List property in Managed Mean
JSF Managed Beans can initialize its List properties in the faces-config.xml. There is a property in the faces-config.xml as list-entries. This cane be used for initializing the values and can be accessed directly through the Managed Beans in any JSP pages.
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You also can directly use the List as Managed Beans.
JSP File (index.jsp)
<%@taglib prefix="f" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"%>;
<%@taglib prefix="h" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"%>
<html>
<body>
<f:view>
<h:form>
<h:dataTable var="loc" value="#{jsfBean.listValues}">
<h:column>
<h:outputText value="#{loc}"/>
</h:column>
</h:dataTable>
</h:form>
</f:view>
</body>
</html>
JavaBean (JavaBeatJsfBean.java)
package javabeat.net.jsf;
import java.util.List;
/**
* source : www.javabeat.net
*/
public class JavaBeatJsfBean {
private List listValues;
public List getListValues() {
return listValues;
}
public void setListValues(List listValues) {
this.listValues = listValues;
}
}
faces-config.xml
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<faces-config version="1.2"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-facesconfig_1_2.xsd">
<managed-bean>
<managed-bean-name>jsfBean</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>javabeat.net.jsf.JavaBeatJsfBean</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
<managed-property>
<property-name>listValues</property-name>
<list-entries>
<value>Google.com</value>
<value>Yahoo.com</value>
<value>Guruji.com</value>
</list-entries>
</managed-property>
</managed-bean>
<navigation-rule>
<navigation-case>
<from-outcome>success</from-outcome>
<to-view-id>/index.jsp</to-view-id>
</navigation-case>
</navigation-rule>
</faces-config>
Lists and Maps as Managed Beans in JSF