Portlets created in the Composite Application Framework (CAF) support the JavaServer Faces (JSF) standard. You can create new projects as JSF applications with portlets that use View Declaration Language (VDL) pages implemented either as .view files, which is a file structure with a proprietary Software AG XML schema, or as JSF Facelets .xhtml files.

By default, Software AG Designer creates portlet applications and new view pages using the .view file format. To enable JSF Facelets support for new view pages, you can set the Prefer JSF 2.x xhtml Facelet Templates for New Pages preference on the UI Development preferences page, or specify a .view or .xhtml file name extension when creating a view page. Support of Facelets provides you with the ability to use:

For more information about enabling JSF Facelets support, see Enabling the JSF Facelets Functionality for New Projects and Views.

In addition, you can migrate CAF applications developed with .view files to JSF Facelets applications. For more information about migrating CAF projects and .view files to .xhtml files, see Migrating CAF Projects and .view Files to JSF Facelets Format.

For more information about the Facelets technology, see the Oracle Java documentation website.