How do I insert non breaking space character in a JSF page?

Question

How do I insert a non breaking space character in JSF page like I can in HTML using  ? Is there such a tag in JSF?

Answer 1

I found that the parser would complain if I used the   entity in my page. After a little research, I learned that if I added a DOCTYPE declaration to the beginning of the page, the entity was allowed. I use this DOCTYPE declaration:

A side effect of this is that the resulting code (as seen by using the "view source" feature of a web browser) doesn't actually contain the   entity. It instead includes the actual characters that represent a nonbreaking space. Although it works, it's not really what I want. I'm still looking for a way to make the parser not replace the entity with the character.

More information here: http://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-1576