JSF 1.2 : Can I create reusable component inside JSF view - jsf

Question

Is possible to something like this in jsf?
<ui:composition>
<x:reusableCode id="editScreen">InnerHtml ... </x:reusableCode>
code...
<x:use component="editScreen"/>
</ui:composition
I know I can create my own component and register it in jsf tagLib, but I need reusable HTML only in on jsf view file.

Answer 1

In Facelets 1.x you can create a tag file for this purpose.
Here's a basic kickoff example. Create /WEB-INF/tags/some.xhtml:
<ui:composition
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
>
<h:outputText value="#{foo}" />
</ui:composition>
Define it in /WEB-INF/my.taglib.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE facelet-taglib PUBLIC
"-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Facelet Taglib 1.0//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/facelet-taglib_1_0.dtd">
<facelet-taglib>
<namespace>http://example.com/jsf/facelets</namespace>
<tag>
<tag-name>some</tag-name>
<source>/WEB-INF/tags/some.xhtml</source>
</tag>
</facelet-taglib>
Register it in /WEB-INF/web.xml:
<context-param>
<param-name>facelets.LIBRARIES</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/my.taglib.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
(note, when you have multiple, use semicolon ; to separate them)
Finally just declare it in your main page templates.
<ui:composition
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
xmlns:my="http://example.com/jsf/facelets"
>
<my:some foo="value1" />
<my:some foo="value2" />
<my:some foo="value3" />
</ui:composition>
A more advanced example can be found here: How to make a grid of JSF composite component? Note: JSF 2.0 targeted, but with minor changes based on above example it works as good on Facelets 1.x.