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Ada Server Faces allows to create web applications using the same pattern a the Java Server Faces (See JSR 252, JSR 314 or JSR 344).

  • The Java Servlet (JSR 315) defines the basis for a Java application to be plugged in Web servers. It standardizes the way an HTTP request and HTTP response are represented. It defines the mechanisms by which the requests and responses are passed from the Web server to the application possibly through some additional filters.
  • The Java Unified Expression Language (JSR 245) is a small expression language intended to be used in Web pages. Through the expressions, functions and methods it creates the link between the Web page template and the application data identified as beans.
  • The Java Server Faces (JSR 314 and JSR 344) is a component driven framework which provides a powerful mechanism for Web applications. Web pages are represented by facelet views (XHTML files) that are modelized as components when a request comes in. A lifecycle mechanism drives the request through converters and validators triggering events that are received by the application. Navigation rules define what result view must be rendered and returned.

Ada Server Faces gives to Ada developers a strong web framework which is frequently used in Java Web applications. On their hand, Java developers could benefit from the high performance that Ada brings: apart from the language, they will use the same design patterns.

ASF provides a security framework which allows to protect web pages according to some security policy. This framework allows users to authenticate by using OpenID Authentication 2.0.

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Version 1.0.1 - Jul 2014

  • Fix minor configuration issue with GNAT 2014
  • Fix concurrent issues in facelet and session cache implementation

Version 1.0 - Apr 2014

  • Add support for Facebook and Google+ login
  • Javascript support for popup and editable fields
  • Added support to enable/disable mouseover effect in lists
  • New EL function util:iso8601
  • New component <w:autocomplete> for input text with autocompletion
  • New component <w:gravatar> to render a gravatar image
  • New component <w:like> to render a Facebook, Twitter or Google+ like button
  • New component <w:panel> to provide collapsible div panels
  • New components <w:tabView> and <w:tab> for tabs display
  • New component <w:accordion> to display accordion tabs
  • Add support for JSF <f:facet>, <f:convertDateTime>, <h:doctype>
  • Support for the creation of Debian packages

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