JSF as MVC + Spring as IOC Container

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JSF as MVC + Spring as IOC Container

Context

• About
• Configuration
• Optional

About

It' about to build a java web project using JSF as MVC, and Spring as a bean IOC container.

It can be a alternative way to use standard Java EE container. It's lighter than common Java EE container, and it is compatible to most Java EE standards.

Configuration

1. Create a standard web MAVEN project.

2. Modify the pom.xml.

  <!-- jsf -->
  <dependency>
      <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
      <artifactId>javax.faces</artifactId>
      <version>RELEASE</version>
  </dependency>
  <!-- inject -->
  <dependency>
      <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
      <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
      <version>RELEASE</version>
  </dependency>
  <!-- primefaces optional -->
  <!--
  <dependency>
      <groupId>org.primefaces</groupId>
      <artifactId>primefaces</artifactId>
      <version>RELEASE</version>
  </dependency>
  -->
  <dependency>
      <groupId>javax</groupId>
      <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
      <version>6.0</version>
      <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <!-- spring -->
  <dependency>
      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
      <version>4.0.0.RELEASE</version>
  </dependency>

3. Modify web.xml. If there is not, create one in /src/main/webapp/WEB-INF

    <!-- spring -->
    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
    </listener>
    <!-- jsf -->
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

Servlet 3.0+ supports configuration without web.xml, here it uses web.xml for backward compatible to elder Server.