>
3. As any other web frameworks, we need to configure for JSF stuffs in file web.xml, follow this http://myfaces.apache.org/wiki/core/user-guide/getting-started/configuring-myfaces.html
4. Create a Managed Bean by Java classes and use JSF tags in index.xhtml for testing
Java code:
XHTML code:
5. Run the application on server Tomcat (v7.0)
Source code: https://github.com/vnnvanhuong/jsf_myfaces
References:
[1]. http://myfaces.apache.org/wiki/core/user-guide/getting-started/configuring-myfaces.html
[2]. http://mvnrepository.com/
[3]. http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/tutorial/doc/bnaxj.html
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
version="2.5">
<!-- JSF mapping -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<!-- welcome page -->
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.xhtml</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
4. Create a Managed Bean by Java classes and use JSF tags in index.xhtml for testing
Java code:
package vn.nvanhuong.jsf_myfaces;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
@ManagedBean(name = "helloBean")
public class HelloManagedBean {
public HelloManagedBean() {
this.greeting = "Hello JSF - Myfaces";
}
private String greeting;
public String getGreeting() {
return greeting;
}
public void setGreeting(String greeting) {
this.greeting = greeting;
}
}
XHTML code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html">
<h:head>
<title>JSF - Myfaces Example</title>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:outputText value="#{helloBean.greeting}"/>
</h:body>
</html>
5. Run the application on server Tomcat (v7.0)
http://localhost:8080/jsf_myfaces/
Source code: https://github.com/vnnvanhuong/jsf_myfaces
References:
[1]. http://myfaces.apache.org/wiki/core/user-guide/getting-started/configuring-myfaces.html
[2]. http://mvnrepository.com/
[3]. http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/tutorial/doc/bnaxj.html