5.0.0-M1

Eclipse Mojara 5 is an MVC UI framework, implementing Jakarta Faces 5 under development. This release is corresponding with the Jakarta EE 12 specification, also under development.

Mojarra implemented issues from Jakarta Faces 5.0

Big ticket features

• #1590 CSP support
• #1507 Enhance UIInput events with HTML5 like oninput

API modernization, generics, and enum support

• #206 Make SelectItem#value generic
• #912 FacesMessage.Severity should be Serializable
• #1592 Add new FacesMessage Severity "SUCCESS"
• #1822 Missing Generics in Faces Standard Converters
• #1824 Create TypeLiteral Constants
• #1831 String based context params having fixed set of allowed values should be represented by enums
• #1934 Migrate FacesMessage.Severity to ENUM
• #1938 EnumConverter - try to dynamically extract enum type from ValueExpression
• #1948 5:0 Migrate PhaseId to ENUM
• #1950 5.0: Missing generics in Faces Standard Validators
• #2012 UIComponent getFacesListeners: Class => Class<? extends FacesListener>
• #2026 Better implement generics in Application#createConverter and createValidator
• #2027 Better implement generics in UIData#getDataModel
• #2028 StateHelper: make methods generics aware
• #2033 Add generics to ValueChangeEvent for oldValue and newValue
• #2034 Extend UIComponent#getFacet for using enums

API cleanup, removals, and refactoring

• #1462 Add PartialResponseWriterWrapper
• #1725 Remove UIComponent.bindings field and rename PropertyKeys.bindings to PropertyKeys.valueExpressions
• #1830 Faces 5.0: remove things marked @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "4.0")
• #1833 Unify NavigationHandler and ConfigurableNavigationHandler
• #1839 API will be split off from the implementation code - step 1
• #1861 Introduce FacesServletFactory
• #1871 Remove deprecated code (composite:extension, PreDestroyCustomScopeEvent, PostConstructCustomScopeEvent)
• #1937 Remove unused jakarta.faces.event.ScopeContext
• #1972 Consider deprecating and dropping h:form prependId
• #2008 TextHandler should extends FaceletHandler
• #2015 FaceletContext: add static utility methods getCurrentInstance() and getCurrentInstance(FacesContext context)
• #2024 Add StateHelper#computeIfAbsent
• #2031 Should we introduce UIComponent#getFacetNames()?

CDI, EL, Facelets, and event integration

• #1202 cc:attributes type attribute: fallback case: use what the ELResolver returns.
• #1244 Reword requirements for EL expressions inlined in Facelets pages, but outside of components.
• #1368 EL import handler doesn't work
• #1443 CDI: Allow listing to PhaseEvents via @Observes
• #1466 importConstants should be allowed everywhere, not only in f:metadata
• #1501 CDI: Allow non-component Faces events observeable by CDI
• #1564 Clarify EL / CDI integration: implicit object or CDI producer for artifacts without required inject point support (request, session, component, cc)
• #1954 Specify that expression language 6.0 Optional and Record resolvers should be in chain

Lifecycle, view handling, metadata, and state/reset behavior

• #816 ViewHandler.initView() called too late
• #1160 Clarify intended workings of includeViewParams
• #1709 Spec: Missing description of jakarta.faces.AUTOMATIC_EXTENSIONLESS_MAPPING parameter
• #1713 ui:repeat clarification on attributes, such as offset and size
• #1835 Clarification: Firing of PostAddToViewEvent during Restore View Phase
• #1849 Specify what Faces should do when f:metadata is not a direct child of f:view
• #1883 Enhance UIViewRoot#resetValues() to pass VisitHints
• #1936 ResetValues: UIViewRoot#resetValues() Must walk all children components and reset
• #1940 Add clearModel to f:resetValues
• #1999 StateManager#STATE_SAVING_METHOD_PARAM_NAME specifies wrong default

Components, rendering, resources, and validation behavior

• #583 Message/Messages Rendering When No Messages
• #908 StylesheetRenderer RenderKit Docs Request Path Rendering
• #1278 UIInput.validateValue() oversteps its authority
• #1366 Within Resource Identifier, allow resourceName to have path separator
• #1415 Broken link in JSF vdldocs, to "General Notes on Encoding"
• #1791 SelectItems: var attribute is not honored when using f:selectItems
• #1875 UISelectItems: missing method setVar simialr as in class UIData
• #2014 Documentation for group attribute of h:selectOneRadio needs improvement
• #2025 Add placeholder attribute to h:inputText and h:inputTextarea
• #2029 ByteConverter: incorrect error message
• #2032 Allow passthrough on facets
• #2041 BeanValidator should use EL-coerced value as bean property value

Security, configuration, compatibility, and specification/documentation fixes

• #1112 Security bug with FacesContext in application startup
• #1201 Require that the cookie used to store the Flash key is setHttpOnly(true)
• #1457 11.4.6 should specify "search-expression-context-factory" rather than "search-expression-context-kit-factory"
• #1460 JSF 2.3 spec section 2.5.2.1 typo
• #2097 Add EXCEPTION_TYPES_TO_IGNORE_IN_LOGGING context param
• #2105 Remove support for old xml namespaces

