The CoffeeBreakBean JavaBeans Component

CoffeeBreakBean acts as the backing bean to the JSP pages. See Backing Beans for more information on backing beans. CoffeeBreakBean creates the ShoppingCart object, which defines the model data for the components on the orderForm page that hold the data about each coffee. CoffeeBreakBean also loads the RetailPriceList object. In addition, it provides the methods that are invoked when the buttons on the orderForm and checkoutAck are clicked. For example, the checkout method is invoked when the Checkout button is clicked because the tag corresponding to the Checkout button refers to the checkout method by means of its action attribute:

<h:commandButton id="checkoutLink" value="#{CBMessages.Checkout}"
    action="#{CoffeeBreakBean.checkout}" />

The checkout method returns a String, which the JavaServer Faces page navigation system matches against a set of navigation rules to determine what page to access next. The navigation rules are defined in a separate XML file, described in Resource Configuration.