Practical RichFaces

Contents at a Glance......Page 3
Contents......Page 395
About the Authors......Page 403
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 404
Acknowledgments......Page 405
Who Should Read This Book......Page 4
Tell Me About RichFaces First!......Page 5
JSF Has Two Main Implementations......Page 7
User Interface Components......Page 8
Events......Page 10
Ajax......Page 11
An Overview of RichFaces......Page 12
RichFaces Client-side Validation......Page 13
RichFaces: A Historical Perspective......Page 14
Understanding That JSF Application Is Running on the Server......Page 15
Summary......Page 16
Adding RichFaces to an Existing JSF 2 Project......Page 17
Creating a New Project with RichFaces......Page 19
Configuring a Skin......Page 21
Sending an Ajax Request......Page 22
Partial View Rendering......Page 24
Partial View Processing......Page 26
RichFaces ......Page 29
render Attribute Options......Page 31
execute Attribute Options......Page 36
bypassUpdates Attribute......Page 37
JavaScript Interactions or Callback Events......Page 41
Summary......Page 46
Using  and ......Page 47
Ajax Request from any Event or JavaScript Function Using ......Page 50
Polling with ......Page 57
Advanced Partial View Rendering Options......Page 58
Auto-Rendered Areas with ......Page 59
Using the limitRender Attribute to Turn off Auto-Rendered Panels......Page 63
Defining Execute Regions with ......Page 64
Skipping Model Updates During Validation......Page 66
Controlling Traffic with Client Queue......Page 69
Combining Events from the Same Component......Page 72
Setting a Delay......Page 75
Combining Events from Different Components......Page 76
Ignoring “Stale” Responses......Page 77
More a4j:* Tags and Features......Page 78
Showing Ajax Status with ......Page 79
Displaying Logging and Debugging Information with ......Page 84
Using ......Page 86
Summary......Page 88
Rich or Ajax Component?......Page 89
Redefining Parts of a Component Using Facets......Page 90
Sending an Ajax Request......Page 92
Using Component Client-side JavaScript API......Page 95
Summary......Page 98
Getting Started......Page 99
Using ......Page 100
JavaScript API......Page 102
Using ......Page 103
JavaScript API......Page 106
Using ......Page 107
 Client-side Filter Customization......Page 110
Using Complex Markup in  Pop-ups......Page 111
Using ......Page 114
JavaScript API......Page 117
Using ......Page 118
Using ......Page 120
Using ......Page 121
Calendar Internationalization......Page 124
Server-side Customization with CalendarDataModel......Page 126
Client-side Customization with JavaScript......Page 129
JavaScript API......Page 131
Uploading files with ......Page 132
Summary......Page 136
Using ......Page 137
Using ......Page 140
Using  and ......Page 143
Using ......Page 148
Using ......Page 152
JavaScript API......Page 156
Opening and Closing the Popup Panel......Page 157
Component Customization......Page 161
Advanced Component Usage Samples......Page 162
Using ......Page 172
Using  with Data Iteration Components......Page 176
JavaScript API......Page 177
Summary......Page 178
Rich Data Iteration Components......Page 179
Data Preparation......Page 180
Using ......Page 183
Look-and-Feel Customization......Page 184
Using Sub-Tables and Defining Complex Header Markups......Page 186
Master-Details Tables with ......Page 189
 JavaScript API......Page 191
Using ......Page 192
 JavaScript API......Page 197
Displaying Data in a List with ......Page 198
Displaying Data in a Grid with ......Page 200
Iterating over Custom Markup with ......Page 201
Adding Pagination with ......Page 202
Customizing the  Look and Feel......Page 205
Using Other Data Components with ......Page 206
Using  with ......Page 207
 JavaScript API......Page 208
Using Partial Table Updates......Page 209
Request Variables of Iteration Components......Page 213
Table Sorting......Page 217
Table Sorting by Multiple Columns......Page 221
Table Filtering......Page 226
Iteration Components Advanced Models......Page 232
Summary......Page 247
Using ......Page 248
Using ......Page 254
Using  and ......Page 258
Using Menu Components JavaScript API......Page 259
Using ......Page 260
Invoking User Actions for Groups and Items......Page 263
Summary......Page 267
Using ......Page 268
Creating a Tree Model Based on the Swing TreeNode Interface......Page 269
Creating a Tree Model Based on the RichFaces TreeNode Interface......Page 272
Using  to Define Tree Nodes Markup......Page 274
Using Different Types of Nodes in a Tree......Page 275
Tree Toggling and Selection Modes......Page 278
Selection Event Handling......Page 279
Expansion Event Handling......Page 280
Tree Nodes Lazy Loading......Page 281
Using  Adaptors to Build the Data Model......Page 283
Using ......Page 284
Using ......Page 286
Summary......Page 289
Using  and ......Page 290
Invoking Server-side Listener on Drop......Page 292
Shopping Cart Example......Page 293
Two-way Drag-and-Drop Operations......Page 297
Customizing the Drag Indicator......Page 299
Using ......Page 300
Using Drag-and-Drop with Tree Components......Page 302
Summary......Page 306
Bean Validation......Page 307
RichFaces Client-side Validation......Page 309
Customizing Message Icons......Page 311
Separating Summary and Details Styling......Page 312
Changing  Layout......Page 313
Falling Back to Server Validation......Page 314
Graph Validator......Page 315
Summary......Page 317
Using #rich:component(id) Function......Page 319
Using ......Page 323
Other RichFaces Client Functions......Page 326
Using jQuery with ......Page 328
Summary......Page 333
Using Built-in Skins......Page 334
Creating Your Own Skins......Page 339
Changing the Skin Parameter......Page 340
Skin-Based CSS......Page 342
Redefining Skin-Based CSS Classes......Page 343
User-Defined Style......Page 346
Dynamically Changing Skins......Page 347
Standard Controls Skinning......Page 348
Using #{richSkin} Implicit Object......Page 352
Summary......Page 354
RichFaces CDK: Building Custom Components......Page 355
Development Plan......Page 356
Client-side Prototyping......Page 357
Creating the Project......Page 360
Creating a Components Library......Page 364
Creating an Abstract Component Class......Page 365
Creating a Component Renderer Template......Page 368
CDK Renderer Template Tags and Other Features......Page 372
Creating a Sample Application......Page 375
Adding Common Attributes......Page 377
Implementing the Disabled State......Page 379
Skinning the Spinner Component......Page 381
Summary......Page 382
A......Page 384
C......Page 385
J, K, L......Page 386
R......Page 387
T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z......Page 391