Seam - Basic

This exam verifies general understanding of the Seam 2.0 basic concepts, required to implement a simple Seam application. Focus is on the general understanding and not on the configuration details.

Business processes and integration with other third-party libraries are out of scope for this exam. All advanced concepts will be covered in the Intermed exam.

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Core
Seam Components 2 questions Know that Seam components are POJOs and they can be JavaBeans, entity or session beans. Define the component name and scope using annotations (@Name, @Scope) or in the components.xml file. Explain why stateful session beans require a method with @Destroy and @Remove annotations.	1	25	1	Add a question Beta questions
Bijection 2 questions Be able to in- and outject properties directly or by accessor methods. Understand the meaning of "required" and "create".	1	15	2	Add a question Beta questions
Contexts 2 questions Name the 7 context types: stateless, event (request), page, conversation, session, business process and application. Explain their lifetime, their priority and their intended purpose (except for business process context).	1	19	0	Add a question Beta questions
Conversations and Navigation
Conversation Basics 2 questions Explain the meaning of a long-running conversations. Use the @Begin and @End annotations.	0	22	0	Add a question Beta questions
Simplified JSF navigation 1 question Navigate via action listener methods	0	4	0	Add a question Beta questions
Navigation using pages.xml 2 questions Define a simple pageflow with the tags page, navigation, rule and redirect.	1	10	2	Add a question Beta questions
Configuration and Packaging
Configuring Seam 1 question Configure Seam for hot deployment and understand the limitations Know why the seam.properties is crucial.	0	7	0	Add a question Beta questions
Packaging 1 question List the configuration files that have to be packaged in a seam Java EE 5 application Define in which directory the configuration files are packaged	0	4	0	Add a question Beta questions
Seam-gen tool 1 question Describe the difference between EAR and WAR deployment Start seam-gen with the parameters for Eclipse projects, actions, forms and a simple CRUD application	0	5	0	Add a question Beta questions
Other
Seam tags and JBoss EL 1 question Explain the difference between s:link/s:button and h:commandLink/h:commandButton. Use parameterized expressions in Expression Language.	0	12	1	Add a question Beta questions