This document provides an overview of the PrimeFaces JavaServer Faces (JSF) framework. It discusses key features such as over 100 UI components, advanced user interfaces, client-side validation, theming, and integration with Java technologies like Bean Validation. Support options are also summarized, including extensive documentation, books, community support, and commercial support from PrimeTek Informatics for enterprise users.

1. Prime Time JSF with
PrimeFaces

2. Who uses PrimeFaces?

3. Who uses PrimeFaces?

4. Who uses PrimeFaces?

5. Who uses PrimeFaces?

6. Who uses PrimeFaces?

7. Popularity

8. 100+ UI Components

9. Advanced UIs

10. Form Components

11. Hide Complexity
Keep Flexibility
<p:tabView onTabChange=”handleTabChange()”>
<p:ajax event=”change” listener=”#{bean.onTabChange}” update=”comp” />
//tabs
</p:tabView>
CSS
Override
JS
API
Client
Callbacks
Ajax
Callbacks
CSS JS AJAX
JSON

12. <p:schedule id="schedule" value="#{scheduleView.eventModel}"
widgetVar="myschedule">
Page
<div id="j_idt5:myschedule" …
</div>
Markup
<script type=”text/javascript”>
$(function()
{PrimeFaces.cw("Schedule","myschedule",
{id:”form:schedule",widgetVar:"myschedule",defaultView:"month",
locale:"en”,offset:0,header:{left:'prev,next,today',
center:"title",right:"month,agendaWeek,agendaDay”},"schedule");});
</script>
Script
Anatomy of a Component

13. HTML5
canvas
data-*
websockets
forms media

14. Server APIs: Standard JSF 2
Client APIs:
PrimeFaces Ajax

15. f:ajax
onevent
onerror
PrimeFaces Ajax
JS Event handlers
p:ajax
oncomplete
onerror
onstart
async
global
onsuccess

16. p:ajax
<p:ajax event=“blur”
update=“userComponent”
process=“@this”/>
f:ajax
<f:ajax event=“blur”
render=“userComponent”
execute=“@this”/>
a4j:ajax (RichFaces 3.x)
<a4j:support event=“blur”
reRender=“userComponent”/>

17. <p:ajaxStatus>
<f:facet name=”start”>
<p:graphicImage value=”fancyanimation.gif” />
</f:facet>
<f:facet name=”complete”>
<h:outputText value=”Request Completed” />
</f:facet>
</p:ajaxStatus>
<p:ajaxStatus onstart=”dialog.show()” oncomplete=”dialog.hide()” />
<p:commandButton global=”true|false” />
Declarative
Programmatic
Global
AjaxStatus

18. <p:growl id=”messages” />
<p:commandButton value=”Save” update=”messages” />
<p:commandButton value=”Update” update=”messages” />
<p:commandButton value=”Delete” update=”messages” />
<p:growl id=”messages” autoUpdate=”true”/>
<p:commandButton value=”Save” />
<p:commandButton value=”Update” />
<p:commandButton value=”Delete” />
AutoUpdate

19. Ajax Update Keywords
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Keyword Type
@this Standard
@form Standard
@none Standard
@namingcontainer PrimeFaces
@parent PrimeFaces
@composite PrimeFaces
@child(n) PrimeFaces
@previous PrimeFaces
@widgetVar(name) PrimeFaces

20. update=”@(form)”
update=”@(form.first)”
update=”@(.mystyle)”
update=”@(.ui-datatable)”
update=”@(:input:not(select))”
update=”@(:input:disabled))”
PrimeFaces Selectors
(PFS)

21. Themes

22. Install a Theme
Add primefaces-{themename}.jar
Configure
<context-param>
<param-name>primefaces.THEME</param-name>
<param-value>{themename}</param-value>
</context-param>

23. Roll Your Own

24. Advanced Themes

25. Demo:
Showcase

26. Client-side Validation
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<h:form>
<p:messages />
<p:inputText required="true" />
<p:inputTextarea required="true" />
<p:commandButton value="Save"
validateClient="true" ajax="false"/>
</h:form>

27. Instant Validation with
Events
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<h:form>
<h:panelGrid columns="4" cellpadding="5">
<h:outputLabel for="text" value="Text: (Change)" />
<p:inputText id="text" value="#{validationBean.text}" required="true">
<f:validateLength minimum="2" maximum="5" />
<p:clientValidator />
</p:inputText>
<p:message for="text" display="icon" />
<h:outputText value="#{validationBean.text}" />
<h:outputLabel for="integer" value="Integer: (Keyup)" />
<p:inputText id="integer" value="#{validationBean.integer}">
<p:clientValidator event="keyup"/>
</p:inputText>
<p:message for="integer" display="icon" />
<h:outputText value="#{validationBean.integer}" />
</h:panelGrid>
<p:commandButton value="Save" ajax="false" icon="ui-icon-check"
validateClient="true"/>
</h:form>

28. Client-side Validation
Messages are fully integrated
API for writing custom client-side validators and
converters
Locale object available in JavaScript
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29. Bean Validation Integration
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public class Bean {
@NotNull
@Max(30)
private String name;
…
}
<p:inputText value="#{bean.firstname}" />
<input type="text" maxlength="30" …
/>

30. Other Features
JavaScript API
Accessibility
Right-to-left support
Exception handler
Dialog framework
Page authorization
PrimeFaces Extensions
…
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31. 550+ Pages
Documentation

32. Books
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33. Community

34. Bundled with NetBeans

35. Enterprise
PrimeTek Informatics