Apache MyFaces

Apache MyFaces

Developer(s)	Apache Software Foundation
Stable release	2.0.3 / December 17, 2010; 10 months ago (2010-12-17)[1]
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Web Framework
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	http://myfaces.apache.org

Apache MyFaces is an Apache Software Foundation project that creates and maintains an open-source JavaServer Faces implementation, along with several libraries of JSF components that can be deployed on the core implementation. The project is divided into several sub-projects:

• Core: an implementation of the JSF 1.1, JSF 1.2 and JSF 2.0 specification and components as specified by JSR 127, JSR 252 and JSR 314 respectively
• Portlet Bridge: an implementation of the JSF Portlet Bridge specification as specified by JSR 301
• Tomahawk: a set of JSF components created by the MyFaces development team prior to its donation to Apache
• Trinidad: a set of JSF components contributed to MyFaces by Oracle, where it was known as ADF Faces
• Tobago: a set of JSF components contributed to MyFaces by Atanion GmbH
• Orchestra: a framework used to manage persistence sessions across various scopes
• Extensions Validator: a JSF centric validation framework, which is based on annotations
• Others: As well as these subprojects, MyFaces has a number of smaller subprojects, for example MyFaces Commons or MyFaces Shared. These subprojects can be found here.

Core

The MyFaces Core subproject is an open-source implementation of the JavaServer Faces specifications 1.1, 1.2 and 2.0. The latest version 2.0.0 was released on 2010-04-21^[2]. Each major release of MyFaces Core is certified against the Sun TCK to ensure compliance^[3].

The core subproject is divided into two submodules:

• MyFaces API implements all of the classes that are defined in the specification.
• MyFaces Impl provides "invisible" support classes that user code does not directly invoke, but which is needed for a working JSF framework. Examples are the renderer classes for the standard JSF components.

These two submodules are distributed in two libraries, myfaces-api.jar and myfaces-impl.jar. Both of them are needed to be able to deploy a JSF based web application.

The latest release of MyFaces Core is 2.0.3. It requires Java 1.5 or later, JSP 2.1, JSTL 1.2 and a Java Servlet 2.5 implementation^[4].

See also

• JavaServer Faces
• Facelets

References

1. ^ "Release Notes - MyFaces Core - Version 2.0.3 - HTML format". https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10600&styleName=Html&version=12315976. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 
2. ^ "Apache MyFaces Website". http://myfaces.apache.org. Retrieved February 8, 2010. 
3. ^ "Apache MyFaces Core 1.2 Description". http://myfaces.apache.org/core12/index.html. Retrieved December 7, 2009. 
4. ^ "Apache MyFaces Core 2.0 Description". http://myfaces.apache.org/core20/index.html. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 

External links

• Apache MyFaces website
• Apache Trinidad (former Oracle ADF Faces)
• Apache Tobago
• Apache MyFaces Extensions Validator