Apache MyFaces Trinidad 1.2 -- Table of Contents -- Apache MyFaces Trinidad 1.2 -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What this book covers -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Introducing Trinidad -- Background -- Overview of Trinidad -- Characteristics of Trinidad -- General key criteria for the choosing of Trinidad -- Seamidad! Ease JSF development with Seam -- Introduction and overview of Seam -- Application of Seam with Trinidad -- Seam conversations and other context management -- Seam navigation -- Seam authorization -- Configuring Trinidad -- Important Trinidad configuration parameters in the web.xml -- Important Trinidad configuration parameters in the trinidad-config.xml -- Other configuration parameters -- Special parameters in the trinidad-config.xml -- Special parameters in the web.xml for further optimization -- Summary -- 2. Structuring and Building Pages with Facelets -- Facelet page composition-templating with Facelets -- Using the template -- Facelet composition components -- Creating the composition component -- The model attribute -- The visible attribute -- The msgLabel attribute -- The labelStyle attribute -- The required attribute -- The readOnly attribute -- The width attribute -- The margin attribute -- Declaring the composition component -- Applying the composition component -- Using JSTL for further refinement -- Typical JSTL structures -- Things to be aware of when using JSTL and Facelets -- Other tags to be aware of -- Experiencing Facelets in real life projects -- Summary -- 3. Most Wanted Tags and Tag Attributes -- Component library structure -- Trinidad's XHTML tag library namespace (trh) -- Trinidad's core tag library namespace (tr) -- Standard tag attributes -- Standard tag attributes in tag groups.

Attributes that occur in form and display tags -- Attributes that occur in command and navigation components -- Attributes that occur in large input and output components -- The tag attributes for table, treeTable, and tree -- The tag attributes for table and treeTable -- The tag attributes for tree and treeTable -- The tag attributes for treeTable -- The tag attributes for tree -- Summary -- 4. Rendering Pages Partially -- Tag-based PPR -- Finding the trigger -- Aspect 1: Ensure that the ID of the PPR trigger is correct -- Aspect 2: Ensure that the Trinidad configuration is correct -- Aspect 3: Ensure that the refreshed fields are reset -- Aspect 4: Ensure proper MVC setup -- Aspect 5: Ensure that the tag's partialTriggers work -- Aspect 6: Beware of using PPR with the rendered attribute -- PPR with server-side caching by means of the Trinidad pageFlowScope -- PPR with a tr:selectOneChoice to refresh itself inside a component -- PPR with a tr:selectOneChoice component and a valueChangeListener -- PPR with a tr:selectOneChoice component and an actionListener -- PPR and the rendered attribute -- Applying PPR naively -- The right way-a parent component with partial trigger -- Java-side PPR using Trinidad's RequestContext -- Application of PPR from the Java-side -- Step I: Define the PPR source -- Step II: Add the partial target -- Summary -- 5. Web Application Groundwork -- Navigation -- Trinidad's Dialog Framework -- Programmatically creating a dialog -- Providing the data flow from dialog to dialog -- Returning from a dialog -- Authorization -- Equipping each XHTML with authorization -- User authorization -- Internationalization (I18n) -- I18n on single labels -- I18n on internal Facelet composition components -- Polling -- Setting up the application with Seam-gen -- Setting up an Eclipse project using Seam-gen -- Deployment.

Trinidad-specific and Facelet-related changes to the project files -- Trinidad-specific changes to the Ant build script -- Deployment from Eclipse -- Browser client setup -- Summary -- 6. Building a Panel-based Content -- Where the Trinidad panel components live and what they support -- The accordion and showDetailItem components -- How to play the panelAccordion -- The showDetailItem component-press to play an accordion key -- The combination of Accordion and showDetailItem -- An alternative to pure Facelets -- The content panel-same soul, different incarnation -- ControllerPanel keeps the panels under the same roof -- The toolbar facet -- Skinning the panels -- Skinning the Accordion and its children -- Skinning specific properties of the Accordion's children -- Switching the skins on configuration level -- Summary -- 7. Building a Form -- Building a form -- Step I: Building the composition components -- The fieldText component -- The fieldDate component -- The fieldNumber component -- The fieldSelect component -- Step II: Building the form -- Building a form with several panelFormLayout instances -- The approach -- Step III: Decorating the form with Trinidad's form submission controls -- Processing of a part of a form by means of Trinidad subforms -- Step IV: Adding a general message area -- Summary -- 8. Growing a Tree -- Trinidad's tree components -- ChildPropertyTreeModel-Trinidad's out of the box model -- Creating a TreeNode Model -- Building up a tree model -- Extending the ChildPropertyTreeModel to a Seam component -- Preparing the panels for navigation -- Applying the navigation component for basic navigation control -- Creating the XHTML -- Using the nodeStamp facet to generate the tree -- Using a commandLink to create the clickable tree node -- Passing the node parameters to the navigation control -- Extending the model-view tree couple.

Preparations for the new tree model -- The properties of the AbstractTreeNode -- The AbstractTreeNode constructors -- New and modified helper methods -- The abstracted getters and setters -- The new TreeNode implementation is now short and easy -- The new tree node implementation for the new tree model -- The new tree model-based on Trinidad's abstract TreeModel -- Test out the row disclosure by adding a RowDisclosureEvent listener -- Another tree content to better try tree traversal -- The getters to access the new state -- Tree traversal with Trinidad's container methods -- The row key methods -- The row index methods -- The general row methods -- The table-related methods are implemented as empty methods -- The controller-enhanced tree models -- Testing internal navigation -- Summary -- 9. The table and treeTable Components -- The table component -- The table component in its most minimal usage -- Adding a selection listener -- Adding sorting -- Adding a button bar -- Adding detail data sub views and using a POJO data model -- Adding a search form and paging -- Adding banding and grids for better visibility -- Making use of JSF binding and Facelets for further encapsulation -- Creating the XHTML: the reduction to a single line -- The treeTable component -- The treeTable component in its most minimal usage -- Adding major table capabilities -- Summary -- 10. The Chart Component -- Where the chart component is and what it supports -- Bar charts -- Stacking the bar chart -- Pie charts -- Area charts -- Line charts -- ScatterPlot charts -- Radar charts -- Funnel charts -- Gauge charts -- Summary -- 11. Building a Wizard -- Defining an abstract wizard model -- The properties of the abstract wizard model -- Constructors of the abstract wizard -- Providing the current step, action, and actionListener methods.

Providing control for the number of wizard steps -- Providing control for the current step index -- Providing step incrementation and decrementation -- Abstract class design aspects -- Defining the concrete wizard -- Implementing the wizard's action listeners -- Implementing the wizard's navigation -- Implementing a step object -- Initializing a wizard instance -- The wizard's application inside the preparation controller -- Wizard implementation design aspects -- Defining the XHTML side-the wizard's face -- Summary -- 12. Dialogs: Pop-Up Your Web Application! -- Using the right scope: Seam or only Trinidad -- How the conversation is kept during a Trinidad dialog -- Defining a dialog-enabled navigation control -- Creating Trinidad dialogs in the navigation control -- Ensuring correct partial page rendering -- Standard context retrieval methods -- Calling the proper preparation method -- The resulting navigation point -- Making a dialog-enabled tree control -- Creating concrete tree contents -- Standard tree methods -- Providing navigational attributes -- The tree's navigation method -- Revisiting the wizard-few additions make it pop-up -- Summary -- A. References -- Links to the Apache MyFaces Trinidad web site -- References -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Index.