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Michael MüllerPractical JSF in Java EE 8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3030-5_3

3. JavaServer Faces

Michael Müller1 
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Brühl, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
 

Whereas JavaServer Pages (JSP) is used to define pages, which are compiled to servlets, JavaServer Faces (JSF) is a complete web MVC (Model-View-Controller) framework. Interestingly, it is implemented as a servlet itself.

Here is a short excerpt of the specification:

  • Makes it easy to construct a UI from a set of reusable UI components

  • Simplifies migration of application data to and from the UI

  • Helps manage UI state across server requests

  • Provides a simple model for wiring client-generated events to server-side application code

  • Allows custom UI components to be easily built ...

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