com.esri.gpt.framework.jsf.components
Class UISupport

java.lang.Object
  com.esri.gpt.framework.jsf.components.UISupport

public class UISupport
extends Object

The Class UISupport. Supporting methods for

Constructor Summary

UISupport()

Method Summary

MethodBinding	createActionBinding(String expression) Creates the action binding.
MethodBinding	createActLstnrMethodBinding(String expression) Creates the action listener method binding.
MethodBinding	createValidatorBinding(String expression) Creates the validator binding.
ValueBinding	createValueBinding(String expression) Creates the value binding.
boolean	enclosedInForm(UIComponent comp) Enclosed in form.
UIComponent	findComponent(FacesContext context, String id) Find component.
UIComponent	findComponent(UIComponent root, String id) Find component.
UIForm	findEnclosingFormOf(UIComponent comp) Find enclosing form of the component.
String	getBeanExpression(String beanName) Gets the bean expression.
String	getBeanExpression(String beanName, String property) Gets the expression.
void	renderChildren(UIComponent component, FacesContext context) Render children.
void	renderRecursive(UIComponent component, FacesContext context) Recursive render a component.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UISupport

public UISupport()

Method Detail

createActionBinding

public MethodBinding createActionBinding(String expression)

Creates the action binding.

Parameters:

expression - the expression

Returns:

the method binding

createActLstnrMethodBinding

public MethodBinding createActLstnrMethodBinding(String expression)

Creates the action listener method binding.

Parameters:

expression - the expression

Returns:

the method binding

createValidatorBinding

public MethodBinding createValidatorBinding(String expression)

Creates the validator binding.

Parameters:

expression - the expression

Returns:

the method binding

createValueBinding

public ValueBinding createValueBinding(String expression)

Creates the value binding.

Parameters:

expression - the expression

Returns:

the value binding

renderChildren

public void renderChildren(UIComponent component,
                           FacesContext context)
                    throws IOException

Render children.

Parameters:

component - the component

context - the context

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

renderRecursive

public void renderRecursive(UIComponent component,
                            FacesContext context)
                     throws IOException

Recursive render a component.

Parameters:

component - the component

context - the context

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

getBeanExpression

public String getBeanExpression(String beanName)

Gets the bean expression. Generates #{beanName}

Parameters:

beanName - the bean name

Returns:

the bean expression

getBeanExpression

public String getBeanExpression(String beanName,
                                String property)

Gets the expression. Generates #{beanName.property}

Parameters:

beanName - the bean name

property - the property

Returns:

the expression

findComponent

public UIComponent findComponent(FacesContext context,
                                 String id)

Find component. The default findComponent in JSF objects do not work as intended.

Parameters:

id - the id

context - the context (if null, FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() used)

Returns:

the UI component (null if not found)

findComponent

public UIComponent findComponent(UIComponent root,
                                 String id)

Find component. UIComponent.findComponent method does not work

Parameters:

root - Component to start at

id - The id to look for

Returns:

the UI component

enclosedInForm

public boolean enclosedInForm(UIComponent comp)

Enclosed in form.

Parameters:

comp - the comp

Returns:

true, if HtmlForm object is parent of component

findEnclosingFormOf

public UIForm findEnclosingFormOf(UIComponent comp)

Find enclosing form of the component.

Parameters:

comp - the component to find the enclsing form of

Returns:

the form component (null if form parent not found)