Make JSF intuitive, with bookmarkable and pretty URLs

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JSF is a web framework designed for web-applications , not designed for web-sites.

 

The difference between a web-application / web-site

When I think of a web-site, I think of a group of pages having:

• Multiple points of entry
• Navigation via <a href> or <form> HTML elements.
• Mostly stateless; the application may care who you are, but usually does not care where you came from, or where you have been.

When I think of a web-application, I think of a group of pages having:

• One or only a few points of entry (login page, etc. No direct links.)
• Navigation via page-flows.
• Mostly stateful; the application cares who you are and where you have been.