Version 1.2.3_RC2: binary, source, documentation (stable)
Minor Release: 20090331

1. Servlet forwards are working

Version 1.2.3_RC1: binary, source, documentation (stable)
Minor Release: 20090319

1. Managed query-params now accept multiple parameters of the same name: E.g.: String[] names — would accept a list of parameters (with the same name) from the request
2. Enhanced configuration loading — PrettyFaces now looks for /META-INF/pretty-config.xml by default, in addition to accepting a comma-separated list of user config-files in the web.xml init param: com.ocpsoft.pretty.CONFIG_FILES — submitted by Aleksei Valikov
3. JSP support for standard attributes on the pretty:link tag has been fixed. The pretty link will now accept style=’mystyle’ and other attributes — from Derek Hollis at OcpSoft

To include PrettyFaces in a Maven project, add the following dependency to your POM.

<dependency>
<groupId>com.ocpsoft</groupId>
<artifactId>ocpsoft-pretty-faces</artifactId>
<version>{version}</version>
</dependency>

Special thanks to Ryan DeLaplante at http://www.ryandelaplante.com for helping me get this set up! He wrote the initial POM and helped me to get started learning Maven… now I’m hooked.

• Enhanced internal navigation/redirects. Returning “pretty:” from a JSF action method, or Pretty action method will cause a redirect to the current page. Effectively a refresh.
• Added the <pretty:link> component.
• Added attribute to Pretty action method configuration, allowing targeting of action methods to specific JSF phases in the lifecycle.

View the documentation here, for PrettyFaces.

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PrettyFaces is an OpenSource JSF extension which enables creation of bookmarkable, pretty URLs made easy. Our goal was to solve this problem as simply as possible, while still enabling a useful set of functions such as: page-load actions, integration with faces navigation, dynamic view-id assignment, and managed parameter parsing. All of this without introducing unnecessary coupling.