PrettyFaces is the leading `/url/#{rewriting}` solution for Servlet, JSF, and Java EE
Pretty Faces
PrettyFaces is an OpenSource Filter-based Servlets extension with enhanced support for JavaServer Faces jsf– JSF 1.1, 1.2 and 2.x – enabling creation of bookmark-able, pretty URLs.
PrettyFaces solves the “RESTful URL” problem elegantly, including features such as: page-load actions, seamless integration with faces navigation, dynamic view-id assignment, managed parameter parsing, and configuration-free compatibility with other web frameworks.
Features:
URL Rewriting — Replace ugly URLs: “/faces/page.jsf” with pretty, SEO-friendly, human URLs: “/optimized/page/”; The client browser never sees your original URLs, even in the source-HTML
Dynamic view IDs — Now with dynamic view ID mapping for URLs (through El method expressions,) you can show different views based on run-time conditions, effectively de-coupling the URL from the JSF view.
Page-load actions — Call one or more action-methods, at one or more phases, before rendering a view.
Managed parameter parsing — HTTP parameters parsed from URLs are stored in managed beans, simply get a reference to your parameter bean for easy access from other Java classes.
Navigation by ID — Define your page IDs in one place, reference them easily in action-methods and components, using standard JSF navigation techniques. Integrated validation — For URL and query-parameters, able to re-use existing JSF validator objects.
Integrated validation — For URL and query-parameters, able to re-use existing JSF validator objects.
Easy to configure — Requires absolutely minimal configuration; may be enabled using XML or annotations.
