The to-view-id element can be a value expression, in which case it is evaluated. The result is used as the view ID. This type of providing of to-view-id isn’t implemented before JSF 2.0. This
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1. Managed Bean
IndexBean.java
package net.javabeat.jsf;
import javax.faces.application.FacesMessage;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
@ManagedBean
@SessionScoped
public class IndexBean {
private String username;
private String password;
private String nextView;
public String getUsername() {
return username;
}
public void setUsername(String username) {
this.username = username;
}
public String getPassword() {
return password;
}
public void setPassword(String password) {
this.password = password;
}
public String getNextView() {
return nextView;
}
public void setNextView(String nextView) {
this.nextView = nextView;
}
public String login(){
if(this.username.equalsIgnoreCase("javabeat") &&
this.password.equals("javabeat")){
return "welcome";
}
else {
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null,
new FacesMessage("You're username or password isn't valid"));
return "login";
}
}
public String logout(){
this.nextView = "login";
return "logout";
}
public String expensesView(){
this.nextView = "expensesView";
return "expenses";
}
}
2. The views
login.xhtml
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core">
<h:head>
<h:outputScript library="javax.faces" name="jsf.js"/>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<f:view>
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<h:form prependId="false">
<h:messages globalOnly="true" style="color:red"></h:messages>
<h:panelGrid columns="2">
<h:outputText value="Enter Username: "/>
<h:inputText value="#{indexBean.username}"/>
<h:outputText value="Enter Password: "/>
<h:inputText value="#{indexBean.password}"/>
</h:panelGrid>
<h:commandButton value="Login" action="#{indexBean.login}"></h:commandButton>
</h:form>
</f:view>
</h:body>
</html>
welcome.xhtml
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core">
<f:view>
<h:form>
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<h:outputText value="Welcome Mr.#{indexBean.username}"/>
<br/>
<h:commandLink value="Logout" action="#{indexBean.logout}"/>
#{' '}
<h:commandLink value="Expenses" action="#{indexBean.expensesView}"/>
</h:form>
</f:view>
</html>
expensesView.xhtml
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core">
<f:view>
<h:form>
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<h:panelGrid columns="2">
<h:outputText value="Oil"/>
<h:outputText value="20 USD"/>
<h:outputText value="House"/>
<h:outputText value="50 USD"/>
<h:outputText value="Schools"/>
<h:outputText value="200 USD"/>
</h:panelGrid>
<br/>
<h:commandButton value="logout" action="login?faces-redirect=true"/>
</h:form>
</f:view>
</html>
3. Faces Configuration File
faces-config.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<faces-config xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee
http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-facesconfig_2_2.xsd"
version="2.2">
<application>
<resource-bundle>
<base-name>net.javabeat.jsf.application</base-name>
<var>msg</var>
</resource-bundle>
</application>
<navigation-rule>
<from-view-id>/welcome.xhtml</from-view-id>
<navigation-case>
<to-view-id>#{indexBean.nextView}</to-view-id>
<redirect/>
</navigation-case>
</navigation-rule>
</faces-config>
4. The Deployment Descriptor (web.xml)
web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5" metadata-complete="true"> <context-param> <description>State saving method: 'client' or 'server' (=default). See JSF Specification 2.5.2 </description> <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name> <param-value>client</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>javax.faces.application.CONFIG_FILES</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml</param-value> </context-param> <servlet> <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <listener> <listener-class>com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener</listener-class> </listener> </web-app>
5. JSF 2 Dynamic Target View Demo
The below snapshots will show you the impact of using dynamic target view in the navigation.
- If you’ve noted that the faces-config.xml doesn’t provide neither navigation rule and nor string outcome for navigating from welcome.xhtml into expensesView or into login view via expenses and logout actions respectively.
- The navigation has been done through by means of providing a dynamic target view expression #{indexBean.nextView}
JSF 2 Wildcard Navigation Rule Example