org.omnifaces.util.selectitems

Class SelectItemsUtils

java.lang.Object

org.omnifaces.util.selectitems.SelectItemsUtils

public final class SelectItemsUtils
extends Object

Collection of utility methods for working with SelectItem or data represented by them.

Author:

Arjan Tijms

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List<Object>	collectAllValuesFromSelectItems(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) Collects all values associated with all SelectItem instances associated with the given component.
static Object	findValueByStringConversion(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, String value, Converter converter) Finds an object value in the SelectItem instances associated with the given component by means of matching its converted value with the given string value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

findValueByStringConversion

public static Object findValueByStringConversion(FacesContext context,
                                 UIComponent component,
                                 String value,
                                 Converter converter)

Finds an object value in the SelectItem instances associated with the given component by means of matching its converted value with the given string value.

Parameters:

context -

component - the component with which SelectItems should be associated that are used to search in.

value - a string that should match the string representation of one of the values held by the SelectItems.

converter - the faces Converter used to generate String representations for the values held by the SelectItems.

Returns:

the Object representation of the value where its string representation matches the input value.

collectAllValuesFromSelectItems

public static List<Object> collectAllValuesFromSelectItems(FacesContext context,
                                           UIComponent component)

Collects all values associated with all SelectItem instances associated with the given component.

Note that values from recursively scanned SelectItemGroup instances are included.

Parameters:

context -

component - the component with which SelectItem instances should be associated

Returns:

List of all values hold by SelectItem instances