selectOneRadio, backing beans and mapping (ICEfaces)

[Peter Fat]

Hi

I need to have a table with 3 radio buttons. And I need to store the value of the radio button selected on a mapping.
This is the code:

     <ice:selectOneRadio id="docId" layout="spread">
                                <f:selectItems value="#{control.selectItemsForRadioButtons}" />
                            </ice:selectOneRadio>
                            <tr>
                                <td><ice:radio for="docId" /></td>
                                <td><ice:outputText
                                    style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 11px; text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"
                                    value="Type 1" /></td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td><ice:radio for="docId" /></td>
                                <td><ice:outputText
                                    style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 11px; text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"
                                    value="Type 2" /></td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td><ice:radio for="docId" /></td>
                                <td><ice:outputText
                                    style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 11px; text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"
                                    value="Type 3" /></td>
                            </tr>

And my backing bean:

    private SelectItem[] selectItems = new SelectItem[] { new SelectItem(),
            new SelectItem(), new SelectItem() };

    private SelectItem[] telPort = new SelectItem[] { new SelectItem(),
            new SelectItem() };

    private SelectItem[] docId2 = new SelectItem[] { new SelectItem(),
            new SelectItem(), new SelectItem() };

    /**
     * @return the selectItems
     */
    public SelectItem[] getSelectItems() {
        return selectItems;
    }

    /**
     * @param selectItems
     *            the selectItems to set
     */
    public void setSelectItems(SelectItem[] selectItems) {
        this.selectItems = selectItems;
    }

    /**
     * @return the telPort
     */
    public SelectItem[] getTelPort() {
        return telPort;
    }

    /**
     * @param telPort
     *            the telPort to set
     */
    public void setTelPort(SelectItem[] telPort) {
        this.telPort = telPort;
    }

    /**
     * @return the docId2
     */
    public SelectItem[] getDocId2() {
        return docId2;
    }

    /**
     * @param docId2
     *            the docId2 to set
     */
    public void setDocId2(SelectItem[] docId2) {
        this.docId2 = docId2;
    }

Where do I put the values (Type 1, 2 and 3) for each radio button? Is it on the selectOneRadio tag? The f:selectItems tag? The java code?

After each radio button has a value associated in case of being checked, how do I get that value from the selectItems object, so I can store it in a map?

Thanks in advance
tirwit

[Karanjit Singh]

Hi Peter Fat

First of all "selectItemsForRadioButtons" function should be defined in your backing bean, in which you will create a list of selectItems as follows:

List<SelectItem> abc = new ArrayList<SelectItem>();

This list will contain SelectItem object which will inturn be initialized by a label and value. That label will be the display name for your radio button & value will be the value defined for corresponding radio button.

You can populate the list by any means, with the help of any query, or anything.
Hope this help you.

Regards
Karanjeet Singh

[Peter Fat]

Hey!

The "selectItemsForRadioButtons" not being in the bean I noted after I posted, but that's not the problem. The selectItem list can also be initialized without a value or label, which I prefer since I don't want labels on my radio buttons.

The real problem is that I can't get the selected item out of the list, to store it in another place. That's what I really wanted to know. But thanks anyway!

[Karanjit Singh]

Hi Peter Pat

Okey, I got it. You just need to include the value attribute in the <ice:selectOneRadio> tag and map the same to any variable declared in the backing bean or any type of reference you want to give.

And while computation, you just need to check the value of variable which will contain the value for selected radio button.

Regards
Karanjeet Singh

[Peter Fat]

Problem solved! (a long time ago, but only now, I had time to answer :-) )

Thank you!