Only few weeks before the scheduled release of Java EE 7, JSR 344 – the defining specifiaction for JSF 2.2 – went final today. Despite the version number, JSF 2.2 could be considered to be a major release, including these big ticket features:
- Resource Library Contracts (see Arun Guptas blog: https://blogs.oracle.com/arungupta/entry/resource_library_contracts_in_jsf2)
- Stateless Views (see this excelent explanation by Arjan Tijmes: http://jdevelopment.nl/jsf-22/?topic=stateless#1055 and BalusC’s blog: http://balusc.blogspot.de/2013/02/stateless-jsf.html)
- Faces Flows (see Ed Burns presentations slide for JavaOne 2012: http://www.myexpospace.com/…/CON4627_PDF_4627_0001.pdf)
- View-Actions (see this article: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/jsf22-1377252.html)