Class UIInput

All Implemented Interfaces:
EditableValueHolder, PartialStateHolder, StateHolder, TransientStateHolder, ValueHolder, ComponentSystemEventListener, FacesListener, SystemEventListenerHolder, EventListener
Direct Known Subclasses:
HtmlInputFile, HtmlInputHidden, HtmlInputSecret, HtmlInputText, HtmlInputTextarea, UISelectBoolean, UISelectMany, UISelectOne, UIViewParameter

@JSFComponent(defaultRendererType="jakarta.faces.Text") public class UIInput extends UIOutput implements EditableValueHolder
UICommand is a base abstraction for components that implement ActionSource.

See the javadoc for this class in the JSF Specification for further details.

  • Field Details

    • COMPONENT_TYPE

      public static final String COMPONENT_TYPE
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    • COMPONENT_FAMILY

      public static final String COMPONENT_FAMILY
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    • CONVERSION_MESSAGE_ID

      public static final String CONVERSION_MESSAGE_ID
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    • REQUIRED_MESSAGE_ID

      public static final String REQUIRED_MESSAGE_ID
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    • UPDATE_MESSAGE_ID

      public static final String UPDATE_MESSAGE_ID
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    • VALIDATE_EMPTY_FIELDS_PARAM_NAME

      @JSFWebConfigParam(defaultValue="auto", expectedValues="auto, true, false", since="2.0", group="validation") public static final String VALIDATE_EMPTY_FIELDS_PARAM_NAME
      Force validation on empty fields (By default is auto, which means it is only enabled when Bean Validation binaries are available on the current classpath).
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    • EMPTY_STRING_AS_NULL_PARAM_NAME

      @JSFWebConfigParam(defaultValue="false", expectedValues="true, false", since="2.0", group="validation") public static final String EMPTY_STRING_AS_NULL_PARAM_NAME
      Submitted values are decoded as null values instead empty strings.

      Note this param is ignored for components extending from UISelectOne/UISelectMany.

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    • ALWAYS_PERFORM_VALIDATION_WHEN_REQUIRED_IS_TRUE

      @JSFWebConfigParam(defaultValue="false", expectedValues="true, false", since="2.3", group="validation") public static final String ALWAYS_PERFORM_VALIDATION_WHEN_REQUIRED_IS_TRUE
      If set to true, validation is always performed when required is true.
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  • Constructor Details

    • UIInput

      public UIInput()
      Construct an instance of the UIInput.
  • Method Details

    • getFamily

      public String getFamily()
      Overrides:
      getFamily in class UIOutput
    • setValue

      public void setValue(Object value)
      Store the specified object as the "local value" of this component. The value-binding named "value" (if any) is ignored; the object is only stored locally on this component. During the "update model" phase, if there is a value-binding named "value" then this local value will be stored via that value-binding and the "local value" reset to null.
      Specified by:
      setValue in interface ValueHolder
      Overrides:
      setValue in class UIOutput
    • getValue

      @JSFExclude @JSFProperty(clientEvent="valueChange") public Object getValue()
      Return the current value of this component.

      If a submitted value has been converted but not yet pushed into the model, then return that locally-cached value (see isLocalValueSet).

      Otherwise, evaluate an EL expression to fetch a value from the model.
      Specified by:
      getValue in interface ValueHolder
      Overrides:
      getValue in class UIOutput
      Returns:
      the new value value
    • processDecodes

      public void processDecodes(FacesContext context)
      Set the "submitted value" of this component from the relevant data in the current servlet request object.

      If this component is not rendered, then do nothing; no output would have been sent to the client so no input is expected.

      Invoke the inherited functionality, which typically invokes the renderer associated with this component to extract and set this component's "submitted value".

      If this component is marked "immediate", then immediately apply validation to the submitted value found. On error, call context method "renderResponse" which will force processing to leap to the "render response" phase as soon as the "decode" step has completed for all other components.

      Overrides:
      processDecodes in class UIComponentBase
    • processValidators

      public void processValidators(FacesContext context)
      Overrides:
      processValidators in class UIComponentBase
    • processUpdates

      public void processUpdates(FacesContext context)
      Description copied from class: UIComponentBase
      This isn't an input component, so just pass on the processUpdates call to child components and facets that might be input components.

      Components that were never rendered can't possibly be receiving update data (no corresponding fields were ever put into the response) so if this component is not rendered then this method does not invoke processUpdates on its children.

