Tag: Seam
Seam vs Spring Web Flow Part 4 – Conclusion
The last installment is finally ready. After many a re-write and consideration of all the issues to come to a fair conclusion, especially as new versions were coming out and new features are being added, I’m finally able to publish it. Framework Comparisons – are they ever completed? Anyways, here it is in all it’s […]
Continue Reading...Spring vs Seam Part 4 – Coming Soon (honest)
I know it has been a while since I pushed out my last piece on Spring Web Flow vs Seam, but I am still trying to get it ready. With Christmas, software releases at work leading to a hectic work schedule, and other stuff I have limited time. Furthermore, I am still re-writing parts of […]
Continue Reading...The biggest defence of hidden fields
In this post, In defence of hidden fields with Seam, I discussed the reasons for favoring hidden fields over page parameters. I accidentally missed the one big reason that I avoid using page parameters with Seam.
Continue Reading...Seam vs Spring Web Flow part 3
This is the third of a four part series comparing Seam vs Spring Web Flow (SWF),and looks at the Seam implementation of the sample application. (Updated 1/19/2009 : Changed links to point to the whole set of articles) HTML Single Page HTML PDF
Continue Reading...Seam versus Spring Web Flow part 2
This is the second of a four part series comparing Seam and Spring Web Flow (SWF),and looks at the Spring implementation of the sample application that we discussed in part 1. In a day or so I will have the piece that looks at writing the application using Seam. (Updated 1/19/2009 : Changed links to […]
Continue Reading...DZone Seam cheat sheet now available
Dzone have released a new cheat sheet for Seam users written by Jacob Orshalick. It covers a number of Seam areas such as : Component Annotations Conversation Management Seam gen The application framework Seam security It is available for viewing or download after the obligatory sign up (or log in if you are already a […]
Continue Reading...Seam versus Spring Web Flow part 1
This is the first of a four part series comparing Seam and Spring Web Flow (SWF) from different aspects, primarily with respect to building web based CRUD applications. It includes writing a simple but fairly complete application using both frameworks and then comparing the differences between the Seam and the SWF implementation. This first part […]
Continue Reading...In defence of hidden fields with Seam
In this post about pagination with Seam entity queries, I outline a method to encapsulate the pagination mechanism in a facelet that internally uses hidden fields to hold the state. Alexander R?hl pointed out that Dan Allen in his book Seam In Action recommends avoiding hidden fields in favor of page parameters lest they become […]
Continue Reading...Codeless Ajax Ordered and Paginated Tables in Seam
(Update : fixed some of the missing images) One common code pattern that we find ourselves writing time and again is the ability to display tables which are paginated and sortable. Ideally, this is something we should try and be able to re-use throughout our application. Current Situation Let’s start by looking at where we […]
Continue Reading...Using Session Scoped Entities Locally in Seam
One of the problems faced by Seam users is the disconnect between the session scoped entity instances and using them in more local scopes. A good example is a session scoped User instance that is loaded when the user logs in and is outjected into the session scope. This user instance is available for the […]
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