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The f:ajax tag is a convenient way to implement simple Ajax functionality. Because it’s a tag, however, f:ajax offers limited functionality. But because that tag is built on JSF’s built-in JavaScript library, you can use that JavaScript directly to implement more complicated Ajax scenarios.
You can access JSF’s built-in JavaScript library in your XHTML files like this: