AFAIK, component's and tag's id can't be set by EL. It shouldn't be neccesary.
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}">
>
