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Can JSF facelets and managedbeans be packaged into jar files? So can we use this code and UI combination in different war / ear projects?

I'm not talking about JSF components!

If yes – you can point to a tutorial or blog post

Do I need details about the jar structure and other files required in jar?

Thank you, max

Solution

Yes, this is absolutely possible. Suppose you use JSF 2.0, part of Java EE 6

For managed beans and other JSF classes (such as validators, converters, etc.), just annotate them with @ managedbean, @ facesvalidator, @ facesconverter, etc., and package them in jars in the usual way All you need to do is provide a JSF 2.0 compliant / meta inf / faces config. XML in the jar XML file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<faces-config
    xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-facesconfig_2_0.xsd"
    version="2.0">
</faces-config>

In this way, JSF will be triggered to scan JSF specific annotation classes in the jar Alternatively, you can use the jar's faces - config Register them in XML, JSF 1 X mode

For facelets resources, simply place them in the / meta - inf / Resources folder of the jar It will be treated in the same way as the public web content of war

You can also see:

> Packaging Facelets files (templates,includes,composites) in a JAR