JSF - Basic Tags

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In this chapter, you will learn about various types of basic JSF tags.

JSF provides a standard HTML tag library. These tags get rendered into corresponding html output.

For these tags you need to use the following namespaces of URI in html node.

<html 
   xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" 
   xmlns:h = "http://java.sun.com/jsf/html">

Following are the important Basic Tags in JSF 2.0.

S.No	Tag & Description
1	h:inputText Renders a HTML input of type="text", text box.
2	h:inputSecret Renders a HTML input of type="password", text box.
3	h:inputTextarea Renders a HTML textarea field.
4	h:inputHidden Renders a HTML input of type="hidden".
5	h:selectBooleanCheckbox Renders a single HTML check box.
6	h:selectManyCheckbox Renders a group of HTML check boxes.
7	h:selectOneRadio Renders a single HTML radio button.
8	h:selectOneListbox Renders a HTML single list box.
9	h:selectManyListbox Renders a HTML multiple list box.
10	h:selectOneMenu Renders a HTML combo box.
11	h:outputText Renders a HTML text.
12	h:outputFormat Renders a HTML text. It accepts parameters.
13	h:graphicImage Renders an image.
14	h:outputStylesheet Includes a CSS style sheet in HTML output.
15	h:outputScript Includes a script in HTML output.
16	h:commandButton Renders a HTML input of type="submit" button.
17	h:Link Renders a HTML anchor.
18	h:commandLink Renders a HTML anchor.
19	h:outputLink Renders a HTML anchor.
20	h:panelGrid Renders an HTML Table in form of grid.
21	h:message Renders message for a JSF UI Component.
22	h:messages Renders all message for JSF UI Components.
23	f:param Pass parameters to JSF UI Component.
24	f:attribute Pass attribute to a JSF UI Component.
25	f:setPropertyActionListener Sets value of a managed bean's property.

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