What's Changed

• Remove things marked @deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "4.0") by @BalusC in #5284
• Fixes #5298 - Mark 2.3 as EOL by @mnriem in #5302
• Useless cast to T inside DataModelIterator by @pizzi80 in #5300
• UIComponentBase internal data structure typo by @pizzi80 in #5301
• Fixes #5316 - ClientWindow: Custom PrimeClientWindowFactory not being respected by @mnriem in #5322
• Fixes #5000 - Change Mojarra implementation artifactId to mojarra by @mnriem in #5320
• Faces 5.0: add UIInput.ValidateEmptyFields enum by @BalusC in #5336
• Faces 5.0: add StateManager.StateSavingMethod enum by @BalusC in #5334
• Faces 4.1: Spec 1739 - Require firing events for @initialized, @BeforeDestroyed, and @DESTROYED for build-in scopes by @volosied in #5340
• ui:repeat clarification on attributes, such as offset and size by @BalusC in #5289
• [5345] Do not override application-specified "com.sun.faces.enableDistributable" value. by @pferraro in #5346
• Interim commit for #4480 by @mnriem in #5319
• Bump to Java 17 by @BalusC in #5350
• Add rowStatePreserved property to UIRepeat by @BalusC in #5353
• Use CDI as injection provider and fixed InitFacesContext by @BalusC in #5354
• Fixes #5357 - Move jakarta.faces-api Maven module to API project by @mnriem in #5358
• Fixes #5359 - Implement FacesServletFactory by @mnriem in #5361
• [MOJARRA_5375] The jfwid contains the session ID by @jasondlee in #5376
• Fixes #5374 - Remove REST/Action/CDI prototypes by @mnriem in #5379
• Fixes #5374 - Remove REST/Action/CDI prototypes by @mnriem in #5381
• NPE in ExternalContextImpl.encodeRedirectURL when no ViewRoot availab… by @shadogray in #5384
• Fixes compile error by @arjantijms in #5422
• restore disappeared test classes by @BalusC in #5423
• Fix FacesServletFactory by @BalusC in #5424
• Add context param attributes to @FacesConfig by @BalusC in #5344
• Move non-impl specific unit tests from Mojarra to Faces by @BalusC in #5470
• Fix #5473: Utilize ability to pass VisitHints to UIViewRoot#resetValues() by @BalusC in #5474
• Fix #5471: Unify NavigationHandler and ConfigurableNavigationHandler by @BalusC in #5472
• Implement firing new @BeforePhase and @afterphase PhaseEvent qualifiers by @BalusC in #5492
• Register EnumConverter by converter-id as well by @BalusC in #5496
• Automatically pass through all on* event attributes by @BalusC in #5325
• Add f:resetValues tag definition back into vdldoc by @BalusC in #5494
• Remove deprecated composite:extension by @BalusC in #5498
• Fix null reference error when calling faces.ajax.request() by @tnagao7 in #5500
• Support new FacesMessage.Severity.SUCCESS in h:message/h:messages by @BalusC in #5490
• Mojarra issue 5398 move vdldoc and renderkitdoc to faces project by @BalusC in #5505
• Don't attempt to set response buffer size on a committed response by @Pandrex247 in #5534
• Fix mojarra 5 initialization with empty dd files by @BalusC in #5537
• refactor MojarraRuntimePopulator conform DRY by @BalusC in #5539
• Fix jakartaee/faces#1999: default of jakarta.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD is actually "server" by @BalusC in #5547
• Impl jakartaee/faces#1972: log dev stage warning when prependId is used by @BalusC in #5548
• Fix corner case after implementing jakartaee/faces#1507 integration test by @BalusC in #5551
• Fire faces system events via CDI as well by @BalusC in #5550
• Revert faces issue 1416 and move context param into impl by @BalusC in #5570
• 4.1 by @BalusC in #5588
• Merge #5577 from 4.1 into 5.0 by @BalusC in #5589
• First step for jakartaee/faces#1590 by @BalusC in #5601
• Security Fix: adjust how the servlet context path is handled by @lamntu in #5621
• Bump commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils from 1.9.4 to 1.11.0 in /impl by @dependabot[bot] in #5590
• jakartaee/faces#1590: faces.util.chain must also support CSP; while at it bumped versions to 5 by @BalusC in #5631
• #5635: implement jakartaee/faces#2025 placeholder attribute in inputText/inputTextarea by @BalusC in #5636
• jakartaee/faces#2032: allow passthrough on facets by @BalusC in #5634
• #5646: 5.0 impl must throw TagException when f:metadata is not direct child of UIViewRoot by @BalusC in #5647
• #5648: implement jakarta.faces.EXCEPTION_TYPES_TO_IGNORE_IN_LOGGING by @BalusC in #5649
• #5650: implement var for SelectItem model and Map by @BalusC in #5651
• Second step for jakartaee/faces#1590 by @BalusC in #5644
• Fix failing TCK tests by @BalusC in #5652
• Fixed failing old-TCK tests by @BalusC in #5653
• Impl jakartaee/faces#2105: log warning when deprecated namespace is used by @BalusC in #5654
• jakartaee/faces#1940: Add clearModel to <f:ajax resetValues> and <f:resetValues> by @BalusC in #5659
• #5660: add support for record components in PushContext#send by @BalusC in #5661
• Fix #5663 by @BalusC in #5665
• Update to EE12 (milestone) dependencies by @arjantijms in #5668
• Use EE4J 2.0.0 parent by @arjantijms in #5669
• Set API to 5.0.0-M1 by @arjantijms in #5675

New Contributors

• @shadogray made their first contribution in #5384
• @lamntu made their first contribution in #5621

Full Changelog: 4.1.6-RELEASE...5.0.0-M1-RELEASE