About Facelets in CAF

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Composite Application Framework (CAF) provides support for the JSF Facelets standard and the implementation of page views as .xhtml files.

You can create new CAF portlet and web application projects with support for JSF Facelets. For more information about using JSF Facelets when creating a new project or view, see Enabling the JSF Facelets Functionality for New Projects and Views.

You can convert existing CAF portlet projects that use .view files to the JSF Facelets .xhtml format. You can also convert an individual .view file to an .xhtml file. For more information, see Migrating CAF Projects and .view Files to JSF Facelets Format.

Facelets provide a number of advantages to facilitate component reuse and ease of development, including:

Templating. A Facelets file can be configured to reference an existing file that can be used as a template. The Facelets file can provide content for placeholders defined in the template file. The Facelets file, with its template file incorporated, can also be used as a template for other Facelets files, enabling you to create a hierarchy of templates.

Ability to use XHTML to define pages.You can use the extended capabilities of XHTML to define your pages. In addition, using *.xhtml as a URL pattern provides convenience when calling pages.

Support for Facelets tag libraries. All CAF controls are available as tag libraries for use in Facelets applications.