Hi, You need to use the decode() method of the renderer of your component to get the value into the component.
Maybe this [1] online tutorial for creating a JSF component can help you (unfortunately it's in German only). Regards, Jakob [1] http://jsfatwork.irian.at/semistatic/custom_component.html#!idx:/custom_component.html:5.2 2010/12/14 Matthieu <berz...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > I am thinking of creating a component that would do the same job as a > h:inputText and a h:commandLink together into a form. > So i thought i could implement it that way: > In my renderer encodeBegin() function, i would add to the uiComponent given > as a parameter the two components i need, i-e inputText and commandLink. > > but i'm not too sure of how the values i'll need will be put back where i > need them when the user will submit the form. > So, how do i make sure JSF or i can retrieve the value given to my children, > and put it back into the right field of my own custom component ? > > > PS: I could do a facelet but this leaves all CSS rules behind; and i wish > my css rules gets embedded in the header rather than in style attributes. > And i am stuck with JSF 1.2... > -- Jakob Korherr blog: http://www.jakobk.com twitter: http://twitter.com/jakobkorherr work: http://www.irian.at
