org.apache.myfaces.custom.selectitems
Class AbstractUISelectItems

java.lang.Object
  javax.faces.component.UIComponent
      javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase
          javax.faces.component.UISelectItems
              org.apache.myfaces.custom.selectitems.AbstractUISelectItems

All Implemented Interfaces:

javax.faces.component.StateHolder

public abstract class AbstractUISelectItems
extends javax.faces.component.UISelectItems

An extended version of the standard UISelectItems. Populates the SelectItem collection from the given value automatically using the itemLabel and itemValue attributes. By using the component there is no need to manually create a SelectItem collection because component automatically populates SelectItem objects from types like Collection, Map and etc..

Since:

1.1.7

Version:

$Revision: 891039 $ $Date: 2009-12-15 17:29:01 -0500 (Tue, 15 Dec 2009) $

Author:

cagatay (latest modification by $Author: lu4242 $)

Field Summary

static String

COMPONENT_TYPE

Fields inherited from class javax.faces.component.UISelectItems

COMPONENT_FAMILY

Constructor Summary

AbstractUISelectItems()

Method Summary

abstract Object	getItemLabel() name of the selectitem
abstract Object	getItemValue() value of the selectitem
Object	getValue()
abstract String	getVar() name of the iterator
abstract boolean	isUseEntryAsItem() Only applies when value points to a map.

Methods inherited from class javax.faces.component.UISelectItems

getFamily, isRendered, restoreState, saveState, setRendered, setValue

Methods inherited from class javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase

addFacesListener, broadcast, decode, encodeBegin, encodeChildren, encodeEnd, findComponent, getAttributes, getChildCount, getChildren, getClientId, getFacesContext, getFacesListeners, getFacet, getFacets, getFacetsAndChildren, getId, getParent, getRenderer, getRendererType, getRendersChildren, getValueBinding, isTransient, processDecodes, processRestoreState, processSaveState, processUpdates, processValidators, queueEvent, removeFacesListener, restoreAttachedState, saveAttachedState, setId, setParent, setRendererType, setTransient, setValueBinding

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COMPONENT_TYPE

public static final String COMPONENT_TYPE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractUISelectItems

public AbstractUISelectItems()

Method Detail

getVar

public abstract String getVar()

name of the iterator

getItemLabel

public abstract Object getItemLabel()

name of the selectitem

getItemValue

public abstract Object getItemValue()

value of the selectitem

isUseEntryAsItem

public abstract boolean isUseEntryAsItem()

Only applies when value points to a map. Use the Entry instance instead the value for resolve EL Expressions

Since:

1.1.10

getValue

public Object getValue()

Overrides:

getValue in class javax.faces.component.UISelectItems