{"id":18379,"date":"2013-10-23T00:13:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T21:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.javacodegeeks.com\/?p=18379"},"modified":"2019-12-09T21:37:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T19:37:11","slug":"jsf-tomcat-configuration-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.javacodegeeks.com\/2013\/10\/jsf-tomcat-configuration-example.html","title":{"rendered":"JSF Tomcat Configuration Example"},"content":{"rendered":"

JavaServer Faces (JSF)<\/code> is a web application framework that is intended to simplify development integration of web-based user interfaces. It is used for developing and building server side User Interface Components and using them in a web application. JSF technology is based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC)<\/code> architecture and simplifies the construction of user interfaces (UI) for server-based applications by using reusable UI components in a page. The JSF specification defines a set of standard UI components and provides an API for developing such components. It also enables the reuse and extension of the existing standard UI components.<\/p>\n

In this example we will configure JSF with Tomcat<\/a> application server. We shall create a simple project using the JSF and we will deploy it in tomcat server.<\/p>\n

Our preferred development environment is Eclipse<\/a>. We are using Eclipse Juno (4.2) version, along with Maven<\/a> Integration plugin version 3.1.0. You can download Eclipse from here<\/a> and Maven Plugin for Eclipse from here<\/a>. The installation of Maven plugin for Eclipse is out of the scope of this tutorial and will not be discussed. We are also using JDK 7_u_21. Tomcat 7<\/a> is the application server used.<\/p>\n

Let’s begin,<\/p>\n

1. Create a new Maven project<\/h2>\n

Go to File -> Project ->Maven -> Maven Project.<\/p>\n

\"New-Maven-Project\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In the “Select project name and location” page of the wizard, make sure that “Create a simple project (skip archetype selection)” option is unchecked<\/strong>, hit “Next” to continue with default values.<\/p>\n

\"new<\/a><\/p>\n

Here the maven archetype for creating a web application must be added. Click on “Add Archetype”<\/strong> and add the archetype. Set the “Archetype Group Id” variable to \"org.apache.maven.archetypes\"<\/code>, the “Archetype artifact Id” variable to \"maven-archetype-webapp\"<\/code> and the “Archetype Version” to \"1.0\"<\/code>. Click on “OK”<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n

\"maven-archetype-webapp\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In the “Enter an artifact id” page of the wizard, you can define the name and main package of your project. Set the “Group Id” variable to \"com.javacodegeeks.snippets.enterprise\"<\/code> and the “Artifact Id” variable to \"jsfexample\"<\/code>. The aforementioned selections compose the main project package as \"com.javacodegeeks.snippets.enterprise.jsfexample\"<\/code> and the project name as \"jsfexample\"<\/code>. Set the “Package” variable to \"war\"<\/code>, so that a war file will be created to be deployed to tomcat server. Hit “Finish” to exit the wizard and to create your project.

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\"jsfexample-project\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Maven project structure is shown below:<\/p>\n

\"jsfexamplelolders\"<\/a><\/p>\n