JavaServer Faces

Name

UIComponent and UIComponentBase

Synopsis

The UIComponent class is an abstract class that defines all methods shared by all JSF components. The UIComponentBase class is a concrete subclass of UIComponent that provides default implementations for all methods. It’s used as the base class for all other JSF standard component classes and can also be used as the base class for custom classes.

Synopsis

Class name:	javax.faces.component.UIComponent
Extends:	None
Implements:	javax.faces.component.StateHolder

Class name:	javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase
Extends:	javax.faces.component.UIComponent
Implements:	javax.faces.component.StateHolder

Constructor

public UIComponentBase()

Creates a new UIComponentBase instance.

Methods

protected void addFacesListener(javax.faces.event.FacesListener l)

Adds the FacesListener subclass to the list of listeners for the FacesEvent subclasses this component fires. This method is used by all subclasses to register specific event listeners.

public boolean broadcast(javax.faces.event.FacesEvent event) throws javax.faces.event.AbortProcessingException

Invokes all registered event listeners for the specific FacesEvent subclass in the order they were registered.

public void decode(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context)

Reads the submitted value for the component from the request information available through the FacesContext.

public void encodeBegin(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context) throws java.io.IOException

If the rendered property ...