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Summary

Tag name: <t:selectItems>
UIComponent class: org.apache.myfaces.custom.selectitems.UISelectItems
Tag class: org.apache.myfaces.custom.selectitems.SelectItemsTag
Component type: org.apache.myfaces.UISelectItems
Component family: javax.faces.SelectItems

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..

Usage

<h:selectOneMenu id="menu1" value="#{selectItemsBean.selectedCarColor}">
    <t:selectItems value="#{selectItemsBean.carList}" var="Car" itemLabel="#{Car.type}" itemValue="#{Car.color}" />
</h:selectOneMenu>

Instructions

This component can be used with any selection component. Also it's compatible with RI.

Attributes

Name Type Supports EL? Description
binding String Only EL Identifies a backing bean property (of type UIComponent or appropriate subclass) to bind to this component instance. This value must be an EL expression.
id String Yes An identifier for this particular component instance within a component view.

The id must be unique within the scope of the tag's enclosing NamingContainer (eg h:form or f:subview). The id is not necessarily unique across all components in the current view

This value must be a static value, ie not change over the lifetime of a component. It cannot be defined via an EL expression; only a string is permitted.

itemLabel Object Yes name of the selectitem
itemValue Object Yes value of the selectitem
useEntryAsItem boolean Yes Only applies when value points to a map. Use the Entry instance instead the value for resolve EL Expressions
value Object Yes An EL expression that specifies the contents of the selection list. The expression can refer to one of the following:
  1. A single SelectItem
  2. An array or Collection of SelectItem instances
  3. A Map. The contents of the Map are used to create SelectItem instances, where the SelectItem's label is the map's key value, and the SelectItem's value is the map's value. When using a map, it is recommended that an ordered implementation such as java.util.TreeMap is used.
The value properties of each of the SelectItems must be of the same basic type as the parent component's value.
var String Yes name of the iterator