Is in JSF (with Creator) a tehnologie similar with Tiles?

Question

Hy! I'm new and I want to ask: is in JSF a tehnologie similar with Tiles? How can I make my jsf pages to have some header and footer? Of course, in Creator.
Thank you very much.

Answer 1

In general, by design, JSF is a much more flexible framework as JSF is built with integration and extensibility in mind. JSF isn't easier than Struts when developing by hand, but using Sun Java Studio Creator can make it much much easier and greatly increase your productivity.
Take a look at the Craig McClanahan's Weblog (He was the original creator of the Struts Framework, and was the co-specification lead for JavaServer Faces (JSF) 1.0 )
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/craigmcc/20040927#struts_or_jsf_struts_and
A good place to learn more about JSF is JSF Central .
http://jsfcentral.com/
As for your second question, you could use 'Page Fragment Box'. Check the online help for "Page Fragment Box".
'This component enables you to include a page fragment in a page. A page fragment is a separate, reusable part of a page that can be included in any number of pages. For example, you might want to put a common a visual element like a header graphic in a page fragment and then include it in all the pages in an application......'
Hope that helps.