Adding JSF Support to an Existing Application

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If you want to add JSF support to an existing Java web application, you can do so from your project's Properties window.

The "support" available to you is determined by the JSF version your project uses. For Java EE 6, JSF 2.0 is the default JSF version; projects relying on Java EE 5 (and previous versions) use JSF 1.2.

JSF 2.0 support is defined by the following:

For JSF 1.2, support constitutes the following:

To add JSF support to an existing web application:

  1. In the Projects window, right-click a standard web project's node and choose Properties.
  2. Click the Frameworks category.
  3. Click the Add button, then from the list of available frameworks, select JavaServer Faces.
  4. Click OK to confirm your selection and exit the dialog box, then click OK to exit the Project Properties window.
See Also
About JavaServer Faces Framework Support
Creating a New Application with JSF Support
About Web Application Frameworks

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