CHAPTER 16The Standard JSF Component Library

This chapter serves as a reference to the standard JSF component library. This library must be provided by any implementation that adheres to the JSF specification. The standard JSF library consists of four parts: the core library, the HTML library, the Facelet Templating tag library, and the Composite Component tag library.

NOTE Because JSP is included in JSF 2.0 mainly for backward compatibility, only the core and HTML libraries are available for JSP applications.

The core library is associated with the f: namespace and provides common application development utilities in the areas of validation, conversion, internationalization, and overall application development. It is important to note that ...

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