f:facet

This Facelet makes possible to add a named UIComponent nested to another. This way, developers can freely implement a more complex Facelet component than a simple attribute does.

General Usage

f:facet is used in UIData (used by some components like h:dataTable) and by h:column. For custom developments, there are some methods available in UIComponentBase for obtaining those.
Customers
First Name Last Name Date of Birth Country
Footer
John Adams Nov 30, 1735 United States
Samuel Adams Oct 27, 1722 United States
Josiah Bartlett Dec 21, 1729 United States
Carter Braxton Oct 16, 1736 United States
Charles Carroll Oct 19, 1737 United States
Benjamin Franklin Feb 17, 1706 United States
Elbridge Gerry Mar 03, 1701 United States
John Hancock Feb 23, 1737 United States
Thomas Jefferson May 13, 1743 United States
Francis Lewis Apr 21, 1713 United States

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:dataTable rows="10"
	value="#{dataTableBacking.customerDataModel}" var="customer">
		<f:facet name="header">
			<h:outputText value="#{i18n['customers']}" />
		</f:facet>
		<h:column>
			<f:facet name="header">
				<h:outputText value="#{i18n['first-name']}"/>
			</f:facet>						
			<h:outputText value="#{customer.firstName}" />
		</h:column>
		<h:column>
			<f:facet name="header">
				<h:outputText value="#{i18n['last-name']}"/>
			</f:facet>
			<h:outputText value="#{customer.lastName}" />
		</h:column>
		<h:column>
			<f:facet name="header">
				<h:outputText value="#{i18n['date-of-birth']}"/>
			</f:facet>
			<h:outputText value="#{customer.dateOfBirth}">
				<f:convertDateTime pattern="MMM dd, yyyy" />
			</h:outputText>
		</h:column>
		<h:column>
			<f:facet name="header">
				<h:outputText value="#{i18n['country']}"/>
			</f:facet>
			<h:outputText value="#{customer.country.countryName}"/>
		</h:column>
		<f:facet name="footer">
			<h:outputText value="#{i18n['footer']}" />
		</f:facet>
	</h:dataTable>
</ui:composition>
Liferay Faces Bridge Implementation 5.0.0 + Showcase Common 3.1.1 + Liferay Faces Util 3.4.1 + Mojarra 2.2.20