Spring Faces Taglib explained

In this article i will explain the features of the Spring Faces Tag library. Although this library has some nice functions, the amount of documentation on the net is very scarce. To get started i have opened the spring-faces.tld inside the spring-faces.jar. The table below shows the available tags in the library. I have created [...]

Create custum labels for enumerated types in JSF

In this article i will show you how to create custom labels for Java Enum types with a custom JSF converter. Click here to download the  example application. To run the example application you need Maven2. Simple type mvn jetty:run to start the embedded Jetty container. After a few seconds you can point your browser [...]

Breadcrumb navigation with Spring Webflow

This article describes how breadcrumb navigation can be done with Spring Webflow. You can find a link to a working example application at the end of this article. If you’re not familiar with breadcrumb navigation here’s a description from Wikipedia: Breadcrumbs is a navigation aid used in user interfaces. It gives users a way to [...]

Create a modern WAR with the Patton archetype

I have created my first Maven2 archetype. This archetype creates a Maven project with a similar configuration like a project that I’m currently working on. This configuration includes: JSF 1.2 Richfaces 3.3.0 Spring Framework 2.5.6 Spring Webflow 2.0.7 Junit4 Facelets (xhtml / templating / custom components) The Patton Archetype enables you to quick start a [...]