Integrating JSF with Spring Security

Let's create a simple Apache MyFaces application in Eclipse. Also let's integrate Spring Security to JSF, and then demonstrate basic authentication.

Getting ready

• You will need Eclipse Indigo or a higher version
• Create a dynamic web project JSF
• In your Eclipse IDE, create a dynamic web project: JSf_Spring_Security_Chapter_3_Recipe1
• Create a source folder: src/main/java
• Create a package: com.packt.jsf.bean
• Create a Managed Bean: User.java
• Use Tomcat server to deploy the application

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to implement a basic authentication mechanism with JSF and Spring Security:

1. User.java is the Managed Bean of the application. It has two methods: sayHello() and reset():

   User.java class:

   package com.packt.jsf.bean;
   public class User {
      private String name;
      private boolean flag= true; 
      public String getName() {
            return this.name;
      }
      public void setName(String name) {
            this.name = name;
      }
       public String...