Java view technologies and frameworks: Difference between revisions

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Various '''Java [[Web application frameworks]]''' have appeared in recent years. Some of them are in direct competition, while others are complementary technologies. It is therefore necessary to understand where exactly each technology/framework fits into the [[Java EE|JEE]] scheme of things. This page lists the [[Model–view–controller|View]] technologies. These are the frameworks which are used for defining the web pages and the server-side programs which handle the requests (clicks) generated by the web pages.

==At a glance==

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! [[Web template system|Templating]]

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| [[Apache Struts|Struts]]

| [[Wicket]]

| [[Tiles]]

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| [[JavaServer Faces|JSF]]

| [[Facelets]]

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* This is a HTML templating framework based on the "Composite" model.

* It allows for the HTML page to be broken up into multiple [[pagelet]]s, called Templates, Definitions and Composing pages.

* At [[run time (program lifecycle phase)|run time]] the pagelets are stitched together to generate the final HTML. Pages are written in JSP.

* '''Competitor''': SiteMesh