JSF and MVC 1.0, a comparison in code
One of the new specs that will debut in Java EE 8 will be MVC 1.0, a second MVC framework alongside the existing MVC framework JSF. A lot has been written about this. Discussions have mostly been about the why , whether it isn't introduced too late in the game, and what the advantages (if any) above JSF exactly are. Among the advantages that were initially mentioned were the ability to have different templating engines, have better performance and the ability to be stateless. Discussions have furthermore also been about the name of this new framework. This name can be somewhat confusing. Namely, the term MVC to contrast with JSF is perhaps technically not entirely accurate, as both are MVC frameworks. The flavor of MVC intended to be implemented by MVC 1.0 is actually "action-based MVC", most well known among Java developers as "MVC the way Spring MVC implements it". The flavor of MVC that JSF implements is "Component-based MVC". Alternative term