Chapter 9 Generating Persistent Objects for Java and JSF Pages

Defining global options

Each page could use a style sheet, a header file and a footer file to define its standard presentation.

PowerDesigner provides default style sheet, header and footer files Alternatively, you can specify your own files.

You can also define global default options like data format, time format, etc.

Steps To define global default JSF options:

  1. Open the model property sheet, and click the JSF tab:
  2. Define style sheet, header and footer files.
  3. Define the directory where the images used by style sheet, header and footer.
  4. Define the JSF library Jar files directory.
  5. Define default options.

The following options are available:

Option Description
JSF runtime Specifies the JSF runtime.

It can be JSF Reference Implementation or Apache My Faces.
Target IDE Specifies the target IDE.

List/Default Values: Eclipse WTP, Sybase WorkSpace
Target runtime Specifies the target runtime.

List/Default Values: Apache Tomcat v5.0, Sybase EAServer v5.x, etc.
Dynamic Web Module Specifies the dynamic web module's version

List/Default Values: 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4.
Stylesheet CSS File Specifies the stylesheet file for JSF pages.

List/Default Values: %$_JSF%\stylesheet.css
Header JSP file Specifies the header file for JSF pages.

List/Default Values: %$_JSF%\header.jsp
Footer JSP file Specifies the footer file for JSF pages.

List/Default Values: %$_JSF%\footer.jsp
Picture library path Specifies the path that contains pictures for JSF pages.

List/Default Values: %$_JSF%\images
Use resource bundle Specifies to use a resource bundle.
Locale Specifies the locale
Time zone Specifies the time zone
Date format Specifies the date format could be default, short, medium, long, full

Default: short
Date display pattern Specifies the date pattern
Time format Specifies the date format could be default, short, medium, long, full

Default: short
Time display pattern Specifies the time pattern
Date and time pattern Specifies the date and time pattern
Currency code Specifies the currency code
Currency symbol Specifies the currency symbol
Form label width Specifies the width of the control label in pixel in a form

Default: 200
Form control width Specifies the width of the control in pixel in a form

Default: 500
Table column width Specifies the width of the control in pixel in a table

Default: 50
Table number rows Specifies the number of rows that can be displayed in a table

Default: 20

 

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