Getting a request value in JSF

Question

Hi all
if I have a request parameter that I'd normally get like
request.getParameter("myform.firstname");
how do you do this with getValue()?

Answer 1

If it's coming as a param onto your page, and that page is using a request scope bean, you can just inject it into your bean from the faces-config.xml:
     <managed-bean>
          <managed-bean-name>myBean</managed-bean-name>
          <managed-bean-class>com.example.MyBean</managed-bean-class>
          <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
          <managed-property>
               <property-name>firstName</property-name>
               <value>#{param.firstName}</value>
          </managed-property>          
     </managed-bean>and then have this property in MyBean.java:
public class MyBean
     private String firstName;
     public void setFirstName(String firstName)
          this.firstName = firstName;
}