Well, Sitemesh is quite different from tiles and facelets-templates. Sitemesh can merge content from different webapps together, which neither tiles nor facelets-templates can. If you need that functionality, you need Sitemesh. I have worked on a project in the past where we used JSF+sitemesh. It wasn't easy and required some custom code but it did eventually work.
If you don't need to merge content from different webapps, then definitely use either tiles or facelets-templates, as they are much simpler to work with and have better performance. Facelets is very good, and for a new project is probably worth using. However if you've got existing JSP code then using the latest tomahawk trunk with tiles2 support is probably best. Hopefully a new tomahawk official release with the tiles2 support will be out pretty soon. I've heard that the tiles support available in the shale package is not as good as tiles2+tomahawk. Regards, Simon ---- "Garner schrieb: > I've gotten JSF to work in sitemesh decorators before. > > I like the idea of sitemesh but feel it has not been designed/used > extensively for JavaServer Faces. > > Also what erks me about sitemesh is it doesn't use commons-logging and writes > to the sytem out. > > > > I'd recommend Facelets if starting new. > > If you have existing JSP tags then Tiles will work. Shale and Tomahawk have > a tiles view handler. > > > > Shawn > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Carlos Adolfo Ortiz Quiros [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:17 AM > To: MyFaces Discussion; MyFaces Development > Subject: Has anybody integrated Sitemesh+JSF/Tomahawk? > > > > Hi > > > > In this URL > https://javaserverfaces.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=2204 > the user has taken the sitemesh-example.war plus the jsf-guessNumber to work. > > > > Question is: > > I would like to know if Sitemesh works with Tomahawk library using the > extensions filter tomahawk needs, that is, Sitemesh template decorates pages > written in JSF technology and I also wonder if the Sitemesh template can be > also a JSF page. > > > > Any thoughts? > > Or should I use Facelet? > > Or should I use Tiles 2? > > > > > > CARLOS ADOLFO ORTIZ Q > > Ingeniero de Desarrollo > > TRÉBOL Software S.A. > > Tel : (574)3110663 Fax : (574)3113474 > > Dirección Cll 16 # 28-195 > > Medellín - Colombia > > http://www.trebol.com.co <http://www.trebol.com.co/> > > > > La información de este mensaje y sus anexos son propiedad exclusiva > de TRÉBOL Software S.A. Es únicamente para el uso del destinatario > intencional y pueden contener información de carácter privado o > confidencial. Le informamos que cualquier revisión, retransmisión, > divulgación, copia o uso indebido del mismo está estrictamente > prohibida y será sancionada legalmente. > > > > Information contained in this message and every attachment is property of > TREBOL Software S.A. Only the destiny user is able to make use of the data > here contained, which is private and/or confidential. Any revision, > broadcasting, spreading, copy or illegal use of this information is strictly > prohibited and will be sanctioned by legal means. > > > -----Message Disclaimer----- > > This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the individual or > entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is > privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. > If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > reply email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete or destroy all copies of > the original message and attachments thereto. Email sent to or from the > Principal Financial Group or any of its member companies may be retained > as required by law or regulation. > > Nothing in this message is intended to constitute an Electronic signature > for purposes of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) or the > Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ("E-Sign") > unless a specific statement to the contrary is included in this message. > > While this communication may be used to promote or market a transaction > or an idea that is discussed in the publication, it is intended to provide > general information about the subject matter covered and is provided with > the understanding that The Principal is not rendering legal, accounting, > or tax advice. It is not a marketed opinion and may not be used to avoid > penalties under the Internal Revenue Code. You should consult with > appropriate counsel or other advisors on all matters pertaining to legal, > tax, or accounting obligations and requirements.
