I'm creating a dynamically generated menu. In the database, I have stored the directory (String
) of each submenu and stored in an ArrayList
in the bean. This is a part of the code:
<c:forEach items="#{controlWeb.algorithms}" var="alg">
<h:form>
<h:commandLink actionListener="#{controlWeb.setContent(PROBLEM)}" value="About"/>
</h:form>
</c:forEach>
The problem is in "PROBLEM". I want to write #{alg.algorithm1}
and it doesn't work because I think it isn't posible to nest EL expressions.
The actionListener
set the String
#{alg.algorithm1}
in another String
. How can I achieve the requirement?
Use
action
, notactionListener
. TheactionListener
must be bound to a method which takesActionEvent
as the sole argument, no excuses. Also, anactionListener
isn't intented to invoke actions, but to listen on actions (so that you can log it or do some preprocessing task or whatever).Note that passing arguments in EL is only supported since EL 2.2 which is shipped along Servlet 3.0 / Java EE 6. You need to make sure that you're targeting a Servlet 3.0 compatible container with a Servlet 3.0 compatible
web.xml
.See also: