Java Training: Building Web Applications with JSF, Spring Web Flow, and Spring Faces

Course Number: JAV-220
Duration: 5 days
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JSF, Web Flow, and Spring Faces Training Overview

This course teaches attendees how to build well-architected Java web applications using JSF, Spring Web Flow, and Spring Faces.

Location and Pricing

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JSF, Web Flow, and Spring Faces Training Prerequisites

Java programming experience is essential
JSP authoring experience is required
Servlets programming experience is recommended but not required.
Familiarity with Spring's core module is expected, though we review it briefly during the course
Basic knowledge of XML will be helpful, as will any previous experience with HTML

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This Java^® training course is 60% hands-on, 40% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 30 minutes.

JSF, Web Flow, and Spring Faces Training Materials

All attendees receive comprehensive courseware covering all topics shown.

Software Required for this Training

Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (we may be able to accommodate other IDEs upon request)
JBoss Application Server, GlassFish, WebLogic, or WebSphere (other application servers potentially accommodated upon request)
Related lab files (please contact us for a detailed setup sheet)

JSF, Web Flow, and Spring Faces Training Objectives

Understand the purpose and scope of the JSF architecture.
Build web applications using JSF's FacesServlet, faces-config.xml, and the JSF request/response lifecycle.
Use the JSF custom tag libraries to build JSF views as JSPs.
Use managed beans to encapsulate not only server-side form handling but also client-side presentation logic.
Implement control logic as JSF event listeners or action methods.
Use validators and converters to implement a validation phase for a JSF application.
Instantiate, configure, and assemble systems of Java objects using Spring's "IoC" container.
Develop coherent web flows using Spring Web Flow's view states, transitions, and actions.
Use SWF's custom scopes (flash, view, flow, conversation) effectively.
Blend SWF and JSF techniques for a single web architecture, using Spring Faces.

JSF, Web Flow, and Spring Faces Training Outline

Overview of JSF

Java EE and Web Applications
Perspectives: Servlets and JSP
The Model/View/Controller Pattern
Perspectives: MVC Frameworks
The Command Pattern
Perspectives: AWT and JFC
JSF Value Proposition
JSF Configuration

Lifecycle and Page Navigation

The JSF Request/Response Cycle
Lifecycle Phases
The FacesContext Class
Who Does What
View Selection
Navigation Rules
Outcomes

User Interface Components

The Composite View Pattern
The UIComponent Class
Behavioral Interfaces
The Core and HTML Tag Libraries
Relationship to CSS
ID, Client ID, and Label
The UISelectItem(s) Class
Navigating the UI Tree

Managed Beans

JavaBeans and JSF
Backing Beans
The Factory Pattern
Managed Beans
Coarse-Grained Beans
The Unified Expression Language
Value Expressions
Dependency Injection
Bean Scopes

Events and Controllers

The Observer Pattern
JSF Event Model
Event Types and Timing
Event Queueing
ActionEvent and ActionListener
Action Methods
Connecting Controllers to Beans
Dynamic Outcomes
ValueChangeEvent and ValueChangeListener
Limitations of FacesListeners

Converters

The Adapter Pattern
The Converter Interface
Standard Converters
Working with Enumerated Types
Timing of Conversion
Custom Converters
Configuring Converters

Validators

Validating Input
The Validator Interface
Standard Validators
Producing Error Messages
Message Keys
Presenting Error Messages
Custom Validators
Validating Multiple Inputs
Using a PhaseListener

Review of Spring (informal, drawn from our Spring core training)

Containers and Beans
Configuring Beans
Dependency Injection
Managing Collections and Maps
Auto-Detecting @Components
Autowiring and @Autowiring
Validation

Introduction to the Spring Web Module

The DispatcherServlet
Web Application Contexts
The HandlerMapping
Controllers and @Controllers
The ViewResolver

Overview of Spring Web Flow

The Need for Flow
Spring Web Flow
Relationship to Spring
Flows and States
Model Beans
POST-REDIRECT-GET
Development Process

Defining Flows

View States
Transitions
Encoding Commands in HTML Views
Variables
Web Flow Scopes
Expression Language(s)
Actions
Using Spring Beans
Using Flash Scope
Action States and Decision States
View State vs. View

Binding and Validation

Binding to a Model
Required Fields
Reporting Error Messages
Converters
Registering Custom Converters
Validation
The ValidationContext
The MessageBuilder
Registering a Validator

Connecting Flows

Flow Input and Output
Subflows
Reading Flow Output
Using Conversation Scope
Flow Inheritance
State Inheritance

Spring Faces

JSF and Spring: Likely Partners
JSF and Spring: Who Should Rule?
Making Spring Beans Available to JSF
Spring Faces
Statless vs. Stateful Views
Putting JSF at Web Flow's Service
Maintaining JSF Views
Meshing Message Architectures

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