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    <title>Welcome</title>
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    <section name="Welcome to Struts Faces">
    <a name="welcome"/>

  <p>
    The "Struts Faces" component contains an add-on library that supports 
    the use of JavaServer Faces (JSF) user interface technology in a 
    Struts-based web application, in place of the Struts custom tag libraries.
  </p>
  
  <p>
    The Struts-Faces Integration Library should work with any implementation
    of JavaServer Faces, version 1.0 or later.  It has primarily been tested
    against version 1.1 of the 
    <a href="http://java.sun.com/javaee/javaserverfaces/">JavaServer Faces</a>
    reference implementation.
  </p>

  <p>
    For more information, consult the
    <a href="README.txt" target="_blank">README</a> file or the
    <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsFaces">StrutsFaces</a>
    wiki page.
  </p>
  
  <p>Known issues with some JSF implementations:
    <ul>
      <li><a href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYFACES-1421">
      [MYFACES-1421]</a> - MyFaces 1.1.4 does not recognize the family of the
      Struts Faces form component.</li>
    </ul>
  </p>
  
  <p>
    Note that the Struts Faces component is intended as a "bridge" between 
    Struts 1 and JavaServer Faces. 
    The typical use case is a team that would like to experiment with JSF 
    components but does not want to completely rework an existing application. 
  </p>
  
  <p>
    For better JavaServer Faces support, 
    consider using Struts 2 or 
    <a href="http://shale.apache.org/">Apache Shale.</a>
  </p>
    </section>

    <section name="Struts-Faces Issue Tracking">
    <a name="issue"/>

      <p>Please report any bugs, or log any enhancement requests, in the
      <a href="http://issues.apache.org/struts/">Struts JIRA Issue Tracker</a> 
      to the <code>Faces</code> component under <code>Struts 1.</code></p>

    </section>


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