using JSF as template engine

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There is no easy way to get result from rendering of JSF page without going to browser. It would be very useful to have possibility directly initiate rendering of the page and get corresponding result from it. Ability to use this approach will allow developers easily adapt JSF as powerful template engine. In my case we are using JSF as template engine to render HL7 messages. Also this functionality would be helpful for testing purposes. For example "FacesTester" project included some additional code just because there are a needs to get result of rendering directly in java code.

Environment

Operating System: All Platform: All

Affected Versions

[2.2 Sprint 8]

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• Issue Imported From: https://github.com/javaee/javaserverfaces-spec/issues/749
• Original Issue Raised By:@glassfishrobot
• Original Issue Assigned To: Unassigned

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@glassfishrobot Commented Reported by vladperl

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@glassfishrobot Commented @edburns said: cat2

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@glassfishrobot Commented vladperl said: It seems issue https://javaserverfaces-spec-public.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=477 is relevant to this one.

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@glassfishrobot Commented @edburns said: frame

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@glassfishrobot Commented @edburns said: These are targeted at 2.1.

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@glassfishrobot Commented @edburns said: triage

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@glassfishrobot Commented @edburns said: edburns

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@glassfishrobot Commented @edburns said: GlassFish 3.1 M6 at the latest.

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@glassfishrobot Commented rdelaplante said: Please consider providing the ability to sandbox the EL context. An example use case is allowing users to edit email templates. I would want the users to be able to access only the model objects my application provides to the template. I do not want the user to gain full access everything in the application through EL.

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@glassfishrobot Commented @edburns said: Move these to 2.2

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@glassfishrobot Commented @edburns said: This will probably be the top feature in JSF 2.3.

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@glassfishrobot Commented ova2 said: Wow, this would be a killer feature. We need it too for exporting a page to PDF. Currently we use PhantomJS (server-side browser) to call an JSF page to be exported via URL. By means of this new feature we could get an JSF page as a string and pass it direct to PhantomJS without the HTTP overhead.

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@glassfishrobot Commented tony.herstell said: Craig (see this site) is working on a JSF Mail plugin... http://reallifejava.com/blog/

As well as Seamy stuff like simpleBPM simpleSecuirty

Think: s/simeple/seam4/g

No promises though.

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@glassfishrobot Commented @edburns said: Tony, looks good. This is a very useful idea.

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@glassfishrobot Commented @edburns said: Set priority to baseline ahead of JSF 2.3 triage. Priorities will be assigned accurately after this exercise.

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@glassfishrobot Commented @manfredriem said: Setting priority to Minor

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@glassfishrobot Commented Issue-Links: is duplicated by JAVASERVERFACES_SPEC_PUBLIC-477

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@glassfishrobot Commented This issue was imported from java.net JIRA JAVASERVERFACES_SPEC_PUBLIC-749