OmniFaces is an
open source
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utility library for the
JavaServer Faces 2 framework. It was developed using the JSF
API
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, and its aim is to make JSF life easier by providing a set of artifacts meant to improve the functionality of the JSF framework. Omnifaces was created in response to seeing the same questions and the same example and utility code posted over and over again. It simply comes as an answer to day-by-day problems encountered during working with JSF (e.g. bug fixing, pitfalls, missing features, missing utilities, common questions, etc.). Many of these problems were collected from
StackOverflow
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.
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OmniFaces was developed by two members of the JSF Expert Group (JSF EG), Bauke Scholtz (aka BalusC) and Arjan Tijms.Arjan Tijms blog
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OmniFaces can be used in both JSF implementations, Mojarra
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and Apache MyFaces
Apache MyFaces is an Apache Software Foundation project that creates and maintains an open-source JavaServer Faces implementation, along with several libraries of JSF components that can be deployed on the core implementation. The project is div ...
, and is intended to work in cooperation with existing JSF libraries,PrimeFaces
PrimeFaces is an open-source user interface (UI) component library for JavaServer Faces-based applications, created by Turkish company PrimeTek Informatics.
History
The initial development of PrimeFaces was started in late 2008. Predecessor of Pr ...
OpenFaces
ICEfaces
ICEfaces is an open-source Software development kit that extends JavaServer Faces (JSF) by employing Ajax. It is used to construct rich Internet applications (RIA) using the Java programming language. With ICEfaces, the coding for interaction ...
, MyFaces Trinidad
Apache MyFaces Trinidad is a JSF framework including a large, enterprise quality component library, supporting critical features such as accessibility (e.g. Section 508), right-to-left languages, etc. It also includes a set of framework features, ...
, etc.
History
The OmniFaces project started on 1 March 2012. The latest release is OmniFaces 3.0 (released on 3 January 2018).
Release history
See also
Other JSF libraries:
* PrimeFaces
PrimeFaces is an open-source user interface (UI) component library for JavaServer Faces-based applications, created by Turkish company PrimeTek Informatics.
History
The initial development of PrimeFaces was started in late 2008. Predecessor of Pr ...
* RichFaces
RichFaces is an open source Ajax-enabled component library for JavaServer Faces, hosted by JBoss. It allows easy integration of Ajax capabilities into enterprise application development. It reached its end-of-life in June 2016.
RichFaces is m ...
* ICEfaces
ICEfaces is an open-source Software development kit that extends JavaServer Faces (JSF) by employing Ajax. It is used to construct rich Internet applications (RIA) using the Java programming language. With ICEfaces, the coding for interaction ...
OpenFaces
* Apache MyFaces
Apache MyFaces is an Apache Software Foundation project that creates and maintains an open-source JavaServer Faces implementation, along with several libraries of JSF components that can be deployed on the core implementation. The project is div ...
* * Tobago
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* * Tomahawk
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* Trinidad
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* ADF Faces
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PrettyFaces
References
External links
* {{official website, http://omnifaces.org
OmniFaces ZEEF page
Jakarta Server Faces