Binding the Bean to the JSP Page

JSF uses an XML file called faces-config.xml to manage the configuration of beans so that the beans' methods are available to components in the page.

The code for the faces-config.xml file is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 

 
<!DOCTYPE faces-config PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces 
Config 1.1//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd">
 

 
<faces-config xmlns="http://java.sun.com/JSF/Configuration">
 

 
	<managed-bean>
 
			<managed-bean-name>timeZoneBean</managed-bean-name>
 
			<managed-bean-class>com.icesoft.tutorial.TimeZoneBean</managed-bean-class>
 
			<managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
 
	</managed-bean>
 
	
 
</faces-config>
 

The entry bean is given a name by which it can be referred to in the JSP page and the name is also associated with a Java class so that it can be instantiated as required. The bean is also given a scope to indicate how the bean can be accessed.

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