The Definitive Guide to JSF in Java EE 8: Building Web Applications with JavaServer Faces

© Bauke Scholtz, Arjan Tijms 2018

Bauke Scholtz and Arjan TijmsThe Definitive Guide to JSF in Java EE 8https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3387-0_6

6. Output Components

Bauke Scholtz¹  and Arjan Tijms²

(1)

Willemstad, Curaçao

(2)

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

 

Technically, the input components as described in Chapter 4 are also output components. They are not only capable of processing any submitted input values but also capable of outputting the model value during the render response phase (sixth phase). This is also visible in the JSF (JavaServer Faces ) API (application programming interface ): the UIInput superclass extends from the UIOutput superclass.

There are also a bunch of components that merely output their model value or even just ...