Generating JSF Pages from an Entity Class
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An entity class is a class that uses the Java Persistence API to access a data
source. In a web application project, you can generate a series of JSP pages
that use the JSF framework and the entity classes to provide read and write
access to the entries in the database. The JSP pages use JSF components.
To generate JSF pages from an entity class:
- Choose File > New (Ctrl-N) from the main menu.
- From the Persistence category, select JSF Pages from Entity Class and click
Next. The wizard displays all of the entity classes in the project.
- Add all of the entity classes for which you want to generate JSF pages to
the Selected Entity Classes list and click Next.
- (Optional) Specify a folder in which to place the JSF pages.
- Specify a package name for the generated Java classes and click Finish.
The IDE generates the following artifacts for a CRUD application:
- Controller classes. A controller class is a wrapper for an entity
class that provides clients with access to the database through the methods
in the entity class. For example, the controller class has methods for creating
and deleting an entry in the data source, getting all of the entries in the
data source, or getting a specific entry in the data source. The IDE creates
one controller for each entity class and places the controller in the same
package as the entity class.
- Converter classes. A converter class takes input from the form and
converts it into the type that matches the data in the data source.
- JSP pages. The JSP pages are the web user interface for accessing
the data in the data source. For each entity class, the IDE creates four JSP
pages that let you view, edit, create, and destroy entries in the data source.
- See Also
- About Web Application Frameworks
- Adding JSF Support to an Existing Application
- About CRUD Applications
- Creating an Entity Class
- Generating Persistent Entity Classes from a Database
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