Chapter 3 Running the ICEfaces Sample Applications

Chapter 3 Running the ICEfaces Sample Applications

ICEfaces is bundled with five sample applications: Auction Monitor, Address Form, Component Showcase, Webmail and Timezone. Source code is available in the bundle src directory for all examples except Auction Monitor. The Webmail application must be built using the provided Ant build script.

The samples directory contains pre-packaged versions for the following:

auctionMonitor.war
address.war
component-showcase.war
timezone.war (completed tutorial application)

Each sample application is packaged as a WAR file, which provides a convenient bundle for deployment of a web application to Tomcat and other application servers.

The quickest and easiest way to deploy a WAR file on Tomcat is to copy the file into the webapps directory of the Tomcat installation. By default, Tomcat periodically checks this directory for updates and, if it finds a new WAR file, automatically deploys the application. Once you've copied the WAR file into webapps and Tomcat has deployed the application, you can view and interact with it by opening a web browser and typing in the appropriate URL for the application that you want to browse.

Application

Archive

URL

AuctionMonitor

auctionMonitor.war

http://localhost:8080/auctionMonitor/

AddressForm

address.war

http://localhost:8080/address/

Component Showcase

component-showcase.war

http://localhost:8080/component-showcase/

TimeZone

timezone.war

http://localhost:8080/timezone/

The sample applications highlight the various features and capabilities that ICEfaces technology provides.

Application	Archive	URL
AuctionMonitor	auctionMonitor.war	http://localhost:8080/auctionMonitor/
AddressForm	address.war	http://localhost:8080/address/
Component Showcase	component-showcase.war	http://localhost:8080/component-showcase/
TimeZone	timezone.war	http://localhost:8080/timezone/