[OmniFaces utilities (2.0)] Programmatically evaluate/set the given EL expression

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[OmniFaces utilities] The evaluateExpressionGet() method programmatically evaluate the given EL expression and return the evaluated value.
[OmniFaces utilities] The evaluateExpressionSet() method programmatically evaluate the given EL expression and set the given value.

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Method:

Usage:

Let's prepare something:

public class LoginBean implements Serializable {

   

 private String email;     // suppose it will be 'rafa@rg.com'

 private String password;  // suppose it will be 'numberonealltimes'

 private String reverse;   // it will store the password reversed string

 public String loginAction(String role, String user){

  return "Welcome, " + user + "(" + role + ")!";

 }

 public String logoutAction(){

  return "Successfully logout";

 }

 //getters and setters

}

Now, let's evaluate the email and password:

import org.omnifaces.util.Faces;

...

// evaluated to 'rafa@rg.com'

String getemail = Faces.evaluateExpressionGet("#{loginBean.email}");

// evaluated to 'numberonealltimes'

String getpassword = Faces.evaluateExpressionGet("#{loginBean.password}");

// evaluated to 'Welcome, rafa@rg.com(gold)!'

String login = Faces.evaluateExpressionGet("#{loginBean.loginAction('gold','"+getemail+"')}");

// evaluated to 'Successfully logout'

String logout = Faces.evaluateExpressionGet("#{loginBean.logoutAction()}");

OmniFaces also provides an OmniFaces utilities for setting the value.

Method:

Usage:

// set 'email' field as 'rafa@rg.com'

Faces.evaluateExpressionSet("#{loginBean.email}", "rafa@rg.com");

// set 'password' field as 'numberonealltimes'

Faces.evaluateExpressionSet("#{loginBean.password}", "numberonealltimes");

// set 'reverse' field as reverse string of evaluated 'password'

Faces.evaluateExpressionSet("#{loginBean.reverse}",  new StringBuffer((String)Faces.evaluateExpressionGet("#{loginBean.password}")).reverse().toString());

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