facelets

How to include another XHTML in XHTML using JSF 2.0 Facelets?

<ui:include> Most basic way is <ui:include>. The included content must be placed inside <ui:composition>. Kickoff example of the master page /page.xhtml: <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=”en” xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:f=”http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/core” xmlns:h=”http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html” xmlns:ui=”http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/facelets”> <h:head> <title>Include demo</title> </h:head> <h:body> <h1>Master page</h1> <p>Master page blah blah lorem ipsum</p> <ui:include src=”/WEB-INF/include.xhtml” /> </h:body> </html> The include page /WEB-INF/include.xhtml (yes, this is the … Read more

JSF returns blank/unparsed page with plain/raw XHTML/XML/EL source instead of rendered HTML output

There are three main causes. FacesServlet is not invoked. XML namespace URIs are missing or wrong. Multiple JSF implemenations have been loaded. 1. Make sure that URL matches FacesServlet mapping The URL of the link (the URL as you see in browser’s address bar) has to match the <url-pattern> of the FacesServlet as definied in … Read more

JSTL in JSF2 Facelets… makes sense?

Introduction JSTL <c:xxx> tags are all taghandlers and they are executed during view build time, while JSF <h:xxx> tags are all UI components and they are executed during view render time. Note that from JSF’s own <f:xxx> and <ui:xxx> tags only those which do not extend from UIComponent are also taghandlers, e.g. <f:validator>, <ui:include>, <ui:define>, … Read more