[opencms-dev] OpenCMS - JSF integration

[Olaitan Olamilehin]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for the tips.  See comments below.

Regards,
Olaitan.

On 07/15/2010 11:54 AM, Martin Höller wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 15. Juli 2010 10:37:24 schrieben Sie:
>    
>> On 07/15/2010 09:11 AM, Martin Höller wrote:
>> *Actually am currently using the latest version of JSF which is 2.0.3.
>> Maybe this is the problem, I will try out JSF 1.1 then( *I hope I can
>> still find it since it is really outdated :-) *).
>>      
> I'd say this is the problem.
>
> *Yes, this was the problem but using JSF 1.1 does not really provide an improvement over JSP in my case because am not able to use facelets which is the main feature I was interested in. In addition, using facelets allows the use of component libraries which reduces low-level programming of the view layer, aids rapid development and facilitates the use of AJAX.*
>> The only limitation I
>> have now is that the UI component library am using is Primefaces and it
>> only supports JSF 1.2 and JSF 2.0 so maybe I would have to try out some
>> other UI component library. By the way, did you use any additional UI
>> component library similar to primefaces? and if you did, what
>> **component **library did you use?*
>>      
> Using OpenCms with JSF was actually a (disappointing) experiment. Therefore, I
> never tried using any component library with OpenCms.
>
> *Now, I feel the same way too. It is really disappointing. Anyway, I have scrapped the idea of using JSF with OpenCms since I cant make use of component libraries.*
>> *Yes I did include the required namespaces using *@taglib* and I also
>> tried using facelets approach (i.e using .xhtml and including the
>> namespaces as e.g * xmlns:h, xmlns:f*) but still got a blank page with
>> empty html source. Thanks once again for your help. I will try JSF 1.1
>> and will let you know how it turns out.*
>>      
> The best would be to document your results on the wiki page, so other can
> benefit from it as well.
>    

> *Actually, there isn't that much to document. The conclusion of the matter is still the same, we are stuck with JSF 1.1 which is almost the same as using JSP. Thanks all the same. I have actually added an enhancement entry to OpenCMS bugzilla page. Let's see if they consider it in future releases.*
>    

> best regards,
> - martin
>    

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