This particular project is on JDK 1.4.2 so it doesn't use generics but it does wrap a List behind a DataModel interface. The JBoss Seam examples are great for peering into standard JSF and they use MyFaces.
Thanks,
James
-----Original Message-----
From: Alexandre Jaquet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thu 7/6/2006 2:00 AM
To: MyFaces Discussion
Subject: Re: writing is own HtmlDataTable
Great thanks James it's a good starting point, when you set the datas do
you set it as a list
List<Object> datas; ?
James Richards wrote:
>
> I had to make a custom extension of HtmlDataTable for a recent
> project. To do that I extended MyFaces HtmlDataTable:
>
> //...
> import org.apache.myfaces.component.html.ext.HtmlDataTable;
> import org.apache.myfaces.component.UserRoleAware;
> // ...
> public class CustomPaginationHtmlDataTable extends HtmlDataTable
> implements
> UserRoleAware {
> //...
> }
>
> I also created a tag for my custom table:
>
> import org.apache.myfaces.taglib.html.ext.HtmlDataTableTag;
>
> public class CustomPaginationHtmlDataTableTag extends HtmlDataTableTag {
> public String getComponentType()
> {
> return CustomPaginationHtmlDataTable.COMPONENT_TYPE;
> }
>
> public String getRendererType()
> {
> return "org.apache.myfaces.Table";
> }
> }
>
> I then added the custom table to an appropriate faces-config.xml:
>
> <faces-config>
> <component>
>
> <component-type>com.dbz.lms.faces.CustomPaginationHtmlDataTable</component-type>
>
> <component-class>com.dbz.lms.faces.component.CustomPaginationHtmlDataTable</component-class>
> </component>
> <!-- more components -->
> </faces-config>
>
> and added the custom tag to an appropriate taglib file:
>
> <tag>
> <name>customPaginationDataTable</name>
>
> <tagclass>com.dbz.lms.faces.taglib.CustomPaginationHtmlDataTableTag</tagclass>
> <bodycontent>JSP</bodycontent>
> <attribute>
> <name>id</name>
> <required>false</required>
> <rtexprvalue>false</rtexprvalue>
> </attribute>
> <!-- more attribute declarations... -->
> </tag>
>
> At that point, the tag is available for use beneath whatever namespace
> you have defined for your custom tag library. I'm sure there's more
> information on the wiki: http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> James
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandre Jaquet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wed 7/5/2006 10:44 AM
> To: MyFaces Discussion
> Subject: writing is own HtmlDataTable
>
> I need to write my own table component and I need your advice to start it.
> Do I need to extend an existing class ?
> Wich step I've to follow ?
>
> thx for your advice
>
Title: RE: writing is own HtmlDataTable
