JSF outputLink

Hi all,
I have been trying to link an external URL from within the portlet. We are using JSF portlet framework and Im using <hx:outputLinkEx/> tag to render the URL. Unfortunately the URL is being prepended with some stuff. For example, I m having a backing bean and a property named link which is binded to the output link tag. The following output resulted when I tried to render the URL.
The link property is a String
<h:outputLink id="link2" value="#{myBean.link}">
<h:outputText id="outputText4" value="#{myBean.link}"></h:outputText>
</h:outputLink>
Output:
<TD>
<a id="viewPC_7_0_12F_:table1:0:link2" href="http://localhost:9081/wps/PA_1_0_IR/http://yahoo.com">
<span id="viewPC_7_0_12F_:table1:0:outputText4">http://yahoo.com</span>
</a>
</TD>
Has anyone encountered this problem before or are there any workarounds for this problem? I also tried to use <h:outputLink/> but invain.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank u
-Sri

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<!DOCTYPE faces-config PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.0//EN"
                              "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-facesconfig_1_0.dtd">
<faces-config>
    <navigation-rule>
        <from-view-id>/Page2.jsp</from-view-id>
        <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>case1</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/Page1.jsp</to-view-id>
        </navigation-case>
        <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>case2</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/Page1.jsp</to-view-id>
        </navigation-case>
        <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>case3</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/Page1.jsp</to-view-id>
        </navigation-case>
    </navigation-rule>
    <navigation-rule>
        <from-view-id>/Page1.jsp</from-view-id>
        <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>case1</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/Page2.jsp</to-view-id>
        </navigation-case>
    </navigation-rule>
</faces-config>my managed beans xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE faces-config PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.0//EN"
                              "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-facesconfig_1_0.dtd">
<faces-config>
    <managed-bean>
        <managed-bean-name>Page1</managed-bean-name>
        <managed-bean-class>webapplication8.Page1</managed-bean-class>
        <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
    </managed-bean>
    <managed-bean>
        <managed-bean-name>SessionBean1</managed-bean-name>
        <managed-bean-class>webapplication8.SessionBean1</managed-bean-class>
        <managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
    </managed-bean>
    <managed-bean>
        <managed-bean-name>ApplicationBean1</managed-bean-name>
        <managed-bean-class>webapplication8.ApplicationBean1</managed-bean-class>
        <managed-bean-scope>application</managed-bean-scope>
    </managed-bean>
    <managed-bean>
        <managed-bean-name>Page2</managed-bean-name>
        <managed-bean-class>webapplication8.Page2</managed-bean-class>
        <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
    </managed-bean>
    <managed-bean>
</faces-config>

Html outputlink in datatble

Hi, in JSF,in a datatable i am using <h:outputLink> for a column..
and i am using some events for security purpose..
For example
<h:commandButton id="btn4grpnam" value="Group Name"
     action="masterfaqsublist" event="faq.addgroup"
     styleClass="submitBtn"/>
if user have access to next page where this particular command button leads to,the command button will be displayed..or else button won't get displayed..
the same i tried to use for <h:outputLink> (if user have acces label will be displayed with hyperlink or else simply label will get displayed)
<h:outputLink id="faq_html_id" event="faq.update"
     value="masterfaqadd.jsp">
but it is not working... is event attribute does not support for outputlink????
and if inplace of <h:outputlink> if i use <h:commandlink> its working
with event but the problem is <h:commandlink is not supporting actions.
can anybody suggest alternate???????
thanks in advance,
saranya

Use the rendered attribute.
But: "h:commandlink is not supporting actions". It supports.
What is the problem? <h:commandLink action="masterfaqadd.jsp"> should work.

Help with Anchor in JSF

<p align="center"> <b>
        For details click
        <a href="#error">
         here
        </a>
      </b></font></p>
<a name="error"> </a>
<a href="#top">Top of Page <font size="2"> &uArr;</font></a>Can any one tell me the equivalent JSF syntax for the above anchors

Make use of the fact that the element ID's in the DOM tree are also useable as anchors.<h:someComponent id="someId" />
<h:outputLink value="#someId">link</h:outputLink>Take care with woodstocked ID's which may occur in forms, datatables and subviews.

How to render outputlink as an area tag rather than an a tag

Hi all,
As stated in JSF document, both shape and coords are valid properties in outputlink. So, I have tried following
<map name="monkey">
<h:outputLink shape="rect" coords="0,0,30,30" value="http://yahoo.com"/>
</map>
however. that is rendered as <a href="http://yahoo.com" coords="0,0,30,30" shape="rect"></a>, what I really want is
<area href="http://yahoo.com" coords="0,0,30,30" shape="rect"></area> ...
I mean if outputlink can only be render an a tag, but not an area tag, I do not see why it will support shape and coords propeties ...
Any help here ...
Thanks a million
Edited by: EJP on 5/09/2011 10:50: fixed your meta-HTML

886619 wrote:
I know that coords and shape are defined in w3c standard, my questions are
1) what jsf component can be rendered as area tag for html frontend?None that I am aware of. You could write your own. Or, if an existing component is appropriate, you could write an alternative renderer for the component.
2) "The position and shape of the hot spot on the screen (for use in client-side image maps)." That is the sentence for JSF document, what you think about for use in client-side image map mean? I donot see why render as <a> tag for client-side image map will be an acceptable solution ...I don't think this has anything to do with JSF at this point; JSF simply passes these values through to the rendered HTML. You have to understand how to use HTML to make proper use of these attributes.

