jsfmanaged-beancustom-tagfacelet-tag

Access attributes valueExpression in ManagedBean


I have a custom facelet tag which simply includes an outputText. Reason for using a custom tag is to modify the value depending on the entity field. For ex: if the outputText is used for a percentage value, I want to print the value with % without the client having to add it

My problem is how do I access the attributes value expression in the backing bean

<f:attribute name="value" value="#{value}" />    

<h:outputText value="#{outputBean.value}"></h:outputText>

In the backing bean

public String getValue() {
    //ValueExpression valueExpression =     Read the page attributes and get the value expression of attribute "value"
    // String value =   set the value according to the value expression after necessary modifications

    return value;
}  

Solution

  • You want to get the ValueExpression #{value} from the f:attribute component? It'd it would be simpler to not search the view, but simply add the attribute to and inspect the h:outputText component and give the attribute a special unique name:

    XHTML fragment:

    <h:outputText value="#{myBean.value}" >
        <f:attribute name="tofuwurst" value="#{chunk}"/>
    </h:outputText>
    

    MyBean.java:

    import javax.el.ValueExpression;
    import javax.enterprise.context.RequestScoped;
    import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
    import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
    import javax.inject.Named;
    
    @Named
    @RequestScoped
    public class MyBean {
        private Object value;
    
        public Object getValue() {
            FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
            UIComponent currentComponent = UIComponent.getCurrentComponent(context);
            ValueExpression veTofuwurst = currentComponent.getValueExpression("tofuwurst");
            assert null != veTofuwurst;
            // have fun with a #{chunk} of Tofuwurst here
    
            return value;
        }
    
        public void setValue(Object value) {
            this.value = value;
        }
    
    }