      Overrides:
      processUpdates in class UIComponentBase
    • decode

      public void decode(FacesContext context)
      Description copied from class: UIComponentBase
      Check the submitted form parameters for data associated with this component. This default implementation delegates to this component's renderer if there is one, and otherwise ignores the call.
      Overrides:
      decode in class UIComponentBase
    • broadcast

      public void broadcast(FacesEvent event) throws AbortProcessingException
      Description copied from class: UIComponentBase
      Invoke any listeners attached to this object which are listening for an event whose type matches the specified event's runtime type.

      This method does not propagate the event up to parent components, ie listeners attached to parent components don't automatically get called.

      If any of the listeners throws AbortProcessingException then that exception will prevent any further listener callbacks from occurring, and the exception propagates out of this method without alteration.

      ActionEvent events are typically queued by the renderer associated with this component in its decode method; ValueChangeEvent events by the component's validate method. In either case the event's source property references a component. At some later time the UIViewRoot component iterates over its queued events and invokes the broadcast method on each event's source object.

      Overrides:
      broadcast in class UIComponentBase
      Parameters:
      event - must not be null.
      Throws:
      AbortProcessingException
    • updateModel

      public void updateModel(FacesContext context)
    • validateValue

      protected void validateValue(FacesContext context, Object convertedValue)
    • validate

      public void validate(FacesContext context)
      Determine whether the new value is valid, and queue a ValueChangeEvent if necessary.

      The "submitted value" is converted to the necessary type; conversion failure is reported as an error and validation processing terminates for this component. See documentation for method getConvertedValue for details on the conversion process.

      Any validators attached to this component are then run, passing the converted value.

      The old value of this component is then fetched (possibly involving the evaluation of a value-binding expression, ie invoking a method on a user object). The old value is compared to the new validated value, and if they are different then a ValueChangeEvent is queued for later processing.

      On successful completion of this method:

      • isValid() is true
      • isLocalValueSet() is true
      • submittedValue is reset to null
      • a ValueChangeEvent is queued if the new value != old value
    • getConvertedValue

      protected Object getConvertedValue(FacesContext context, Object submittedValue) throws ConverterException
      Convert the provided object to the desired value.

      If there is a renderer for this component, then call the renderer's getConvertedValue method. While this can of course be implemented in any way the renderer desires, it typically performs exactly the same processing that this method would have done anyway (ie that described below for the no-renderer case).

      Otherwise:

      • If the submittedValue is not a String then just return the submittedValue unconverted.
      • If there is no "value" value-binding then just return the submittedValue unconverted.
      • Use introspection to determine the type of the target property specified by the value-binding, and then use Application.createConverter to find a converter that can map from String to the required type. Apply the converter to the submittedValue and return the result.
      Throws:
      ConverterException
    • compareValues

      protected boolean compareValues(Object previous, Object value)
    • resetValue

      public void resetValue()
      Description copied from interface: EditableValueHolder
      Convenience method to reset this component's value to an uninitialized state, by resetting the local value and submitted values to null (ensuring that EditableValueHolder.isLocalValueSet() is false), and setting "valid" to true.
      Specified by:
      resetValue in interface EditableValueHolder
      Overrides:
      resetValue in class UIOutput
      Since:
      1.2
    • isImmediate

      @JSFProperty public boolean isImmediate()
      A boolean value that identifies the phase during which action events should fire.

      During normal event processing, action methods and action listener methods are fired during the "invoke application" phase of request processing. If this attribute is set to "true", these methods are fired instead at the end of the "apply request values" phase.

      Specified by:
      isImmediate in interface EditableValueHolder
    • setImmediate

      public void setImmediate(boolean immediate)
      Specified by:
      setImmediate in interface EditableValueHolder
    • isRequired

      @JSFProperty(defaultValue="false") public boolean isRequired()
      A boolean value that indicates whether an input value is required.

      If this value is true and no input value is provided by a postback operation, then the "requiredMessage" text is registered as a FacesMessage for the request, and validation fails.

      Default value: false.

      Specified by:
      isRequired in interface EditableValueHolder
    • setRequired

      public void setRequired(boolean required)
      Description copied from interface: EditableValueHolder
      Set to true to cause validation failure when a form containing this component is submitted and there is no value selected for this component.
      Specified by:
      setRequired in interface EditableValueHolder
    • getConverterMessage

      @JSFProperty public String getConverterMessage()
      Text to be displayed to the user as an error message when conversion of a submitted value to the target type fails.

