Apache MyFaces

{{Short description|Open-source implementation of JavaServer Faces}}

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| name = Apache MyFaces

| logo = Apache MyFaces Logo.svg

| logo size = 250px

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| developer = Apache Software Foundation

| discontinued = No

| latest release version = 4.1.1

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|03|25}}{{cite web|url=https://myfaces.apache.org/#/news|title=Apache MyFaces - News|access-date=25 March 2025}}

| latest preview version = 4.0.0-RC1

| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2022|07|07}}

| operating system = Cross-platform

| programming language = Java

| genre = Web framework

| license = Apache License 2.0

| website = {{Official URL}}

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Apache MyFaces is an Apache Software Foundation project that creates and maintains an open-source JavaServer Faces implementation, along with several libraries of JSF components that can be deployed on the core implementation. The project is divided into several sub-projects:

• Core: an implementation of the JSF 1.1, JSF 1.2, JSF 2.0, JSF 2.1, JSF 2.2, JSF 2.3, Faces 3.0 and Faces 4.0 specification and components as specified by [http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=127 JSR 127], [http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=252 JSR 252], [http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=314 JSR 314], [http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=344 JSR 344] and [https://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=372 JSR 372] respectively
• Portlet Bridge: an implementation of the JSF Portlet Bridge specification as specified by [http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=301 JSR 301]
• Tomahawk: a set of JSF components created by the MyFaces development team prior to its donation to Apache
• Trinidad: a set of JSF components contributed to MyFaces by Oracle, where it was known as ADF Faces
• Tobago: a set of JSF components contributed to MyFaces by [https://web.archive.org/web/20141216200328/http://atanion.com/ Atanion GmbH]
• Orchestra: a framework used to manage persistence sessions across various scopes
• Extensions Validator: a JSF centric validation framework, which is based on annotations
• CODI: a toolbox which will support you on solving your daily needs of software development with CDI, JSF, BV and JPA
• Others: As well as these subprojects, MyFaces has a number of smaller subprojects, for example MyFaces Commons or MyFaces Shared. These subprojects can be found [http://myfaces.apache.org/otherProjects.html here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505152620/http://myfaces.apache.org/otherProjects.html |date=2012-05-05 }}.

The standard is based on the Model View Controller paradigm, but is also component-based and event-oriented. Different templating languages can be used. In the standard, JSP is used, other options include XML based templating languages like Shale Clay or Facelets.{{cite web|url=http://myfaces.apache.org/jsfintro.html|title=MyFaces – Introduction to JSF|website=myfaces.apache.org|access-date=23 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922054541/http://myfaces.apache.org/jsfintro.html|archive-date=22 September 2017}}