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Listing 2-6.
The User Managed Bean with the Two New Properties
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
//...
public class User implements Serializable {
private String name;
private String password;
private List<String> favoriteSports;
private Map<String, String> spokenLanguages;
// setters and getters ...
}
In order to initialize the
favoriteSports
List with some initial values, you can use the
<list-entries>
element
in the
<managed-property>
element, as shown by Listing 2-7.
Listing 2-7.
Initialization of the List Property in the Faces Configuration File
<managed-property>
<property-name>favoriteSports</property-name>
<list-entries>
<value>Handball</value>
<value>Football</value>
<value>Basketball</value>
</list-entries>
</managed-property>
In the XHTML page, you can iterate on the
favoriteSport
list as shown in Listing 2-8 using the
<ui:repeat>
.
Listing 2-8.
Displaying the favoriteSports Items in the XHTML Page
<b>You have the following initial list of favorite sports:</b>
<ul>
<ui:repeat value="#{user.favoriteSport}" var="sport">
<li>#{sport}</li>
</ui:repeat>
</ul>
If you want to display a specific item in the
favoriteSport
list, you can use the
[]
operator. For example, the
following
#{user.favoriteSport[0]}
will display the first item in the
favoriteSport
array, which is
"Handball"
. In
order to initialize the
spokenLanguages
Map with some initial values, you can use the
<map-entries>
element in the
<managed-property>
element, as shown by Listing 2-9.
Listing 2-9.
Initialization of the Map Property in the Faces Configuration File
<managed-property>
<property-name>spokenLanguages</property-name>
<map-entries>
<map-entry>
<key>EN</key>
