Hey guys in this, we will discuss populating the form values in JSF with Example.
Table of Contents
Overview
- To create textbox we use
<h:inputText>tag - To create dropdown menu we use
<h:selectOneMenu>tag, we will use<c:selectItem>tag to add the dropdown options - To create a checkbox we use
<h:selectManyCheckbox>tag. We will use<c:selectItem>tag to add the checkbox options - To create radio button we use
<h:selectOneRadio>tag, we will use<c:selectItem>tag to add radio button options.
Complete example
We will create this example step by step, follow this tutorial till the end
Read More:
- Check the Complete JavaServer Faces (JSF) Tutorial
- Check the Complete Spring Data JPA Tutorial
- Check the Complete Spring Security Tutorial
- Check the Javascript Projects for Beginners
Create Dynamic Web Project
To create a dynamic web project, you can read the following tutorial
Create a bean
Create Register.java inside the in.bushansirgur.jsf.beans package and add the following content
package in.bushansirgur.jsf.beans;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
@ManagedBean
public class Register {
private String email;
private String role;
private String active;
private String[] permissions;
public Register() {
this.email = "[email protected]";
this.role = "Power Admin";
this.active = "Inactive";
this.permissions = new String[]{"Create", "Read"};
}
public String getEmail() {
return email;
}
public void setEmail(String email) {
this.email = email;
}
public String getRole() {
return role;
}
public void setRole(String role) {
this.role = role;
}
public String getActive() {
return active;
}
public void setActive(String active) {
this.active = active;
}
public String[] getPermissions() {
return permissions;
}
public void setPermissions(String[] permissions) {
this.permissions = permissions;
}
}
Create Input form
Create register-form.xhtml file inside the WebContent and add the following content
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html"
xmlns:c="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/core">
<h:head>
<title>Input Form</title>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:form>
Email: <h:inputText id="email" value="#{register.email}" />
<br/><br/>
Role:
<h:selectOneMenu value="#{register.role}">
<c:selectItem itemValue="Admin" itemLabel="Admin" />
<c:selectItem itemValue="Super Admin" itemLabel="Super Admin" />
<c:selectItem itemValue="Power Admin" itemLabel="Power Admin" />
</h:selectOneMenu>
<br/><br/>
Status:
<h:selectOneRadio value="#{register.active}">
<c:selectItem itemValue="Active" itemLabel="Active" />
<c:selectItem itemValue="Inactive" itemLabel="Inactive" />
</h:selectOneRadio>
<br/><br/>
Permissions:
<h:selectManyCheckbox value="#{register.permissions}">
<c:selectItem itemValue="Create" itemLabel="Create" />
<c:selectItem itemValue="Read" itemLabel="Read" />
<c:selectItem itemValue="Update" itemLabel="Update" />
<c:selectItem itemValue="Delete" itemLabel="Delete" />
<c:selectItem itemValue="All" itemLabel="All" />
</h:selectManyCheckbox>
<br/><br/>
<h:commandButton value="Register" action="dashboard" />
</h:form>
</h:body>
</html>
Run the app
To run the application, right click on the project, select Run As -> choose Run on Server
Open the browser, navigate to the URL http://localhost:8080/JSF-hello-world/faces/register-form.xhtml
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