Liferay Faces Version Scheme
In this article, you’ll learn which Liferay Faces artifacts should be used with your portlet and explore the Liferay Faces versioning scheme by discovering what each component of a version means. Once you have the versioning scheme mastered, you can view several example configurations.
Using The Liferay Faces Archetype Portlet
Liferay Faces Archetype portlet can be used to determine the Liferay Faces artifacts and versions that you must include in your portlet. Select your preferred Liferay Portal version, JSF version, component suite (optional), and build tool, and the portlet will provide you with both a command to generate your portlet from a Maven archetype and a list of dependencies that can be copied into your build files. In the next section, you’ll be provided with compatibility information about each version of the Liferay Faces artifacts.
Liferay Faces Alloy
Provides a suite of JSF components that utilize AlloyUI.
| Branch | Example Artifact | AlloyUI | JSF API | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| master (4.x) | com.liferay.faces.alloy-4.1.0.jar | 3.1.x | 2.2+ | AlloyUI 3.1.x is the version that comes bundled with Liferay Portal 7.3. |
| 3.x | com.liferay.faces.alloy-3.1.0.jar | 3.0.x | 2.2+ | AlloyUI 3.0.x is the version that comes bundled with Liferay Portal 7.0/7.1/7.2. |
| 2.x | com.liferay.faces.alloy-2.0.1.jar | 2.0.x | 2.1+ | AlloyUI 2.0.x is the version that comes bundled with Liferay Portal 6.2. |
| 1.x | com.liferay.faces.alloy-1.0.1.jar | 2.0.x | 1.2 | AlloyUI 2.0.x is the version that comes bundled with Liferay Portal 6.2. |
Liferay Faces Bridge
Provides the ability to deploy JSF web applications as portlets within Apache Pluto, the reference implementation for JSR 286 (Portlet 2.0) and JSR 362 (Portlet 3.0).
| Branch | Example Artifacts | Portlet API | JSF API | JCP Specification | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| API: 5.x IMPL: 5.x | com.liferay.faces.bridge.api-5.0.0.jar com.liferay.faces.bridge.impl-5.0.0.jar | 3.0 | 2.2 | JSR 378 | Under “Final Review” by the JCP and scheduled for release in 2020. |
| API: 4.x IMPL: 4.x | com.liferay.faces.bridge.api-4.1.0.jar com.liferay.faces.bridge.impl-4.0.0.jar | 2.0 | 2.2 | JSR 329 | Includes non-standard bridge extensions for JSF 2.2. |
| API: 3.x IMPL: 3.x | com.liferay.faces.bridge.api-3.1.0.jar com.liferay.faces.bridge.impl-3.0.0.jar | 2.0 | 2.1 | JSR 329 | Includes non-standard bridge extensions for JSF 2.1. |
| API: 2.x IMPL: 2.x | com.liferay.faces.bridge.api-2.1.0.jar com.liferay.faces.bridge.impl-2.0.0.jar | 2.0 | 1.2 | JSR 329 (MR1) | Includes support for Maintenance Release 1 (MR1). |
| 1.x | N/A | 1.0 | 1.2 | JSR 301 | N/A (Not Applicable) since Liferay Faces Bridge has never implemented JSR 301. |
Liferay Faces Bridge Ext
Extension to Liferay Faces Bridge that provides compatibility with Liferay Portal and also takes advantage of Liferay-specific features such as friendly URLs.
| Branch | Example Artifact | Liferay Portal API | Bridge API | Portlet API | JSF API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.x | com.liferay.faces.bridge.ext-8.0.0.jar | 7.3.0+ | 5.x | 3.0 | 2.3 |
| 7.x | com.liferay.faces.bridge.ext-7.0.0.jar | 7.3.0+ | 5.x | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| 6.x | com.liferay.faces.bridge.ext-6.0.0.jar | 7.3.0+ | 4.x | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| 5.x | com.liferay.faces.bridge.ext-5.0.4.jar | 7.0.x/7.1.x/7.2.x | 4.x | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| 4.x | UNUSED | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3.x | com.liferay.faces.bridge.ext-3.0.1.jar | 6.2.x | 4.x | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| 2.x | com.liferay.faces.bridge.ext-2.0.1.jar | 6.2.x | 3.x | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| 1.x | com.liferay.faces.bridge.ext-1.0.1.jar | 6.2.x | 2.x | 2.0 | 1.2 |
Liferay Faces Portal
Provides a suite of JSF components that are based on the JSP tags provided by Liferay Portal.
| Branch | Example Artifact | Liferay Portal API | Portlet API | JSF API |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x | com.liferay.faces.portal-6.0.0.jar | 7.2+ | 3.0 | 2.3 |
| 5.x | com.liferay.faces.portal-5.0.0.jar | 7.2+ | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| 4.x | com.liferay.faces.portal-4.0.0.jar | 7.2/7.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| 3.x | com.liferay.faces.portal-3.0.1.jar | 7.0/7.1/7.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| 2.x | com.liferay.faces.portal-2.0.1.jar | 6.2 | 2.0 | 2.1/2.2 |
| 1.x | com.liferay.faces.portal-1.0.1.jar | 6.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
Liferay Faces Util
Library that contains general purpose JSF utilities to support many of the sub-projects that comprise Liferay Faces.
| Branch | Example Artifact | JSF API |
|---|---|---|
| master | com.liferay.faces.util-3.1.0.jar | 2.3 |
| 3.x | com.liferay.faces.util-3.1.0.jar | 2.2 |
| 2.x | com.liferay.faces.util-2.1.0.jar | 2.1 |
| 1.x | com.liferay.faces.util-1.1.0.jar | 1.2 |
The the following image refers to the Liferay Faces dependency diagram, which helps to visualize how components interact and depend on each other.
Next, you can see some example configurations to see the new versioning scheme in action.