RichFaces Architecture
The architecture of RichFaces consists of an Ajax filter, Ajax action components, Ajax containers, and a JavaScript engine.
- Ajax filter - In order get all benefits of RichFaces, a developer should register a filter in the web.xml file of the application. The filter recognizes multiple request types.
- Ajax action components - AjaxCommandButton, AjaxCommandLink, AjaxPoll and AjaxSupport and other action components can be used to send Ajax requests from the client side.
- Ajax containers - AjaxContainer is an interface that describes an area on a JSF page that should be decoded during an Ajax request. AjaxViewRoot and AjaxRegion are implementations of this interface.
- JavaScript engine - the RichFaces JavaScript engine runs on the client-side. It updates different areas on a JSF page based on the information from the Ajax response. The JavaScript engine provides an API so developers do not need to create their own JavaScript functionality.
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