ICEfaces^®3.0.0 Integration for Eclipse

v3.0.0

January 30th, 2012

Overview

This ICEfaces Eclipse Integration provides ICEfaces v3.0.0 support for developers who use Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers 3.7 (Indigo) for ICEfaces v3.0.0 application development. Note that only ICEfaces v3.0.0 is supported in this release. ICEfaces v3.0.0 is the version to run with JavaServer Faces 2 on JavaEE 6 and 5 application server and it is not supposed to run with JavaServer Faces 1.2 or 1.1. This integration extends Eclipse's Web Tools Platform (WTP) and provides following extra features for ICEfaces support.

· Adds ICEfaces Core, ICEfaces Component, Advanced Component, and ICEpush libraries to JSF projects
· Configures project for ICEfaces support
· Creates sample ICEfaces sample page
· Enabled ICEfaces Components on Eclipse Visual JSF Page Designer
· Provided visual editing capabilities of ICEfaces xhtml; Drag & drop components onto page, edit properties via properties editor, etc.

This document contains the following sections:

Changes in this release
Support
About ICEfaces

Changes in this release

bundled with ICEfaces 3.0.0
new property metadata to reflect the change in ICEfaces 3
improved design time visual effect for some ace components
added update site: http://www.icesoft.org/eclipse-update/3.7/icefaces/

Changes in 2.1.100 release

bundled with ICEfaces 3.0.0 RC2
new property metadata to reflect the change in ICEfaces 3 RC1/2
add ICEmobile support pending to availability of ICEmobile tool bundle

Changes in 2.1.4 release

bundled with ICEfaces 3.0.0 RC1
added modified ace component icons

Changes in 2.1.3 release

re-done design time renderers for majority of ace components

Changes in 2.1.2 release

Added support for all new ace component
Fixed numerous issues re design time
Re-do generator

Changes in 2.1.1 release

Added support for Eclipse 3.7 (Indogo)
Fixed issue ICEfaces bundled theme image not available in design time view.

Changes in 2.1.0 release

Includes ICEfaces v2.0.2 runtime libraries such ICEfaces core, ICEfaces component (ice), Advanced Component (ace), and ICEpush libraries.
Resolved design time width/height validation issue
Resolved issue that property sheet on ace components doesn't show up properly
Added icecore design time support

Changes in 2.0.1 release

Includes ICEfaces v2.0.1 runtime libraries including ICEfaces core, ICEfaces component (ice), Advanced Component (ace), and ICEpush libraries.
Fixed "jar existence validation not working in Plugin Provided Library Provider"
Updated ICEfaces sample pages.
Included more recommended web.xml entries.

Changes in 2.0.0 release

Includes ICEfaces v2.0.0 final runtime libraries such ICEfaces core, ICEfaces component (ice), Advanced Component (ace), and ICEpush libraries.
Fixed "icefaces 2 configuration doesn't show up under web module version 2.5"
Added jar file validation for plugin provided libraries
Added icecore namespace uri to generated welcome page with the fix to the format issue with core.taglib.xml

Changes in 2.0.0 RC1 release

Includes ICEfaces v2.0.0 RC1 runtime libraries such ICEfaces core, ICEfaces component (ice), Advanced Component (ace), and ICEpush libraries.
Introduces ICEfaces plugin library provider framework.
Separates ICEfaces designtime plugin from ICEfaces core support feature
Fixes the issue of converting existing jsf project to icefaces project

Support

Open source community support is available at http://www.icefaces.org.

For information on commercial support, professional services, and training, please visit http://support.icefaces.org.

About ICEfaces

ICEfaces delivers extensions to Java ServerFaces (JSF) that provide an AJAX-enabled rich presentation environment for JSF applications. ICEfaces brings value to any Java EE development project that needs to provide superior presentation capabilities to the web application user. In particular, ICEfaces provides the following features:

Smooth, incremental page updates that do not require a full page refresh to achieve presentation changes in the application.
Server-initiated asynchronous presentation updates for dynamic instantaneous data push.
The ICEfaces Component Suite, a complete rich JSF component suite that fully leverages ICEfaces capabilities.
Intelligent form processing that facilitates fine-grained interactions with the user as they manipulate a form.
API support for rapid development of group-aware and collaborative applications, such as Chat, Webcast, social apps., etc.
JSP or Facelets based development.
Tool integrations for leading Java IDEs.
Support for leading Java EE frameworks, such as Spring and JBoss Seam.
Support for portlet development.

Learn More

This ICEfaces release comes with extensive documentation that will help you understand the product thoroughly. Documentation for ICEfaces is available on-line at http://documentation.icefaces.org/ The following documents are provided in PDF format:

ICEfaces Getting Started Guide: This guide takes you through product installation, environment configuration, demo app installation, and a basic 7-stage tutorial. This guide also contains information related to support for different application server environments and development tools.
ICEfaces Developer's Guide: This guide contains information relevant to developing applications with ICEfaces. It describes the ICEfaces architecture, and explains key concepts that the ICEfaces developer should be aware of. It also provides a complete reference guide that covers APIs, configuration, components (including the ICEfaces Component Suite) and TLDs, and covers advanced topics like server-initiated rendering.

ICEfaces®3.0.0 Integration for Eclipse