Load JSF page by id

Question

I have a JSF 2.0 app where each page is stored in a cms_page table in the database. That table has the PK column cms_page_id and a URL column (which holds the SEO friendly URL).

When I display a page there is a link called About Us, which has the URL "/com/aboutus.html" This appears in my XHTML file as: #{cmsPage.cmsPageUrlName}/>

Which renders <a href="/com/aboutus.html">About Us</a>

As far as I know h:outputLink cannot be used to fire any methods in the backing bean. I can't use h:commandLink, as this will not show the "/com/aboutus.html" URL when you hover over the link. I can't figure out how to fire a backing bean method to navigate to the next page. The about us link would really be going to /faces/pages.xhtml, but would use PrettyFaces to display the "/com/aboutus.html" URL

Also, what would I to if I went directly to the URL www.test.com/com/aboutus.html? This URL doesn't exist, the actual URL would be www.test.com/faces/pages.xhtml?url=%2Fcom%2Faboutus.html Should I be looking at setting up PrettyFaces to do all the work instead?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 15 '13 at 06:47

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create Databaseconnection
read column from the database
write the column into your jsf page

please take a look at JSF/JPA documentations or tutorials to solve this.

answered Oct 15 '13 at 06:47

Lukas Eichler

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 15 '13 at 07:35

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<ui:include src="#{cmsPage._url}" />

ManagedBean Name

@ManagedBean(name="cmsPage")
@SessionScoped
class Cms_Page{
  private String _pageId;
  private String _url;

  //getter setter
}

Use Custom method to fetch from DAO and set the values inside Cms_Page

answered Oct 15 '13 at 07:35

BholaVishwakarma

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I understand what you are doing here, but when the page loads, the URL would be the (for example) /faces/page.xhtml – CaptainMorgan Oct 16 '13 at 21:33
That your welcome page but you can redirect the page you want after getting the value from the DB. – BholaVishwakarma Oct 17 '13 at 07:42
I updated the description. I need to know how you fire a backing bean method using only h:outputlink – CaptainMorgan Oct 17 '13 at 22:34
Have a look at the link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4317684/when-should-i-use-houtputlink-instead-of-hcommandlink – BholaVishwakarma Oct 18 '13 at 06:42

Load JSF page by id

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