org.alfresco.web.app.servlet

Class FacesHelper

java.lang.Object

org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.FacesHelper

public final class FacesHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	BROWSE_VIEW_ID Root browse screen JSF view ID

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static IComponentGenerator	getComponentGenerator(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context, java.lang.String generatorName) Retrieves the named component generator implementation.
static javax.faces.context.FacesContext	getFacesContext(java.lang.Object request, java.lang.Object response, java.lang.Object context) Return a valid FacesContext for the specific context, request and response.
static javax.faces.context.FacesContext	getFacesContext(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request, javax.servlet.ServletResponse response, javax.servlet.ServletContext context) Return a valid FacesContext for the specific context, request and response.
static javax.faces.context.FacesContext	getFacesContext(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request, javax.servlet.ServletResponse response, javax.servlet.ServletContext context, java.lang.String viewRoot) Return a valid FacesContext for the specific context, request and response.
static java.lang.Object	getManagedBean(javax.faces.context.FacesContext fc, java.lang.String name) Return a JSF managed bean reference.
static java.lang.String	makeLegalId(java.lang.String id) Makes the given id a legal JSF component id by replacing illegal characters with ISO9075 encoding - which itself a subset of valid HTML ID characters.
static void	setupComponentId(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context, javax.faces.component.UIComponent component, java.lang.String id) Sets up the id for the given component, if the id is null a unique one is generated using the standard Faces algorithm.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

BROWSE_VIEW_ID

public static final java.lang.String BROWSE_VIEW_ID

Root browse screen JSF view ID

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getFacesContext

public static javax.faces.context.FacesContext getFacesContext(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request,
                                               javax.servlet.ServletResponse response,
                                               javax.servlet.ServletContext context)

Return a valid FacesContext for the specific context, request and response. The FacesContext can be constructor for Servlet use.

Parameters:

context - ServletContext

request - ServletRequest

response - ServletReponse

Returns:

FacesContext

getFacesContext

public static javax.faces.context.FacesContext getFacesContext(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request,
                                               javax.servlet.ServletResponse response,
                                               javax.servlet.ServletContext context,
                                               java.lang.String viewRoot)

Return a valid FacesContext for the specific context, request and response. The FacesContext can be constructor for Servlet use.

Parameters:

context - ServletContext

request - ServletRequest

response - ServletReponse

Returns:

FacesContext

getFacesContext

public static javax.faces.context.FacesContext getFacesContext(java.lang.Object request,
                                               java.lang.Object response,
                                               java.lang.Object context)

Return a valid FacesContext for the specific context, request and response. The FacesContext can be constructor for Servlet use.

Parameters:

context - PortletContext

request - PortletRequest

response - PortletResponse

Returns:

FacesContext

getManagedBean

public static java.lang.Object getManagedBean(javax.faces.context.FacesContext fc,
                              java.lang.String name)

Return a JSF managed bean reference.

Parameters:

fc - FacesContext

name - Name of the managed bean to return

Returns:

the managed bean or null if not found

setupComponentId

public static void setupComponentId(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context,
                    javax.faces.component.UIComponent component,
                    java.lang.String id)

Sets up the id for the given component, if the id is null a unique one is generated using the standard Faces algorithm. If an id is present it is checked for illegal characters.

Parameters:

context - FacesContext

component - The component to set the id for

id - The id to set

makeLegalId

public static java.lang.String makeLegalId(java.lang.String id)

Makes the given id a legal JSF component id by replacing illegal characters with ISO9075 encoding - which itself a subset of valid HTML ID characters.

Parameters:

id - The id to make legal

Returns:

the legalised id

getComponentGenerator

public static IComponentGenerator getComponentGenerator(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context,
                                        java.lang.String generatorName)

Retrieves the named component generator implementation. If the named generator is not found the TextFieldGenerator is looked up as a default, if this is also not found an AlfrescoRuntimeException is thrown.

Parameters:

context - FacesContext

generatorName - The name of the component generator to retrieve

Returns:

The component generator instance