Package javax.faces

package javax.faces

Top level classes for the JavaServer(tm) Faces API. The most important class in the package is FactoryFinder, which is the mechanism by which users can override many of the key pieces of the implementation with their own.

Related Packages

Package	Description
javax.faces.application	APIs that are used to link an application's business logic objects to JavaServer Faces, as well as convenient pluggable mechanisms to manage the execution of an application that is based on JavaServer Faces.
javax.faces.bean	Deprecated.
javax.faces.component	Fundamental APIs for user interface components.
javax.faces.context	Classes and interfaces defining per-request state information.
javax.faces.convert	Contains classes and interfaces defining converters.
javax.faces.el	DEPRECATED Classes and interfaces for evaluating and processing reference expressions.
javax.faces.event	Interfaces describing events and event listeners, and concrete event implementation classes.
javax.faces.flow	The runtime API for Faces Flows.
javax.faces.lifecycle	Classes and interfaces defining lifecycle management for the JavaServer Faces implementation.
javax.faces.model	Standard model data beans for JavaServer Faces.
javax.faces.render	Classes and interfaces defining the rendering model.
javax.faces.validator	Interface defining the validator model, and concrete validator implementation classes.
javax.faces.view	Classes for defining a View Declaration Language (VDL) for authoring JavaServer Faces user interfaces.
javax.faces.webapp	Classes required for integration of JavaServer Faces into web applications, including a standard servlet, base classes for JSP custom component tags, and concrete tag implementations for core tags.

Class	Description
FacesException	This class encapsulates general JavaServer Faces exceptions.
FacesWrapper<T>	Any wrapper class in JSF that must provide access to the object it wraps must implement this interface.
FactoryFinder	FactoryFinder implements the standard discovery algorithm for all factory objects specified in the JavaServer Faces APIs.