h:commandLink

HtmlCommandLink is a UICommand component that renders an <a> element. The component must be a child of h:form in order to trigger the action or actionListener.

Param Usage

URL parameters can be specified via the action attribute. By specifying a faces-redirect=true parameter in the action attribute, it will utilize the POST/REDIRECT/GET pattern.
< Back to Navigation with foo=1234

Source Code

<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
	xmlns:f="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/core" xmlns:h="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html"
	xmlns:ui="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/facelets">

	<h:form>
		<f:facet name="label">
			<h:selectBooleanCheckbox value="#{commandModelBean.ajax}">
				<f:ajax render="field" />
			</h:selectBooleanCheckbox>
		</f:facet>
		<h:commandLink
			action="/views/component.xhtml?faces-redirect=true&amp;componentPrefix=h&amp;componentName=commandlink&amp;componentUseCase=navigation&amp;foo=1234"
			value="&lt; #{i18n['back-to-navigation-with']} foo=1234">
			<f:ajax disabled="#{!commandModelBean.ajax}" />
		</h:commandLink>
	</h:form>

</ui:composition>
@ManagedBean
@ViewScoped
public class CommandModelBean implements Serializable {

	// serialVersionUID
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 332271404377673109L;

	// Injections
	@ManagedProperty(value = "#{customerService}")
	private CustomerService customerService;

	// Private Data Members
	private boolean ajax;
	private Customer selectedCustomer;
	private List<Customer> customers;

	public List<Customer> getCustomers() {
		return customers;
	}

	public Customer getSelectedCustomer() {
		return selectedCustomer;
	}

	public boolean isAjax() {
		return ajax;
	}

	@PostConstruct
	public void postConstruct() {
		customers = customerService.getCustomers(0, 5);
	}

	public void setAjax(boolean ajax) {
		this.ajax = ajax;
	}

	public void setCustomerService(CustomerService customerService) {
		this.customerService = customerService;
	}

	public void setSelectedCustomer(Customer selectedCustomer) {
		this.selectedCustomer = selectedCustomer;
	}
}
Liferay Faces Bridge Implementation 5.0.0 + Showcase Common 3.1.1 + Liferay Faces Util 3.4.1 + Mojarra 2.2.20