27.6. Wrap-Up

In this chapter, we presented a three-part case study on building a web application that interacts with a database and provides rich user interaction using Ajax-enabled JSF components. We first showed how to build an AddressBook application that allows a user to add addresses to the AddressBook and browse its contents. Through this example, you learned how to insert user input into a Java DB database and how to display the contents of a database on a web page using a Table JSF component.

You learned how to download and import the Java BluePrints Ajax-enabled component library. We then extended the AddressBook application to include an AutoComplete Text Field component. We showed how to use a database to display suggestions in the ...

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