JSF 2.0 - insert additional content into h:selectOneRadio

Hello,
I am trying to convert current pages into JSF and I have difficulties with the following code:
<div id=set>
<label>
      <input type="radio" name="inputData" value="default" />
      Default
</label>
(<a href="sample.xml">Download 13 kB</a>)
<br />
<label>
      <input type="radio" name="inputData" value="custom" checked/>
      Custom
</label>
  <input id="file" type="file" name="file" size="32"/>
</div>If I use this JSF 2.0 'alternative'
<div id=set>
<h:selectOneRadio id="dataSource" value="#{paramsBean.dataSource}" >
      <f:selectItem itemValue="1" itemLabel="#{i18n.dataSourceDefault}"/>
      <h:outputLink target="sample.xml" title="#{i18n.inputDataDownload} 13 kB"/>
      <br />
      <f:selectItem itemValue="0" itemLabel="#{i18n.dataSourceCustom}"/>
        <input id="file" type="file" name="file" size="32"/>
</h:selectOneRadio>
</div>but outputLink is ignored at all while the input file control is placed before radio buttons...
Is something like this possible or should I use any workaround? I have no idea how to solve this.
Regards,
Jan

Thanks for your hint, but if I use the following code:
<h:dataTable>
    <h:column>
        <h:selectOneRadio id="dataSource" value="#{paramsBean.dataSource}" >
            <f:selectItem itemValue="1" itemLabel="#{i18n.dataSourceDefault}"/>
            <f:selectItem itemValue="0" itemLabel="#{i18n.dataSourceCustom}"/>
        </h:selectOneRadio>
    </h:column>
    <h:column>
        <h:outputLink value="sample.xml">#{i18n.inputDataDownload} 13 kB</h:outputLink>
        <input id="file" type="file" name="file" size="32"/>
    </h:column>
</h:dataTable>No output is generated:
<table>
<tbody>
    <tr><td></td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>I've tried panelGrid instead:
<h:selectOneRadio id="dataSource" value="#{paramsBean.dataSource}" >
    <h:panelGrid columns="2">
        <f:selectItem itemValue="1" itemLabel="#{i18n.dataSourceDefault}"/>
        <h:outputLink value="sample.xml">#{i18n.inputDataDownload} 13 kB</h:outputLink>
        <f:selectItem itemValue="0" itemLabel="#{i18n.dataSourceCustom}"/>
        <input id="file" type="file" name="file" size="32"/>
    </h:panelGrid>
</h:selectOneRadio>but although it produces something, it is not complete (notice also an extra table below):
<table>
<tbody>
    <tr><td></td><td><a href="sample.xml">download 13 kB</a></td></tr>
    <tr><td></td><td><input id="file" type="file" name="file" size="32" /></td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table id="j_idt28:dataSource">
     <tr></tr>
</table>I've tried many combinations - it produces either incomplete outputs or improper nested tables in cells... No attempt has been successful yet.
I am quite annoyed now. Are we really in 21 century?

H:outputLink tag whitespace

Hello,
I've found that the <h:outputLink> tag, when rendering HTML, follows the closing </a> with lots of whitespace - some line breaks and tabs. I'm not sure if this problem is specific to the particular JSF implementation I'm using (WebSphere Portal v5.1 JSF Portlet).
This is a problem because we need some of our links to be immediately followed by a period. With any whitespace there, the browser renders a single space between the link and the period.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks

Adding the CSS style of "whitespace: normal;" doesn't really do anything, since it's the normal way the browser interprets whitespace - multiple continguous whitespace in the HTML gets rendered as a single space. What I need is to not have any spaces rendered.
It's too bad there isn't a CSS style that makes whitespace in the HTML completely ignored.
I'm still looking for a solution here. I could probably take out the h:outputLink tag and just use an <a href=" in my JSP, but I would much prefer to use a JSF tag if possible. Especially since this kind of situation appears in many places in our application.

Generated javascript by JSF doesn't works with IE

Hi Everyone!!!
I Have a big problem, the jaavascript code generated by JSF doesn't
works using IE, I used a h:commanLink with actionListener to a funciton
in the backing bean, and I use two f:params to send the parameter of an
specific element to show its details, the problem is taht the
javascript code generated shows an error: "
'documents.forms.form.form:_idcl' is null or is not an object " or "
'elements.idVar' is null or is not an object ". I'm not using MyFaces,
or something similar because the application has a part built in
ArcgisServer, and it 's not compatible with Myfaces, so I needed to use
JSf only...
Please I hope an answer, it has a big problem!!!
it is the code of the jsp
<code><h:commandLink actionListener="#{consultaEstadisticasMB.detalleEstadistica}">
<f:param name="idVar" value="#{consultaEstadisticasMB.idColumna3}"/>
<f:param name="idMun" value="#{registro[0]}" />
<h:outputText title="#{consultaEstadisticasMB.columna3}" id="itColumna3" value="#{registro[2]}" />
</h:commandLink>
</code>

Minor nit: MyFaces is JSF, an implementation at least, as is Mojarra, which I assume is what you mean. :)ye, MyFaces is an implementation... but at this time, we�re using "JSF 1.1.02 - Reference Implementation"...
Now, I have noticed that is a problem of jsf implementation so i have tried to do the work in another way, usign outputLink, nad creating a new backing bean for the details page.. altough I'm having problems, this is what i'm trying to do:
<h:outputLink value="/ConsultaEstadisticasGeo/detalleEstadisticas.jsf?idVar=#{consultaEstadisticasMB.idColumna3}">
<h:outputText title="#{consultaEstadisticasMB.columna3}"id="itColumna3" value="#{registro[2]}" />
</h:outputLink>but it shows me an error...
GRAVE: Servlet.service() para servlet Faces Servlet lanz� excepci�n
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 0, Size: 0
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