Question

I am running Eclipse 3.5 and JBoss 5.1. I want to create a JSF 2.0 project.

I heard here that the Eclipse JBoss Tools plugin version 3.1 (available here) could do this for me.

I have installed the plugin. However, if I go to the Project Facets properties page for a Dynamic Web Project, I only see Facets for JavaServer Faces 1.1 and 1.2. My Java facet is set at 6.0, and my Dynamic Web Module to 2.5.

In the Targeted Runtimes properties page, I see that I am targeting the JBoss 5.1 Runtime.

I understand that Eclipse Helios will be here next week, but I’m curious if its possible to get JSF 2.0 working with 3.5. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Certainly you can. Just set to 1.2, give the JSF 2.0 libraries and it will work. It’s after all just the code which you write. You’ll maybe only miss the IDE assistance in JSF 2.0 specific features, but this doesn’t harm if you know how to write code yourself. Heck, you can even do this all using plain notepad.exe and javac.exe 😉

See also:

• Does the Eclipse IDE support JSF 2.0?