CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javajsfjavabeansel
user1366735
user1366735

Reputation: 21

how to access a non getter/setter method of a java bean

I have an xhtml page that gets values from a java bean:

<h:dataTable value="${myBean.getAccounts}" var="account">
        <h:column>
            <f:facet name="header">Account ID</f:facet>
            #{account.id}
        </h:column>
        <h:column>
            <f:facet name="header">Account Name</f:facet>
            #{account.name}
        </h:column>

</h:dataTable>

The problem is that when I run this on a Tomcat 7 server, I get an error: getAccounts is not a myBean property. The java class's getAccounts method is a standalone method that returns some results.

Is there no way I can call this method?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 963

Answers (3)

sfj
sfj

Reputation: 137

EL treats any method with get/set prefix as a property, so if you call your method anything with that you can just omit the get/set part.

Upvotes: 1

Steve Atkinson
Steve Atkinson

Reputation: 1239

Jeff's answer is correct. Just some additional info:

Your method is called getAccounts() but in EL you need to say #{mybean.accounts}

There is a good complete example of using a h:dataTable here

Upvotes: 1

Jeff Storey
Jeff Storey

Reputation: 57202

The property name is accounts, not getAccounts. getAccounts is a getter that returns the property accounts

Upvotes: 5

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