JavaServer Faces

Name

<f:selectItems>

Synopsis

This action represents an instance of the component type registered with the type ID javax.faces.SelectItems (by default, an instance of the javax.faces.component.UISelectItems class). The action creates an instance of the component class, configures it based on the action attributes and adds it as a child to the component represented by closest JSF component parent action element.

If the value is set to an instance of a class implementing the java.util.Map interface, the keys are used as select item labels and the values as select item values.

Syntax

<f:selectItems [id="id"] [binding="componentBinding"] value="value" />

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.
id	String	None	The component ID.
value	javax.faces.model.SelectItem, an array or Collection with javax.faces.model.SelectItem elements, or a java.util.Map.	VB	One or more SelectItem instances.

Example

<h:form>
  <h:selectManyCheckbox value="#{user.projects}">
    <f:selectItems value="#{allProjects}" />
  </h:selectManyCheckbox>
</h:form>