JavaServer Faces

When working with JSP, we saw that it is not a good idea to mix scriptlets with the HTML markup. We solved this problem by using JavaBean. JavaServer Faces takes this design further. In addition to supporting JavaBeans, JSF provides built-in tags for HTML user controls, which are context aware, can perform validation, and can preserve the state between requests. We will now create the login application using JSF:

  1. Create a dynamic web application in Eclipse; let's name it LoginJSFApp. In the last page of the wizard, make sure that you check the Generate web.xml deployment descriptor box.
  2. Download JSF libraries from https://maven.java.net/content/repositories/releases/org/glassfish/javax.faces/2.2.9/javax.faces-2.2.9.jar

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