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jabal
jabal

Reputation: 12347

Build xhtml dynamically from db data in ICEFaces

we are migrating our application from an existing custom web application framework to JSF/IceFaces.

we store window description in database: what kind of fields are on the window, what are their labels, etc.

Can I have my xhtml pieces generated dynamically in IceFaces?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 526

Answers (3)

Simon C
Simon C

Reputation: 2017

I was in the same situation and solved this by creating a custom JSF component that extended class javax.faces.component.UIInput. My custom component reads the layout from the database and generates the HTML itself in the encodeBegin() and encodeEnd() methods.

The custom component is integrated as a custom tag into the XHTML page.

The following web pages describe creating custom JSF components:

http://www.theserverside.com/news/1364786/Building-Custom-JSF-UI-Components

http://download.oracle.com/javaee/5/tutorial/doc/bnavg.html

Upvotes: 0

r0ast3d
r0ast3d

Reputation: 2635

metawidget might be a useful project in this case. It helps you to bind variable and render the ui. Please check out the metawidget project www.metawidget.org

Upvotes: 0

Adeel Ansari
Adeel Ansari

Reputation: 39907

Its not a good idea to handle these things using database. Its good to use xml/template-engines, instead.

Suggestion: Looking into Freemarker should help.

Upvotes: 1

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