The <application> element declares replacements for various pluggable classes for the application. The top-level nested elements can be declared in any order.

Syntax

<application>

  [<action-listener>actionListener</action-listener>]

  [<default-render-kit>defaultRenderKit</default-render-kit>]

  [<message-bundle>messageBundle</message-bundle>]

  [<navigation-handler>navigationHandler</navigation-handler>]

  [<view-handler>viewHandler</view-handler>]

  [<state-manager>stateManager</state-manager>]

  [<property-resolver>propertyHandler</property-resolver>]

  [<variable-resolver>variableResolver</variable-resolver>]

  [<locale-config>

     [<default-locale>defaultLocale</default-locale>]

     [<supported-locale>supportedLocale</supported-locale>]*

   </locale-config>]

</application>

The <action-listener> element contains the fully qualified class name for a class implementing the javax.faces.event.ActionListener interface, used as the default ActionListener for the application:

<action-listener>

  com.mycompany.jsf.MyActionListener

</action-listener>

The <default-render-kit> element contains identifier for a default render kit to use instead of the JSF HTML basic render kit:

<default-render-kit>myFancyHTMLKit</default-render-kit>

The <message-bundle> element contains base name for the message resource bundle containing custom message texts for the JSF standard messages (see the java.util.ResourceBundle JavaDocs and Chapter 7 for details):

<message-bundle>myMessages</message-bundle>

The <navigation-handler> element contains the fully qualified class name for a customized javax.faces.application.NavigationHandler class:

<navigation-handler>

  com.mycompany.jsf.MyNavigationHandler

</navigation-handler>

The <view-handler> element contains the fully qualified class name for a customized javax.faces.application.ViewHandler class:

<view-handler>

  com.mycompany.jsf.MyViewHandler

</view-handler>

The <state-manager> element contains the fully qualified class name for a customized javax.faces.application.StateManager class

<view-handler>

  com.mycompany.jsf.MyViewHandler

</view-handler>

The <property-resolver> element contains the fully qualified class name for a customized javax.faces.el.PropertyResolver class:

<property-resolver>

  com.mycompany.jsf.MyPropertyResolver

</property-resolver>

The <variable-resolver> element contains the fully qualified class name for a customized javax.faces.el.VariableResolver class:

<variable-resolver>

  com.mycompany.jsf.MyVariableResolver

</variable-resolver>

The <locale-config> element contains one optional <default-locale> element declaring the default locale for the application and any number of <supported-locale> elements declaring additional supported locales. A locale is specified as a language code, optionally followed by a country code, optionally followed by a variant, with the pieces separated by a dash or an underscore:

<locale-config>

  <default-locale>en-US</default-locale>

   <supported-locale>fr</supported-locale>

   <supported-locale>sv</supported-locale>

</locale-config>