The following examples illustrate some of the alternatives in action. The tutorial section surveys the pros and cons of each approach in various circumstances, then gives details on the ui:repeat option.

• Build simple HTML in a bean.
• Use a prebuilt component such as h:dataTable.
• Build your own composite component.
• Loop with ui:repeat. The main topic of this tutorial section. The other approaches are only briefly summarized in the tutorial, but h:dataTable and composite components are covered in depth in later tutorial sections.
• Use JSP scripting and an explicit loop.