f:viewParam

f:viewParam lets JSF developer to process a parameter in the current view. As it behaves like f:param, it supports other interesting features like using Converter or Validator.

General Usage

Click on the link to see how the viewParam populates the backing bean value converted through CountryConverter.

                   

Source Code

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

	<f:metadata>
		<f:viewParam name="countryId" value="#{viewMetadataBackingBean.viewCountry}">
			<f:converter converterId="com.liferay.faces.showcase.converter.CountryConverter" />
		</f:viewParam>
	</f:metadata>
	<h:form>
		<h:messages/>
		<h:link includeViewParams="true" value="#{i18n['link']}">
			<f:param name="countryId" value="1" />
		</h:link>
		<h:outputText value="#{viewMetadataBackingBean.viewCountry.countryName}" />
	</h:form>

</ui:composition>
@ManagedBean
@RequestScoped
public class ViewMetadataBackingBean {

	private String viewActionText;
	private Country viewCountry;

	public String getViewActionText() {
		return viewActionText;
	}

	public Country getViewCountry() {
		return viewCountry;
	}

	public void setViewActionText(String viewActionText) {
		this.viewActionText = viewActionText;
	}

	public void setViewCountry(Country viewCountry) {
		this.viewCountry = viewCountry;
	}

	public String viewAction() {
		PhaseId phaseId = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getCurrentPhaseId();

		String phaseName = phaseId.toString();

		this.viewActionText = "View action was executed in phase " + phaseName;

		return null;
	}
}
@FacesConverter(value = "com.liferay.faces.showcase.converter.CountryConverter")
public class CountryConverter implements Converter {

	// Static field must be declared volatile in order for the double-check idiom to work (requires JRE 1.5+)
	private static volatile Map<Long, Country> countryMap;

	@Override
	public Object getAsObject(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent uiComponent, String value) {
		Object countryObject = null;

		if ((value != null) && !"".equals(value)) {
			Long countryId = Long.parseLong(value);

			countryObject = getCountryMap(facesContext).get(countryId);
		}

		return countryObject;
	}

	@Override
	public String getAsString(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent uiComponent, Object value) {
		String strValue = "";

		if (value != null) {
			Country country = (Country) value;
			strValue = Long.toString(country.getCountryId());
		}

		return strValue;
	}

	protected Map<Long, Country> getCountryMap(FacesContext facesContext) {

		Map<Long, Country> countryMap = CountryConverter.countryMap;

		// First check without locking (not yet thread-safe)
		if (countryMap == null) {

			synchronized (CountryConverter.class) {

				countryMap = CountryConverter.countryMap;

				// Second check with locking (thread-safe)
				if (countryMap == null) {

					ELResolver elResolver = facesContext.getApplication().getELResolver();
					ELContext elContext = facesContext.getELContext();
					CountryService countryService = (CountryService) elResolver.getValue(elContext, null,
							"countryService");
					countryMap = CountryConverter.countryMap = countryService.getCountryMap();
				}
			}
		}

		return countryMap;
	}
}
Liferay Faces Bridge Implementation 5.0.0 + Liferay Faces Portal 5.0.0 + Showcase Common 3.1.1 + Liferay Faces Util 3.4.1 + Mojarra 2.2.20