jsf JSF Templates How to create a template
Example
Setting up a template for one application
Create a file named template.xhtml under the /WEB-INF folder, that way the template files will be accessible only for the framework.
/WEB-INF/template.xhtml
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html"
xmlns:ui="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/facelets">
<h:head>
<title><ui:define name="title">Default title</ui:define></title>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<!-- Some styles that we might include for our whole application -->
<h:outputStylesheet name="css/template.css" />
<!-- Shared content for the application, e.g. a header, this can be an include -->
<div>
Application Header
</div>
<!-- The content we want to define in our template client -->
<div>
<ui:insert name="content" />
</div>
</h:body>
</html>
This file will act as a template for the application. Now we'll define a specific view in our view directory.
/home.xhtml
<ui:composition template="/WEB-INF/template.xhtml"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:ui="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/facelets">
<ui:define name="title">Home</ui:define>
<ui:define name="content">
Welcome to the application!
</ui:define>
</ui:composition>
Have a look at the template attribute in this client view, this tells JSF to use the template we want. Then, using <ui:define> we define specific content to be inserted where it is told in the template. Accessing /home.xhtml in client will render the whole result.