    • setConverterMessage

      public void setConverterMessage(String converterMessage)
    • getRequiredMessage

      @JSFProperty public String getRequiredMessage()
      Text to be displayed to the user as an error message when this component is marked as "required" but no input data is present during a postback (ie the user left the required field blank).
    • setRequiredMessage

      public void setRequiredMessage(String requiredMessage)
    • addValidator

      public void addValidator(Validator validator)
      See getValidator.
      Specified by:
      addValidator in interface EditableValueHolder
    • removeValidator

      public void removeValidator(Validator validator)
      See getValidator.
      Specified by:
      removeValidator in interface EditableValueHolder
    • getValidators

      public Validator[] getValidators()
      See getValidator.
      Specified by:
      getValidators in interface EditableValueHolder
    • getValidatorMessage

      @JSFProperty public String getValidatorMessage()
      Text which will be shown if validation fails.
    • setValidatorMessage

      public void setValidatorMessage(String validatorMessage)
    • isValid

      @JSFProperty(defaultValue="true", tagExcluded=true) public boolean isValid()
      Specifies whether the component's value is currently valid, ie whether the validators attached to this component have allowed it.
      Specified by:
      isValid in interface EditableValueHolder
    • setValid

      public void setValid(boolean valid)
      Specified by:
      setValid in interface EditableValueHolder
    • isLocalValueSet

      @JSFProperty(defaultValue="false", tagExcluded=true) public boolean isLocalValueSet()
      Specifies whether a local value is currently set.

      If false, values are being retrieved from any attached ValueBinding.

      Specified by:
      isLocalValueSet in interface EditableValueHolder
    • setLocalValueSet

      public void setLocalValueSet(boolean localValueSet)
      Description copied from interface: EditableValueHolder
      Specify the return value of method isLocalValueSet. This is called after the local value member has been set from the converted and validated "submitted value". It is cleared after that value has been pushed to the user model via the value-binding named "value".
      Specified by:
      setLocalValueSet in interface EditableValueHolder
    • getSubmittedValue

      @JSFProperty(tagExcluded=true) public Object getSubmittedValue()
      Gets the current submitted value. This value, if non-null, is set by the Renderer to store a possibly invalid value for later conversion or redisplay, and has not yet been converted into the proper type for this component instance. This method should only be used by the decode() and validate() method of this component, or its corresponding Renderer; however, user code may manually set it to null to erase any submitted value.
      Specified by:
      getSubmittedValue in interface EditableValueHolder
    • setSubmittedValue

      public void setSubmittedValue(Object submittedValue)
      Description copied from interface: EditableValueHolder
      Invoked during the "decode" phase of processing to inform this component what data was received from the user.

      In many cases the submitted value is a plain string extracted from the current servlet request object.

      In cases where a component is rendered as multiple input components (eg a calendar control with separate day/month/year fields), the submittedValue may be some custom object wrapping the data. However the provided object must be able to represent all possible user input values, not just valid ones.

      Specified by:
      setSubmittedValue in interface EditableValueHolder
    • addValueChangeListener

      public void addValueChangeListener(ValueChangeListener listener)
      Specified by:
      addValueChangeListener in interface EditableValueHolder
    • removeValueChangeListener

      public void removeValueChangeListener(ValueChangeListener listener)
      Specified by:
      removeValueChangeListener in interface EditableValueHolder
    • getValueChangeListeners

      @JSFListener(event="jakarta.faces.event.ValueChangeEvent") public ValueChangeListener[] getValueChangeListeners()
      The valueChange event is delivered when the value attribute is changed.
      Specified by:
      getValueChangeListeners in interface EditableValueHolder
    • markInitialState

      public void markInitialState()
      Specified by:
      markInitialState in interface PartialStateHolder
      Overrides:
      markInitialState in class UIOutput
    • clearInitialState

      public void clearInitialState()
      Description copied from class: UIComponent
      Specified by:
      clearInitialState in interface PartialStateHolder
      Overrides:
      clearInitialState in class UIOutput
    • saveState

      public Object saveState(FacesContext facesContext)
      Description copied from class: UIComponentBase
      Invoked after the render phase has completed, this method returns an object which can be passed to the restoreState of some other instance of UIComponentBase to reset that object's state to the same values as this object currently has.
      Specified by:
      saveState in interface StateHolder
      Overrides:
      saveState in class UIOutput
    • restoreState

      public void restoreState(FacesContext facesContext, Object state)
      Description copied from class: UIComponentBase
      Invoked in the "restore view" phase, this initialises this object's members from the values saved previously into the provided state object.

      Specified by:
      restoreState in interface StateHolder
      Overrides:
      restoreState in class UIOutput
      state - is an object previously returned by the saveState method of this class.
    • isEmpty

      public static boolean isEmpty(Object value)
      Check if a value is empty or not. Since we don't know the class of value we have to check and deal with it properly.
      Parameters:
      value -
      Returns:
      Since:
      2.0