JavaServer Faces

Name

<f:actionListener>

Synopsis

This action creates an instance of the class defined by the type attribute, which must implement the javax.faces.event.ActionListener interface, and adds it to the component represented by the closest JSF component parent action element.

For an alternative, see the action and actionListener attributes for the HTML library <h:commandButton> and <h:commandLink> actions.

Syntax

<f:actionListener type="className" />

Attributes

Attribute name	Java type	EL expression type	Description
type	String	Any	The fully qualified class name for a class implementing the ActionListener interface.

Example

<h:form>
  <h:commandButton value="Save">
    <f:actionListener type="com.mycompany.SaveListener" />
  </h:commandButton>
</h:form>