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:

java.util.EventListener, javax.faces.component.PartialStateHolder, javax.faces.component.StateHolder, javax.faces.event.ComponentSystemEventListener, javax.faces.event.FacesListener, javax.faces.event.SystemEventListenerHolder

Direct Known Subclasses:

UISelectItems

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 java.lang.String

COMPONENT_TYPE

Fields inherited from class javax.faces.component.UISelectItems

COMPONENT_FAMILY

Fields inherited from class javax.faces.component.UIComponent

BEANINFO_KEY, bindings, COMPOSITE_COMPONENT_TYPE_KEY, COMPOSITE_FACET_NAME, CURRENT_COMPONENT, CURRENT_COMPOSITE_COMPONENT, FACETS_KEY, VIEW_LOCATION_KEY

Constructor Summary

AbstractUISelectItems()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.Object	getItemDescription() name of the selectitem
abstract java.lang.Object	getItemDisabled() disabled state of the selectitem
abstract java.lang.Object	getItemLabel() name of the selectitem
abstract java.lang.Object	getItemLabelEscaped() indicate if the label should be escaped of the selectitem
abstract java.lang.Object	getItemValue() value of the selectitem
java.lang.Object	getValue()
abstract java.lang.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, setRendered, setValue

Methods inherited from class javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase

addClientBehavior, addFacesListener, broadcast, clearInitialState, decode, encodeBegin, encodeChildren, encodeEnd, findComponent, getAttributes, getChildCount, getChildren, getClientBehaviors, getClientId, getDefaultEventName, getEventNames, getFacesContext, getFacesListeners, getFacet, getFacetCount, getFacets, getFacetsAndChildren, getId, getParent, getRenderer, getRendererType, getRendersChildren, getValueBinding, initialStateMarked, invokeOnComponent, isRendered, isTransient, markInitialState, processDecodes, processRestoreState, processSaveState, processUpdates, processValidators, queueEvent, removeFacesListener, restoreAttachedState, restoreState, saveAttachedState, saveState, setId, setParent, setRendererType, setTransient, setValueBinding, visitTree

Methods inherited from class javax.faces.component.UIComponent

encodeAll, getClientId, getCompositeComponentParent, getContainerClientId, getCurrentComponent, getCurrentCompositeComponent, getListenersForEventClass, getNamingContainer, getResourceBundleMap, getStateHelper, getStateHelper, getValueExpression, isCompositeComponent, isInView, isVisitable, popComponentFromEL, processEvent, pushComponentToEL, setInView, setValueExpression, subscribeToEvent, unsubscribeFromEvent

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 java.lang.String COMPONENT_TYPE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractUISelectItems

public AbstractUISelectItems()

Method Detail

getVar

public abstract java.lang.String getVar()

name of the iterator

getItemLabel

public abstract java.lang.Object getItemLabel()

name of the selectitem

getItemValue

public abstract java.lang.Object getItemValue()

value of the selectitem

getItemLabelEscaped

public abstract java.lang.Object getItemLabelEscaped()

indicate if the label should be escaped of the selectitem

Since:

1.1.9

getItemDescription

public abstract java.lang.Object getItemDescription()

name of the selectitem

Since:

1.1.9

getItemDisabled

public abstract java.lang.Object getItemDisabled()

disabled state of the selectitem

Since:

1.1.9

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 java.lang.Object getValue()

Overrides:

getValue in class javax.faces.component.UISelectItems