Ken Paulsen wrote:
>
> Hi Ana,
>
> Unfortunately the way that particular implementation of a DropDown is
> implemented this is not possible. They decided to use a specialized
> class in its list of entries and disallow the use of arrays of Strings
> or other simple types. So essentially you must either use a handler
> (which is backed by java code), a better factory (java code), a jsp
> tag handler (which has custom java code -- outside of the scope of
> JSFTemplating), or use a backing bean (with custom java code).
>
> So regardless of what you do, you'll need to write Java.
>
> Anissa just asked about array support... as I responded to her, it
> exists in the XML syntax and I may add it to the template syntax (if I
> can come up w/ a good way to present this). If I make this available,
> a factory or a handler could easily take the String array(s) and
> convert it to the required objects that the DropDown requires.
>
> Do you have ideas for a syntax? Perhaps:
>
> <someComponent someAttribute={"A", "B", "C"} />
>
> I could even use {}'s for List creation and [] for array creation??
> If I support array creation, should I use Object? Or String as the
> base type... I'd probably use Object. Any comments?
>
I was about to reply to previous mail and suggest using [ ] for array.
I think using [ ] for array and { } for List makes sense, and easy to
use. It will be nice to use Object as the base type so it can be more
flexible.
thanks
Anissa
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> Ana Caballero wrote:
>> Hi Ken,
>>
>> I'm working on the Server Log Levels Page and would like to populate
>> the drop-down components without having to call a handler to get the
>> labels and values. Is there a way to declare the labels and values
>> in the jsf file or do use a backing bean? Please help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ana