I'm pretty sure this is rhetorical question, but in case it isn't:
public SelectItem[] getSecIndividualItems()
{
if (null == secIndividualList)
{
secIndividualList = adminDbDataStore.getSecIndividualList();
}
SelectItem secIndividualItems[] = new
SelectItem[secIndividualList.size()];
for (int index = 0; index < secIndividualList.size(); ++index)
{
SecIndividual secIndividual = (SecIndividual)
secIndividualList.get(index);
secIndividualItems[index] = new SelectItem(secIndividual,
secIndividual.getName());
}
return secIndividualItems;
}
A better way to do it would be to create an EL function
public void getSelectItemsForLabelValueList(List list)
// where list contains object that implement a LabelValue interface
and register the function.
On 9/8/05, Rick Reumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/8/05, CONNER, BRENDAN (SBCSI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It's actually pretty easy,
>
> What's the easy part? Creating a tag to do it? I agree it's probably
> easy for a tag to do this, I was just surprised that it's not already
> included in MyFaces - it actually should be part of JSF in the
> selectItems tag imo.
>
> > and you don't want to have your back-end
> > objects tightly coupled to your front-end objects. Your back-end
> > objects typically should not have any concept of "selections."
>
> How are they coupled? I'm just wanting to use a Collection of objects
> for a drop down? Even struts in its earliest stages had a tag to
> support this. How is my backend coupled with my front end when I want
> to make select options? JSF should make things more simple not more
> difficult. If a method exists to bring me back a Collection of
> "Regional Vice Presidents" and I want to use that for my select
> options the famework should be able to handle this. It seems like with
> JSF (and MyFaces) there is nothing "out of the box" that deals with
> this.
>
> So how would you handle this scenario...
>
> A perfectly good method exists that returns you a Collection of
> "Persons." Each person has a Name and an ID and possibly a few other
> fields you don't care about it. How do you go about using this
> Collection to create your select options? (value is id, and label is
> name)
>
