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This section contains descriptions of the following significant changes made to the JavaServer Faces Tooling for Release WTP 3.1:
This section contains descriptions of the following significant changes made to the JavaServer Faces Tooling for Release WTP 3.0:
Support for alternate view description language for JSF
Hyperlink support in WPE's Source tab
The Source tab of the Web Page Editor (WPE) supports Hyperlink on a
Managed Bean variable, Managed Bean property and Managed Bean method
referenced in the Expression Language(EL) of a tag-attribute. Users
can
(Ctrl+click)
on the hyperlink to navigate to the source of the Managed Bean.
Hover Help support in WPE's Source tab
The Source tab of the Web Page Editor (WPE) provides Hover Help on
all symbols defined in the Expression Language(EL) of a
tag-attribute including references to Managed Beans and Resource
Bundles.
Enhancements to Web Page Editor (WPE) Property Pages
The tabbed property pages in the Web Page Editor (WPE) have been
enhanced. This change is important for adopters of the project. See
Enhancements to WPE Property Pages
for details.
Support for Apache MyFaces Trinidad
Apache MyFaces Trinidad tags are now supported in the Web Page Editor, in source editors, and in the Properties view.
Improvements to EL content assist and hover help
New EL framework enhancements
Thanks to Xiaonan Jiang at IBM for driving new framework requirements and providing prototypes.
Decorative Variable and Property Resolvers
To better support the decorative nature of JSF variable and property resolvers, we have added the ability
to register decorative design time resolvers to the default application manager. Decorative resolvers
are called only if the runtime resolver that they are associated with is found in the configuration
of the current web project. For more information see:
here
Enhancements to symbol creation API
We have refactored several internal symbol creation methods and combined them with contributions
by Matthias Fuessel and Xiaonan Jiang (IBM), to create a new set of extension points
to simplify creation of common JSF symbols. See
here
for more details.
We have also made the symbol creation methods available on a new factory called JSFSymbolFactory.
New EL validation preferences
This section contains descriptions of the following significant
changes made to the JavaServer Faces Tooling for Release 1.0:
Support for JSF 1.2
JSF Tools supports JavaServer Faces 1.1 and 1.2 versions.
Web Page Editor
An enhanced Web Page Editor is now available. Building on the existing
JSP editing support, it provides simultaneous synchronized visual and
source editing of a Faces JSP in a split pane arrangment, a
flyout/detachable palette, enhanced property sheets, a Preview page,
and more.
The layout of the panes, as well as whether to show both, is
configurable.
More planned features and ideas can be found at the editor's
wiki page
.
Faces Config Editor
The Faces Configuration Editor is a comprehensive multi-page editor to
edit the Faces configuration resource file. It includes a graphical
editor to visually define the navigational rules.
Improved HTML DataTable tag variable support
EL variables declared using the
var
attribute on the
h:dataTable
tag are now recognized by the JSF EL framework. The amount of
additional support varies depending on the "value" attribute used to
back the variable, the most complete being offered for scalar or array
objects with generic Lists.
JSF Libraries are now regular Classpath Containers
JSF Libraries make use of the
easier publishing of dependencies
feature introduced in this release. References to JSF Libraries in a
project are made using the standard Java Build Path property page and
set to be published/exported using the J2EE Module Dependencies
property page, and will appear as JDT Libraries in the Project and
Package Explorer views.
An upgrade of the JSF Library Registry will automatically occur
when an older workspace is opened. The actual references, however, will
require a manual upgrade.
Information on this can be found at
https://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/JSF_Library_Migration
. JSF Library references are still being created at JSF Facet
installation time, but if you need to add, modify, or remove references
after project creation, you will now be using the standard Java Build
Path and J2EE Module Dependencies property pages.
Creating a JSF Library Reference - JSF Libraries as Classpath Containers
Add Library from Java Build Path
Choose JSF Libraries
Select One or More Libraries
JSF Libraries Added as Classpath Containers to Java Build Path
Select JSF Libraries for Publish and Export
Custom JSF Servlet Classname
The JSF servlet classname can now be specified during JSF Facet
installation.
EL Validation Severity Configuration
The severity of problems found during EL validation can now be changed
by preferences. We have adapted the UI used by JDT to perform similar
severity changes on Java problems.
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