16.3. User interface component model

JSF UI components are configurable, reusable elements that compose the user interfaces of JSF applications. A component can be simple, such as a button, or compound, such as a table, which can be composed of several other components.

The component architecture of JSF technology includes:

  • A set of UIComponent classes for specifying the state and behavior of UI components.

  • A rendering model that defines the several ways of rendering the components.

  • An event and listener model that defines how to handle component events.

  • A conversion model that defines how data converter are registered onto a component.

  • A validation model that defines how validators are registered onto a component.

16.3.1. User interface component ...

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