org.springframework.web.jsf.el
Class SpringBeanFacesELResolver

java.lang.Object
  javax.el.ELResolver
      org.springframework.beans.factory.access.el.SpringBeanELResolver
          org.springframework.web.jsf.el.SpringBeanFacesELResolver

public class SpringBeanFacesELResolver
extends SpringBeanELResolver

JSF 1.2 ELResolver that delegates to the Spring root WebApplicationContext, resolving name references to Spring-defined beans.

Configure this resolver in your faces-config.xml file as follows:

 <application>
   ...
   <el-resolver>org.springframework.web.jsf.el.SpringBeanFacesELResolver</el-resolver>
 </application>

All your JSF expressions can then implicitly refer to the names of Spring-managed service layer beans, for example in property values of JSF-managed beans:

 <managed-bean>
   <managed-bean-name>myJsfManagedBean</managed-bean-name>
   <managed-bean-class>example.MyJsfManagedBean</managed-bean-class>
   <managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
   <managed-property>
     <property-name>mySpringManagedBusinessObject</property-name>
     <value>#{mySpringManagedBusinessObject}</value>
   </managed-property>
 </managed-bean>

with "mySpringManagedBusinessObject" defined as Spring bean in applicationContext.xml:

 <bean id="mySpringManagedBusinessObject" class="example.MySpringManagedBusinessObject">
   ...
 </bean>

Since:

2.5

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

WebApplicationContextFacesELResolver, FacesContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(javax.faces.context.FacesContext)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.beans.factory.access.el.SpringBeanELResolver

logger

Fields inherited from class javax.el.ELResolver

RESOLVABLE_AT_DESIGN_TIME, TYPE

Constructor Summary

SpringBeanFacesELResolver()

Method Summary

protected BeanFactory	getBeanFactory(ELContext elContext) This implementation delegates to getWebApplicationContext(javax.el.ELContext).
protected WebApplicationContext	getWebApplicationContext(ELContext elContext) Retrieve the web application context to delegate bean name resolution to.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.beans.factory.access.el.SpringBeanELResolver

getCommonPropertyType, getFeatureDescriptors, getType, getValue, isReadOnly, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SpringBeanFacesELResolver

public SpringBeanFacesELResolver()

Method Detail

getBeanFactory

protected BeanFactory getBeanFactory(ELContext elContext)

This implementation delegates to getWebApplicationContext(javax.el.ELContext). Can be overridden to provide an arbitrary BeanFactory reference to resolve against; usually, this will be a full Spring ApplicationContext.

Specified by:

getBeanFactory in class SpringBeanELResolver

Parameters:

elContext - the current JSF ELContext

Returns:

the Spring BeanFactory (never null)

getWebApplicationContext

protected WebApplicationContext getWebApplicationContext(ELContext elContext)

Retrieve the web application context to delegate bean name resolution to.

The default implementation delegates to FacesContextUtils.

Parameters:

elContext - the current JSF ELContext

Returns:

the Spring web application context (never null)

See Also:

FacesContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(javax.faces.context.FacesContext)