Are there any JSF components for implementing breadcrumb navigation?

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Are there any JSF components for implementing breadcrumb navigation?

As far as I know there are two "kinds" of breadcrumbs.

The static/hierarchy one

Works like a stack
Entries are pushed when a user goes "deeper" into the site
Entries are poped when user goes "up" into the site
Is the same for all users (for a given page)
Shows location rather than history

A simple Example would be HOME -> BIG CATEGORY -> SMALL CATEGORY -> ARTICLE

The dynamic/historical one

Works like a queue
Entries are pushed at the end when a user goes to another page
Entries are removed from the front when the maximum size is reached
Is different for each user, since it is personalized.
Shows timeline/history instead of location.

A simple example would be SMALL CATEGORY -> HOME -> BIG CATEGORY -> HOME

The question is:

Are there any ready-made JSF component for these types of navigation?

+2 A:

see primefaces, there are lot of components and you can find breadcrumb too http://www.primefaces.org:8080/prime-showcase/ui/breadCrumb.jsf

rachvela 2010-05-11 10:16:08

Nice, but this is just the presentation part. I am interested in the back-end part that leverages JSF. I could easily create with jQuery/CSS an attractive breadcrumb for users.

kazanaki 2010-05-11 10:53:37

@kazanaki: You're contradicting your own question. You were asking for a JSF component. But you're apparently more interested how to implement one yourself. Well, it's open source. Have a look. Trinidad has also one btw.

BalusC 2010-05-11 12:09:37

@BalusC: I understand what you are saying and perhaps my question is not clear. Assume that I choose the primeface component. Then unless I am mistaked I still need to create a server-side Data structure manually that primefaces will ONLY Render. I expected something that plugs into FACEScontext and keeps track automatically of page redirects. Otherwise what do I gain from primefaces than a simple iterator and h:outputtext on this data structure? I don't want to implement anything myself. Less code is the best. But I fill that with the primefaces component I do not really gain anything.

kazanaki 2010-05-11 13:49:59

You basically want a 3rd party filter or phaselistener which adds the current URL or viewid to some list in the session scope?

BalusC 2010-05-11 13:54:24

@BalusC Yes something like this would be great!

kazanaki 2010-05-13 08:24:37

@Rachvela My question was not clear. Sorry for this. Since it is my mistake I upvoted and accepted your answer.

kazanaki 2010-05-13 08:25:19

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