JavaServer Faces (JSF 2) provides a number of user interfaces components that cover the most common requirements, one of the most important component is a <h:inputTextarea/> component. The inputTextarea component renders an HTML AreaText element. If you are looking for the configuration of complete application, please read our JSF 2 Setup Tutorial.
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1. Managed Bean
[code lang=”java”]
package net.javabeat.jsf;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped;
@ManagedBean
@SessionScoped
public class MessageBean {
private String message = "";
public String getMessage() {
return message;
}
public void setMessage(String message) {
this.message = message;
}
public String sendMessage() {
return "inbox";
}
}
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- The managed bean (MessageBean) contains a property of type String called message.
- The managed bean (MessageBean) provides an action for navigating from writing message page into viewing of message page.
2. The Views
message.xhtml
[code lang=”xml”]
<!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>
<h1><h:outputText value="JavaBeat JSF 2.2 Examples" /></h1>
<h2><h:outputText value="Text Area Example" /></h2>
<h:inputTextarea cols="20" rows="10" value="#{messageBean.message}"></h:inputTextarea>
<h:commandButton value="Send" action="#{messageBean.sendMessage}"></h:commandButton>
</h:form>
</f:view>
</html>
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inbox.xhtml
[code lang=”xml”]
<!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>
<h1><h:outputText value="JavaBeat JSF 2.2 Examples" /></h1>
<h2><h:outputText value="Text Area Example" /></h2>
<h:outputLabel value="#{messageBean.message}"/>
</h:form>
</f:view>
</html>
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3. JSF 2 InputTextArea Demo
The below snapshots show you a complete scenario for using inputTextarea component.
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