JSF DataTable Question
This will give me a text box that is initially set with the text value of 5:
<h:inputText value="5" required="false" />
If I put that in a dataTable, it is not prepopulated with the string "5". For the initial value to work, I must use:
<h:inputText value="#{5}" required="false" />
Two questions:
- Why does value="5" work outside of a dataTable and not inside?
- How would I get a text constant in the second example? value="fubar" works outside of a dataTable, but value="#{fubar}" looks for a variable named fubar.
I'm using:
JSF 1.1_01
Apache Tomcat 5.5.9
[736 byte] By [
Gamigina] at [2007-10-2 9:48:43]
It was a really trivial example. Originally, I was using a complex project where a custom control just wasn't prepopulating in a dataTable. I started a brand new project and isolated it to the simple inputText case.
This isn't the exact code (which is at my office) but it's very close:
<h:dataTable value="#{managedBean.dataList}" var="row">
<h:column>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="Title" />
</f:facet>
<h:inputText value="5" required="false" />
</h:column>
</h:dataTable>
I have noticed the same problem with JSF RI 1.2, although I also find that using the workaround here causes the form submit to fail:summary.xhtml @46,56 value="#{10}": Illegal Syntax for Set Operation
I can't see why this component should behave differently when used in a h:dataTable.
Suggestions anybody?
