A Simple JSF Program

• Purpose of a JSF page is to generate an HTML page
• Basic process:
  • HTML tags in the page are retained; they are the static part of the page
  • JSF tags are translated into HTML; translation is dynamic, it depends on the state of Java objects
    • The h: tags generate HTML
    • The f: describe structural information that the h: tags use
  • The taglib directives are stripped out