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OpenFaces 3.0 Prerelease, JSF2.0 Compatible

Posted by Gilad Manor on May 19, 2010

Sections: Development
Topics: JSF ,; Java Web Frameworks ,; Java EE ,; Java ,; Web Frameworks ,; Languages ,; WOA ,; Architecture ,; Programming

Last month TeamDev had announced the pre release of OpenFaces 3.0. The official release of the 3.0 version is expected in June later this year. This intermediate milestone is a JSF 2.0 compatible version of OpenFaces.

The new 3.0 release extends the existing library functionality with 6 new components:

Complex filter criteria using the new CompositeFilter component
Layout components with the new LayeredPane component
The new functionality in the extended buttons
Command link with Ajax support
Checkbox components with Ajax support
Appearance customization.

Other enhancements were made to DataTable and TreeTable functionality. These components were enriched with the functions like vertical and horizontal content scrolling with frozen header/footer rows and columns, interactive drag&drop column reordering and column visibility customization. The API has been revised, enabling numerous filtering extensions including:

Customizing search condition
Case sensitivity
Placing filters inside or outside the table

OpenFaces versions 2.x are planned to be maintained in parallel with the 3.x versions, while there is interest in JSF 1.2. The intention is to keep the same features set in both branches.

The June releases of OpenFaces 2.1/3.1 will also include:

Enhanced SelectOneMenu component
WeekTable component, analogous to DayTable but showing events for a week
MonthTable component, analogous to DayTable but showing events for a month
Timetable component, displays a schedule of events with multiple views (DayTable/WeekTable/MonthTable components combined)
DataTable extensions.

Plannes for future releases include:

MenuBar component
Panel component
ProgressBar component
Interactive column list customization in DataTable and TreeTable components
Add a nodeDataByKey attribute to the TreeTable (similar to rowDataByKey in the DataTable component for enhanced handling of concurrent data modifications)
Support for displaying a checkbox/selection column with images instead of check boxes
Nested DataTables and TreeTables (within other DataTables and TreeTable)
Flexible paging customization
Additional chart types
Validation groups
Support for IDEs (NetBeans, IBM Rational Application Developer, Sun Java Studio Creator and JDeveloper)