Accessing a JSF element from a back bean method

Question

Hi,
short question, can I access the JSF element from a back bean method?
So, for example, if I have the following JSF code:
<h:panelGroup id="test1" rendered="#{bean.someMethod}">...</h:panelGroup>
<h:panelGroup id="test2" rendered="#{bean.someMethod}">...</h:panelGroup>
<h:panelGroup id="test3" rendered="#{bean.someMethod}">...</h:panelGroup>
Can I found out in some way, which element (esp. which ID) calls the someMethod-method?
Kind regards
Matthias

Answer 1

There are more possibilities as well. If you depend it on for example the User's rights/groups, then you can also do for example:
rendered="#{user.admin}" // getter = public boolean isAdmin()
rendered="#{user.groupName == 'admin'}" // getter = public String getGroupName()
rendered="#{user.groupId > 1}" // getter = public int getGroupId()
rendered="#{fn:contains(user.groups, 'admin')}" // getter = public String[] getGroups() or public List<String> getGroups()
etc..I think it's after all just a matter of learning about the capabilities of EL a bit more.