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OmniFaces 2.0 released!

After a poll regarding the future dependencies of OmniFaces 2.0 and two release candidates we're proud to announce that today we've finally released OmniFaces 2.0. OmniFaces 2.0 is a direct continuation of OmniFaces 1.x, but has started to build on newer dependencies. We also took the opportunity to do a little refactoring here and there (specifically noticeable in the Events class). The easiest way to use OmniFaces is via Maven by adding the following to pom.xml: <dependency> <groupId>org.omnifaces</groupId> <artifactId>omnifaces</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </dependency> A detailed description of the biggest items of this release can be found on the blog of BalusC . One particular new feature not mentioned there is a new capability that has been added to <o:validateBean> ; class level bean validation. While JSF core and OmniFaces both have had a validateBean for some time, one thing it c