Toppac wrote:
Is it possible to force JSF to read the default style from the xhtml every
time a view is rendered? I muck with the styles of the view root components
on the server side but once I change them, anytime the view is rendered it
keeps those style changes unless I change them on the server side again. I'd
like it if I could reset the style everytime, so that it starts with a
default and then I can modify it based on data on the server side.
No, I don't believe so. When a jsp is processed, and a JSF tag is found
it looks to see if the component has already been created (is in the
current view). If it is, then it skips the tag. This means that
properties on the component only get set from the jsp when the component
is first created; if you're modifying them from code then they won't get
reset (which is what is desired most of the time). I don't know Facelets
but presume the same behaviour occurs.
Every UIComponent has a Map associated with it that can be used to store
anything at all (see UIComponent.getAttributes) so maybe your code could
store the original style somewhere else when it modifies it, and copy it
back when the modification is no longer wanted?
Cheers,
Simon
