Integrating JSF with Spring

Question

I haven\'t implemented any code, I\'m still working the overall architecture for a new application and this going to be the first time I use JSF+Spring.

Answer 1

The "glue" is the spring ELResolver, which you must configure in your faces-config.xml:

<application>    
    <!--
        This is the JSF 1.2 ELResolver that delegates to the Spring root
        WebApplicationContext resolving name references to Spring-defined
        beans.
    -->
    <el-resolver>
         org.springframework.web.jsf.el.SpringBeanFacesELResolver
    </el-resolver>
 </application>

This means that each #{bean.property} is handled by the resolving the bean in the spring context.