30.2. JSF-related components

Provides a default JSF converter for properties of type java.util.Date.

This converter is automatically registered with JSF, so developers need not specify a DateTimeConverter on an input field or page parameter. By default, it assumes the type to be a date (as opposed to a time or date plus time), and uses the short input style adjusted to the user's Locale. For Locale.US, the input pattern is mm/dd/yy. However, to comply with Y2K, the year is changed from two digits to four — mm/dd/yyyy.

You can override the input pattern globally by reconfiguring your component. Consult the JavaServer Faces documentation for this class to see examples.

Allows Faces success messages to propagate across a browser redirect.

A convenient API for performing redirects with parameters. This is particularly useful for bookmarkable search results screens.

A convenient API for sending HTTP errors.

A component which maintains a collection of render stamps. A render stamp indicates whether a rendered form has been submitted. This is particularly useful in conjunction with JSF's client-side state saving method, because the form's status (posted or unposted) is controlled by the server rather than the client.

Client-side state saving is often used to unbind this check from the session. To do so, you will need an implementation that can store render stamps within the application (valid while the application runs), or the database (valid across server restarts).