JavaServer Faces

Name

<f:subView>

Synopsis

This action represents an instance of the component type registered with the type ID javax.faces.NamingContainer (by default, an instance of the javax.faces.component.UINamingContainer class).

The action creates an instance of the component class to hold all components defined in an included subview, configures it based on the action attributes and adds it as a child to the component represented by closest JSF component parent action element. For details on how to use this action, see Chapter 12.

Syntax

<f:subView id="id" [binding="componentBinding"] [rendered="true|false"]>
  JSF component action elements
</f:subView>

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.
rendered	boolean	Any	If set to false, the component isn’t rendered and doesn’t participate in any request processing.

Example

<f:view>
  <f:subview id="header">
    <jsp:include page="header.jsp" />
  </f:subview>
  ...
  <f:subview id="footer">
    <jsp:include page="footer.jsp" />
  </f:subview>
</f:view>