c:forEach builds s:selectMany

[nimo frey]

Hello,

I have a problem:
I build this
<blockquote>code:

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<pre name="code" class="core"><h:column>
<h:selectManyCheckbox id="n" value="#{bean.selectedItems}" layout="pageDirection">
<c:forEach items="#{bean.list}" var="i" >
<f:selectItem itemLabel="#{i.name}" itemValue="#{i.id}"/>
</c:forEach>
</h:selectManyCheckbox>
</h:column></pre>

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</blockquote>

but after selecting, only the Items of the LAST column are collected into the list "selectedItems". Is there any possibility to store the selected values elsewhere? My Client-HTML shows individual ID's for every f:selectItem-Tag. When I insert a id:

<blockquote>code:

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<pre name="code" class="core"><f:selectItem id="static" itemLabel="#{i.name}" itemValue="#{i.id}"/></pre>

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</blockquote>

then the error "duplicate Id for a component.." occurs.

Any ideas? I need to insert the selectItems into the column!

[nimo frey]

I mean, "...are collected into the list "selectedItems", when I choose Items. When I choose Items, which are in the other rows, then these does not appear in my list "selectedItems". I use facelets..is there a tag, which ensures me the association between h:selectManyCheckbox and f:selectItem ??

[nimo frey]

Is there an alternative way,
to collect data from the selected checkboxes?

I am not sure bout the many tags,
such as f:attribute, f:param, f:facet or the binding-attribute.

Exists (a best-practice) way
to collect the data independently
from the the component selectManyCheckbox?

[Tim Holloway]

Yes. Don't use JSTL. JSTL and JSF don't mix well.

Instead of coding logic on your display page, define the display as a JSF datatable.