What Is a JavaServer Faces Application?

The functionality provided by a JavaServer Faces application is similar to that of any other Java web application. A typical JavaServer Faces application includes the following parts:

• A set of web pages in which components are laid out

• A set of tags to add components to the web page

• A set of backing beans, which are JavaBeans components that define properties and functions for components on a page

• A web deployment descriptor (web.xml file)

• Optionally, one or more application configuration resource files, such as a faces-config.xml file, which can be used to define page navigation rules and configure beans and other custom objects, such as custom components

• Optionally, a set of custom objects, which can include custom components, validators, converters, or listeners, created by the application developer

• A set of custom tags for representing custom objects on the page