Author: SeanRogers Date: 2010-03-29 03:05:29 -0400 (Mon, 29 Mar 2010) New Revision: 16679 Modified: root/docs/trunk/Developer_Guide/en-US/chap-Developer_Guide-Advanced_features.xml Log: Worked on Advanced_features Modified: root/docs/trunk/Developer_Guide/en-US/chap-Developer_Guide-Advanced_features.xml =================================================================== --- root/docs/trunk/Developer_Guide/en-US/chap-Developer_Guide-Advanced_features.xml 2010-03-27 00:35:13 UTC (rev 16678) +++ root/docs/trunk/Developer_Guide/en-US/chap-Developer_Guide-Advanced_features.xml 2010-03-29 07:05:29 UTC (rev 16679) @@ -4,34 +4,50 @@ <chapter id="chap-Developer_Guide-Advanced_features"> <title>Advanced features</title> <para> - Incomplete + Read this chapter for details on some of the advanced features and configuration possibilities for the RichFaces framework. </para> - <section id="sect-Developer_Guide-Advanced_features-Additions_to_JSF2"> - <title>Additions to JSF2</title> + <section id="sect-Developer_Guide-Advanced_features-JSF2_integration"> + <title>JSF2 integration</title> <para> - Incomplete + JavaServer Faces (<acronym>JSF</acronym>) is the Java-based web application framework upon which the RichFaces framework has been built. RichFaces is now integrated with JSF2, which features several improvements to the framework. </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + The standard display technology used by JSF1 was JavaServer Pages (<acronym>JSP</acronym>). With JSP2, the standard display technology has been changed to Facelets, which is a more powerful and more efficient View Declaration Language (<acronym>VLD</acronym>) than JSP. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </section> <section id="sect-Developer_Guide-Advanced_features-Performance_optimization"> <title>Performance optimization</title> <para> - Incomplete + The RichFaces framework includes several components designed to improve application performance. Script and style management can be optimized with resource-loading components such as <sgmltag>&lt;a4j:loadBundle&gt;</sgmltag>, <sgmltag>&lt;a4j:loadScript&gt;</sgmltag>, and <sgmltag>&lt;a4j:loadStyle&gt;</sgmltag>. </para> + <para> + For further details on optimizing the performance of RichFaces applications, refer to the <citetitle pubwork="chapter">Resources</citetitle> and <citetitle pubwork="chapter">Processing management</citetitle> chapters in the <citetitle>Component Reference Guide</citetitle>. + </para> </section> <section id="sect-Developer_Guide-Advanced_features-Traffic_control_and_queues"> <title>Traffic control and queues</title> <para> - Incomplete + The RichFaces framework allows for queues to manage traffic from Ajax requests, events, and page updates. Controlling the message processing with a queue can make applications more efficient and avoid problems with data corruption. Basic queuing is available with all RichFaces components, and the <sgmltag>&lt;a4j:queue&gt;</sgmltag> component adds advanced queuing to standard JSF components. </para> + <para> + For further details on RichFaces queue management, refer to the queuing details in the <citetitle pubwork="chapter">Common Ajax attributes</citetitle> chapter and the <citetitle pubwork="chapter">Processing management</citetitle> chapter in the <citetitle>Component Reference Guide</citetitle>. + </para> </section> <section id="sect-Developer_Guide-Advanced_features-Validation"> <title>Validation</title> <para> - Incomplete + The RichFaces framework features several validation components. These components can validate Ajax actions, or validate data against model-based constraints defined using <application>Hibernate Validator</application>. </para> + <para> + For further details on RichFaces validation components, refer to the <citetitle pubwork="chapter">Validation</citetitle> chapter of the <citetitle>Component Reference Guide</citetitle>. + </para> </section> <section id="sect-Developer_Guide-Advanced_features-Filters">