Re: JSF 1.2

From:
lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:32:35 -0700 (PDT)
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On Jul 13, 11:17 am, Chris Riesbeck <Chris.Riesb...@gmail.com> wrote:

On 7/13/2011 3:03 AM, Pif - 34 wrote:

Hello,

I'm working on a project based on JSF1.2. In a XHTML document, I must
call a method using a parameter.

So, since this is not possible directly using standard syntax, I would
like to know if one of following solutions is possible that cut be
usefull in my code:

- use an include of a JSP template that do the code I need to place ? I=

n

a <html ... > doc, you can only include <html subdocs ?

- include a JSP tag in the <html> that allow to place javacode ?

Do you have Id of workarounds ?


For just one such method, you can create a function you can call in the
JSP expression language. Just two steps:

   - in an appropriate class, define a static method
   - in a TLD file, declare the function

Details at

   http://download.oracle.com/javaee/1.4/tutorial/doc/JSPIntro7.html

If I have many such methods, I define one "call" method in some utility
class (error checking code removed) and the associated TLD

   public static Object call(final Object obj, final String methodNam=

e,

final Object arg)
   throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
NoSuchMethodException {
    return obj.getClass()
              .getMethod(methodName, arg.getClass())
              .invoke(obj, arg);
   }

then I can write expressions like the following, where au is the prefix
for my tag library:

    "${au:call(user, 'getDomainRoles', domain)}"

to call user.getDomainRoles(domain)


Why are people discussing JSP when the OP states that the problem is
in XHTML?

There are other ways, too - for example, set a member variable in a
page-level bean instead of passing a method argument.

I thought EL allowed passing arguments to methods. I will have to
research this. It's a problem I've faced before but I don't remember
the solution off the top of my head. I'll be back on that.

--
Lew

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