JSF 2 radio buttons example

In JSF, 「h:selectOneRadio」 tag is used to render a set of HTML input element of type 「radio「, and format it with HTML table and label tag.html

//JSF...
<h:selectOneRadio value="#{user.favColor1}">
    <f:selectItem itemValue="Red" itemLabel="Color1 - Red" />
    <f:selectItem itemValue="Green" itemLabel="Color1 - Green" />
    <f:selectItem itemValue="Blue" itemLabel="Color1 - Blue" />
</h:selectOneRadio>
//HTML output...
<table>
<tr>
  <td>
    <input type="radio" name="j_idt6:j_idt8" id="j_idt6:j_idt8:0" value="Red" />
    <label for="j_idt6:j_idt8:0"> Color1 - Red</label></td>
  <td>
    <input type="radio" name="j_idt6:j_idt8" id="j_idt6:j_idt8:1" value="Green" />
    <label for="j_idt6:j_idt8:1"> Color1 - Green</label></td>
  <td>
    <input type="radio" name="j_idt6:j_idt8" id="j_idt6:j_idt8:2" value="Blue" />
    <label for="j_idt6:j_idt8:2"> Color1 - Blue</label>
  </td>
</tr>
</table>

JSF 2.0 「h:selectOneRadio」 example

A JSF 2.0 example to show the use of 「h:selectOneRadio」 tag to render radio buttons, and populate the data in 3 different ways :java

  • Hardcoded values in 「f:selectItem」 tag.
  • Generate values with a Map and put it into 「f:selectItems」 tag.
  • Generate values with an Object array and put it into 「f:selectItems」 tag, then represent the value with a 「var」 attribute.

1. Backing Bean

A backing bean to hold the submitted data.this

package com.mkyong;

import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped;
 
@ManagedBean(name="user")
@SessionScoped
public class UserBean{

    public String favColor1;
    public String favColor2;
    public String favColor3;
    
    //getter and setter methods 

    //Generated by Map
    private static Map<String,Object> color2Value;
    static{
        color2Value = new LinkedHashMap<String,Object>();
        color2Value.put("Color2 - Red", "Red"); //label, value
        color2Value.put("Color2 - Green", "Green");
        color2Value.put("Color3 - Blue", "Blue");
    }
    
    public Map<String,Object> getFavColor2Value() {
        return color2Value;
    }
    
    //Generated by Object array
    public static class Color{
        public String colorLabel;
        public String colorValue;
        
        public Color(String colorLabel, String colorValue){
            this.colorLabel = colorLabel;
            this.colorValue = colorValue;
        }
        
        public String getColorLabel(){
            return colorLabel;
        }
        
        public String getColorValue(){
            return colorValue;
        }
        
    }
    
    public Color[] color3List;
    
    public Color[] getFavColor3Value() {
        
        color3List = new Color[3];
        color3List[0] = new Color("Color3 - Red", "Red");
        color3List[1] = new Color("Color3 - Green", "Green");
        color3List[2] = new Color("Color3 - Blue", "Blue");
        
        return color3List;
    }
    
}

2. JSF Page

A JSF page to demonstrate the use 「h:selectOneRadio」 tag.3d

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"   
      xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
      xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
      >
    <h:body>
        
        <h1>JSF 2 radio button example</h1>
        <h:form>
        
            1. Hard-coded with "f:selectItem" : 
        <h:selectOneRadio value="#{user.favColor1}">
            <f:selectItem itemValue="Red" itemLabel="Color1 - Red" />
            <f:selectItem itemValue="Green" itemLabel="Color1 - Green" />
            <f:selectItem itemValue="Blue" itemLabel="Color1 - Blue" />
        </h:selectOneRadio>
        
        <br />
        
            2. Generated by Map :
        <h:selectOneRadio value="#{user.favColor2}">
            <f:selectItems value="#{user.favColor2Value}" />
        </h:selectOneRadio>
        
            <br />
        
             3. Generated by Object array and iterate with var :
        <h:selectOneRadio value="#{user.favColor3}">
            <f:selectItems value="#{user.favColor3Value}" var="c"
            itemLabel="#{c.colorLabel}" itemValue="#{c.colorValue}" />
        </h:selectOneRadio>
        
            <br />
        
                <h:commandButton value="Submit" action="result" />
        <h:commandButton value="Reset" type="reset" />

        </h:form>
    </h:body>
</html>

result.xhtml…code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"   
      xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
      >
    <h:body>
        
        <h1>JSF 2 radio button example</h1>
        
        <h2>result.xhtml</h2>
        
        <ol>
            <li>user.favColor1 : #{user.favColor1}</li>
            <li>user.favColor2 : #{user.favColor2}</li>
            <li>user.favColor3 : #{user.favColor3}</li>
        </ol>
    </h:body>
</html>

3. Demo

jsf2-radio-button-example-1

When 「submit」 button is clicked, link to 「result.xhtml」 and display the submitted radio button values.
jsf2-radio-button-example-2orm

How to select radio button value by default?

In JSF, the radio button values of 「f:selectItems」 tag is selected if it matched to the 「value」 of 「h:selectOneRadio」 tag. In above example, if you set favColor2 to 「Red」 :xml

@ManagedBean(name="user")
@SessionScoped
public class UserBean{

    public String[] favColor = "Red";

    //...

The 「favColor2″ radio button, 「Red」 option is selected by default.htm

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