Is there any way of providing a file download from a JSF backing bean action method? I have tried a lot of things. Main problem is that I cannot figure how to get the OutputStream of the response i...

I am new to JSF and want to have a button, which when clicked, will call a method of the backing bean. Is this possible or I have to use AJAX or something? I tried things like <button onc...

I came across the terms "managed bean" and "backing bean" in several forums. Many people think both are the same. But, there seems to be a slight difference. Can any one help me to understand the e...

There is an error each time a button calls an action from the backing-bean. Only applies to beans with a view scope and I haven't found a way to fix it without regression over other modules in the ...

I have a Facelet that might be used in different applications. I don't to copy it, but reuse it. I need to pass the backing bean that will manage the view as a parameter, as some logic may vary ac...

I have a form with a variable number of input elements, like this: <ui:repeat var="_lang" value="#{myBean.languages}"> <h:inputTextarea value="${_lang.title}" id="theTitle" /> <h:...

I'm new to JSF and I have been trying to store data from a form that uses a h:selectOneMenu to get the category of a product. The h:selectOneMenu is being populated from the DB, however, when...

Does it make sense to use Entities as JSF Backing Beans? @Entity @ManagedBean @ViewScoped public class User { private String firstname; private String lastname; @EJB private UserService ser...

I recently read this article from Neil Griffin Making Distinctions Between Different Kinds of JSF Managed-Beans and it got me thinking about the distinction between different beans in my own applic...

I'm mostly working with legacy code in a JSF based project and there are lots of quite long classes and methods in backing beans. This is constantly bugging me but when I look for what can be done...