JavaServer Faces applications are just like any other Java web application. They RUN in a servlet container, and they typically contain the following:

• JAVABEANS components containing application-specific functionality and data.
• Event listeners.
• Pages, such as JSP pages.
• Server-side helper classes, such as database access beans.

In addition to these items, a JavaServer Faces application ALSO has:

• A custom tag library for rendering UI components on a page.
• A custom tag library for representing event handlers, validators, and other actions.
• UI components represented as stateful objects on the server.
• BACKING beans, which define properties and functions for UI components.
• Validators, converters, event listeners, and event handlers.
• An application CONFIGURATION resource file for configuring application resources.

JavaServer Faces applications are just like any other Java web application. They run in a servlet container, and they typically contain the following:

In addition to these items, a JavaServer Faces application also has: