Practical RichFaces (eBook)

Max Katz is a Senior Systems Engineer and Developer Advocate at Exadel. Max is a well-known speaker appearing at many conferences, webinars, and JUG meetings. Max leads Exadel s RIA and mobile strategy. Part of this role is working as the Developer Advocate for Tiggr Mobile Apps Builder (gotiggr.com), a cloud-based application for building mobile Web and native apps for any device. In addition, Max leads Exadel s open source projects (exadel.org) such as Fiji, Flamingo, and JavaFX Plug-in for Eclipse. Max has been involved with RichFaces since its inception, publishing numerous articles, providing consulting and training, and authoring the book Practical RichFaces (Apress, 2008). Max also co-authored the DZone RichFaces 3 Refcard and the DZone RichFaces 4 Refcard. You can find Max's writings about RIA and mobile technologies on his blog, mkblog.exadel.com, and you can find his thoughts about these topics and others on Twitter at @maxkatz. Max holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

Contents at a Glance 5
Contents 6
About the Author 11
Acknowledgments 12
Introduction 13
Who Should Read This Book 13
Introduction 14
What Is JSF? 14
JSF, Ajax, and RichFaces 18
Ajax4jsf and RichFaces 19
RichFaces 20
JBoss Seam 21
JSF 2.0 21
Summary 21
Quick Start with JBoss RichFaces 22
Setting Up Your Development Environment 22
Configuring RichFaces 25
Creating Your First RichFaces Application 27
Summary 42
RichFaces Basic Concepts 43
Sending an Ajax Request 43
Performing a Partial- Page Update 50
Knowing What Data to Process 53
Summary 56
More a4j: Tags, Concepts, and Features 57
Controlling Traffic with Queues 57
JavaScript Interactions 58
Performance Considerations 60
Validating User Input 61
Using < a4j: actionparam>
Using < a4j: repeat>
Using < a4j: status>
Using < a4j: include>
Using < a4j: jsFunction>
Using < a4j: ajaxListener>
Summary 87
Input Components 88
Using < rich: inplaceInput>
Using < rich: inplaceSelect>
Using < rich: suggestionbox>
Using < rich: comboBox>
Using < rich: inputNumberSlider>
Using < rich: inputNumberSpinner>
Using < rich: calendar>
Summary 106
Output Components 107
Using < rich: panel>
Using < rich: simpleTogglePanel>
Using < rich: tabPanel>
Using < rich: panelBar>
Using < rich: panelMenu>
Using < rich: togglePanel>
Using < rich: toolBar>
Using < rich: separator>
Using < rich: spacer>
Using < rich: modalPanel>
Using < rich: toolTip>
Summary 144
Data Iteration Components 145
Using < rich: dataTable>
Using < rich: dataDefinitionList>
Using < rich: dataOrderedList>
Using < rich: dataList>
Using < rich: dataGrid>
Adding Pagination 150
Using JavaScript Events 159
Performing Partial- Component Data Updates 161
Creating Column and Row Spans 165
Summary 168
Selection Components 169
Using < rich: pickList>
Using < rich: orderingList>
Using < rich: listShuttle>
Summary 190
Menu Components 191
Using < rich: dropDownMenu>
Using < rich: contextMenu>
Summary 207
Scrollable Data Table and Tree 208
Using < rich: scrollableDataTable>
Using < rich: tree>
Summary 226
Skins 227
Using Built- in Skins 227
Creating Your Own Skins 231
Using Skinnability and CSS 234
Using Skins with Nonskinnable Sections of Components 240
Summary 245
Index 246