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[James Perkins <jrperkinsjr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just to add to this, it also doesn't require Java EE 6. You can run it
in Java EE 5.

It also includes Facelets and NO MORE XML binding.... ...wait you
already said that, but those are the best two changes IMHO :-)

--
James R. Perkins



On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:50, Dean, Robert <rdean@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here are some of the ones we've found so far:
>
> - Facelets replace JSPs as the primary view language.
>
> - Some components can be defined using facelets
>  entirely, instead of having to write Java code for
>  customization.
>
> - Ajax is baked in well enough to do some fairly
>  sophisticated things (partial rendering) without
>  JavaScript.
>
> - XML configuration is no longer required.
>
> - Beans can have custom scopes that don't require
>  as much (if any) housekeeping code.