Hi, EL is not supported on ID:
(The Trinidad doc (true for JSF at all) is more specific on this: http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad/trinidad-api/tagdoc/tr_inputText.html ) On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:26 AM, jhomuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello List, > > it's strange, I wanted to ask the same question at the same moment. I also > try to set the id from a controller value via EL. But the EL ist not treated > like EL but rather than a String, because I always get the message > > "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: component identifier's first character > must be a letter or an underscore ('_')! But it is "#" > > That's why I quess the Expression (<tom:selectManyListbox > id="#{TargetSystemConfigurationController.availableListID}" binding="#...) > will be treated like a string. > > Is there any solution for this. > > Johannes > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Good morning, >> >> I have a datatable wich use a list of simple object. When i use an >> outputtext inside the table like this: >> >> <h:outputText value="#{myVar.name}"> >> >> it's working. >> When I try to use the same property (or another one) for the id of the >> component the text is correctly outputted but I get an empty id (I put a _ >> in front to don't get exception): >> >> <h:outputText id="_#{myVar.name}" value="#{myVar.name}"> ID NOT WORKING, >> empty >> <h:outputText id="_#{myVar.id}" value="#{myVar.name}"> ID NOT WORKING, >> empty >> >> Without underscore in front i get directly an exception: >> >> <h:outputText id="#{myVar.name}" value="#{myVar.name}"> >> <h:outputText id="#{myVar.id}" value="#{myVar.name}"> > -- Matthias Wessendorf blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
