Overview of Ajax - The Java EE 6 Tutorial (original) (raw)
2. Using the Tutorial Examples
3. Getting Started with Web Applications
4. JavaServer Faces Technology
7. Using JavaServer Faces Technology in Web Pages
8. Using Converters, Listeners, and Validators
9. Developing with JavaServer Faces Technology
10. JavaServer Faces Technology: Advanced Concepts
11. Using Ajax with JavaServer Faces Technology
Using Ajax Functionality with JavaServer Faces Technology
Monitoring Events on the Client
Loading JavaScript as a Resource
Using JavaScript API in a Facelets Application
Using the @ResourceDependency Annotation in a Bean Class
The ajaxguessnumber Example Application
The ajaxguessnumber Source Files
The ajaxgreeting.xhtml Facelets Page
The UserNumberBean Managed Bean
Running the ajaxguessnumber Example
To Build, Package, and Deploy the ajaxguessnumber Example Using NetBeans IDE
To Build, Package, and Deploy the ajaxguessnumber Example Using Ant
To Run the ajaxguessnumber Example
Further Information about Ajax in JavaServer Faces Technology
12. Composite Components: Advanced Topics and Example
13. Creating Custom UI Components and Other Custom Objects
14. Configuring JavaServer Faces Applications
16. Uploading Files with Java Servlet Technology
17. Internationalizing and Localizing Web Applications
18. Introduction to Web Services
19. Building Web Services with JAX-WS
20. Building RESTful Web Services with JAX-RS
21. JAX-RS: Advanced Topics and Example
23. Getting Started with Enterprise Beans
24. Running the Enterprise Bean Examples
25. A Message-Driven Bean Example
26. Using the Embedded Enterprise Bean Container
27. Using Asynchronous Method Invocation in Session Beans
Part V Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE Platform
28. Introduction to Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE Platform
29. Running the Basic Contexts and Dependency Injection Examples
30. Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE Platform: Advanced Topics
31. Running the Advanced Contexts and Dependency Injection Examples
32. Introduction to the Java Persistence API
33. Running the Persistence Examples
34. The Java Persistence Query Language
35. Using the Criteria API to Create Queries
36. Creating and Using String-Based Criteria Queries
37. Controlling Concurrent Access to Entity Data with Locking
38. Using a Second-Level Cache with Java Persistence API Applications
39. Introduction to Security in the Java EE Platform
40. Getting Started Securing Web Applications
41. Getting Started Securing Enterprise Applications
42. Java EE Security: Advanced Topics
Part VIII Java EE Supporting Technologies
43. Introduction to Java EE Supporting Technologies
45. Resources and Resource Adapters
46. The Resource Adapter Example
47. Java Message Service Concepts
48. Java Message Service Examples
49. Bean Validation: Advanced Topics
50. Using Java EE Interceptors
51. Duke's Bookstore Case Study Example
52. Duke's Tutoring Case Study Example
53. Duke's Forest Case Study Example
Ajax refers to JavaScript and XML, technologies that are widely used for creating dynamic and asynchronous web content. While Ajax is not limited to JavaScript and XML technologies, more often than not they are used together by web applications. The focus of this tutorial is on using JavaScript based Ajax functionality in JavaServer Faces web applications.
JavaScript is a dynamic scripting language for web applications. It allows users to add enhanced functionality to user interfaces and allows web pages to interact with clients asynchronously. JavaScript runs mainly on the client side (as in a browser) and thereby reduces server access by clients.
When a JavaScript function sends an asynchronous request from the client to the server, the server sends back a response that is used to update the page’s Document Object Model (DOM). This response is often in the format of an XML document. The term Ajax refers to this interaction between the client and server.
The server response need not be in XML only; it can also be in other formats, such as JSON. This tutorial does not focus on the response formats.
Ajax enables asynchronous and partial updating of web applications. Such functionality allows for highly responsive web pages that are rendered in near real time. Ajax-based web applications can access server and process information and can also retrieve data without interfering with the display and rendering of the current web page on a client (such as a browser).
Some of the advantages of using Ajax are as follows:
- Form data validation in real time, eliminating the need to submit the form for verification
- Enhanced functionality for web pages, such as user name and password prompts
- Partial update of the web content, avoiding complete page reloads
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