JavaServer Faces

Name

<h:outputText>

Synopsis

This action represents an instance of the component type registered with the type ID javax.faces.HtmlOutputText (by default, an instance of the javax.faces.component.html.HtmlOutputText class), combined with a renderer registered with the renderer type ID javax.faces.Text.

The component is rendered as text, within an HTML <span> element if any of the HTML attributes or the id attribute is set.

Syntax

<h:outputText [id="id"] [binding="componentBinding"] [rendered="true|false"]
  [value="value"] [converter="converter"] [escape="true|false"]
  <!-- HTML attributes -->
  [style="style"] [styleClass="styleClass"] [title="title"]
/>

Attributes

Attribute name	Java type	EL expression type	Description
binding	String	VB	Must be a value binding expression for a property the component is bound to.
converter	String or javax.faces.convert.Converter	VB	If set as a static value, a registered converter ID. If set as a value binding expression, an instance of an object that implements Converter.
escape	boolean	Any	If true, render special HTML and XML characters as character entity codes, e.g., < as &lt;.
id	String	None	The component ID.
rendered	boolean	Any	If set to false, the component isn’t rendered and doesn’t participate in any request processing.
value	Object	No	The component value.

Example

                     <h:outputText value="#{user.name}" />