PrimeFaces Beginner's Guide

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PrimeFaces Beginner's Guide

Credits

About the Author

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Time for action – heading

Reader feedback

Customer support

Chapter 1. Introduction to PrimeFaces

Introducing the features of PrimeFaces

Installing and configuring PrimeFaces

Time for action – installing and configuring PrimeFaces

Creating a HelloWorld application using PrimeFaces

Time for action – creating a HelloWorld program using PrimeFaces

Creating simple forms using PrimeFaces

Time for action – creating a user registration form

Performing form validations

Time for action – validating the user registration form

Performing client-side validations

Time for action – client-side e-mail validation

Understanding partial page rendering (PPR)

Time for action – partial processing on the user details form

Updating the view using AJAX

Time for action – updating the view using AJAX

Updating the view using AJAX listeners

Time for action – validate the UserName using AJAX listeners

Performing tasks periodically using a poll component

Time for action – using the poll component to display the current time

Time for action – manually start and stop polling

Invoking server-side methods from JavaScript using RemoteCommand

Time for action – validate e-mail using RemoteCommand

Summary

Chapter 2. Introducing Sample Application TechBuzz

Understanding the requirements of the TechBuzz application

Understanding the high-level design of the TechBuzz application

Understanding the TechBuzz data model

Looking at TechBuzz screenshots

Setting up of the development environment for TechBuzz

Time for action – installing the required software

Summary

Chapter 3. Using PrimeFaces Common Utility Components

Introducing the Message component

Time for action – displaying FacesMessage using <p:message>

Time for action – displaying FacesMessage with HTML content

Introducing the Messages component

Time for action – displaying FacesMessage using <p:messages>

Displaying notifications using the growl component

Time for action – displaying FacesMessages with growl

Displaying tooltips using the Tooltip component

Time for action – displaying tooltip for UI components

Time for action – using global tooltips

Partial Processing and Rendering using the Fragment component

Time for action – using the Fragment component

Introducing the Sticky component

Introducing the RequestContext utility

Time for action – updating UI components using RequestContext.update()

Time for action – executing JavaScript using RequestContext.execute()

Time for action – adding callback parameters using RequestContext.addCallbackParam()

Displaying pop-up dialogs using the Dialog component

Time for action – displaying a dialog

Time for action – client-side callbacks for onShow and onHide

Time for action – the Dialog component close event listener

Time for action – creating dialog with a registration form

Introducing dialog framework

Time for action – showing the search users screen in dialog

Time for action – passing data from the search users dialog to the source page

Introducing the ConfirmDialog component

Time for action – creating a confirmation dialog

Displaying notifications using the NotificationBar component

Time for action – displaying notification messages

Time for action – automatically hiding NotificationBar

Blocking a region using the BlockUI component

Time for action – blocking the form

Understanding PrimeFaces selectors

Time for action – updating UI components using jQuery Selectors

Introducing the search expression framework

Summary

Chapter 4. Introducing the PrimeFaces Client Side Validation Framework

Configuring and using the Client Side Validation framework

Time for action – performing client-side validations

Triggering client-side validations based on events

Supporting I18N for validation messages

Extending the CSV framework with custom JSF validators

Time for action – using the custom JSF validator on the client side

Extending the CSV framework with custom JSF converters

Time for action – using the custom JSF converter on the client side

Using the CSV framework with the Bean Validation API

Time for action – using the CSV framework with the Bean Validation API

Extending the CSV framework with custom Bean Validation annotations

Time for action – using the custom Bean Validation annotation with the CSV framework

Summary

Chapter 5. Introducing Text Input Components

Getting text input with the InputText component