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Walter E. Kurtz
Walter E. Kurtz

Reputation: 43

Overriding <ui:define>

Is there a way to override the <ui:define> that JSF templating offers?

For instance file main.xhtml, that includes a template file, contains:

<ui:define name="title">SomeTitle</ui:define>
<ui:define name="menu"><ui:include src="path_to_menu_1"/></ui:define>
<ui:define name="content">content_code_goes_here</ui:define>

If I want to create a main2.xhtml file that is identical to the main.xhtml, with the exception that it uses a different menu is there the possibility to do something like this:

<ui:include src="main.xhtml"/>
<ui:define name="menu"><ui:include src="path_to_menu_2"/></ui:define>

Where the <ui:define name="menu"> overrides the tag with the same name attribute in main.xhtml

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2310

Answers (1)

BalusC
BalusC

Reputation: 1108632

Just specify main.xhtml as template of main2.xhtml.

main.xhtml

<ui:composition template="sometemplate.xhtml" ...>
    <ui:define name="title">SomeTitle</ui:define>
    <ui:define name="menu"><ui:include src="path_to_menu_1"/></ui:define>
    <ui:define name="content">content_code_goes_here</ui:define>
</ui:composition>

main2.xhtml

<ui:composition template="main.xhtml" ...>
    <ui:define name="menu"><ui:include src="path_to_menu_2"/></ui:define>
</ui:composition>

Upvotes: 3

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