>From org.apache.myfaces.taglib.UIComponentTagUtils:
public static void setActionProperty(FacesContext context,
UIComponent component,
String action)
{
if (action != null)
{
if (!(component instanceof UICommand))
{
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Component " +
component.getClientId(context) + " is no UICommand");
}
MethodBinding mb;
if (isValueReference(action))
{
mb = context.getApplication().createMethodBinding(action, null);
}
else
{
mb = new SimpleActionMethodBinding(action);
}
((UICommand)component).setAction(mb);
}
}
On 10/6/05, Jeroen Verhagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on a custom ViewHandler like is presented in Hans Bergsten
> JSF book chapter 15.
> For that I need to programmatically create a command button. I have
> buttons that need method bindings to talk to method in my managed
> beans. But I also need command buttons that simply return a String
> value, for example "cancel" like this in JSP:
>
> <h:commandButton
> value="Cancel"
> action="cancel"/>
>
>
>
> using this code:
>
> UICommand command = new UICommand();
> command.setValue("Cancel");
> MethodBinding action = application.createMethodBinding("cancel", null);
> command.setAction(action);
>
> but I get this exception: javax.faces.el.ReferenceSyntaxException: cancel
> I know that cancel is not really a method but I don't know what other
> method to call set the command button to return the String "cancel".
>
> Anybody any idea?
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Jeroen
>
