Some handy code for backing beans ( ADF & JSF )

Here some code which you can use in your backing beans, I use this code all the time. With this you can retrieve the data or actions from the ADF page definition or create new uicomponents with ADF definitions and some JSF methods.

I'll keep this page up to date. Let me know if you have some code.

// print the roles of the current user
for ( String role : ADFContext.getCurrent().getSecurityContext().getUserRoles() ) {
   System.out.println("role "+role);
}


// get the ADF security context and test if the user has the role users       
SecurityContext sec = ADFContext.getCurrent().getSecurityContext();
if ( sec.isUserInRole("users") ) {
}
// is the user valid
public boolean isAuthenticated() {
 return ADFContext.getCurrent().getSecurityContext().isAuthenticated();
}
// return the user
public String getCurrentUser() {
 return ADFContext.getCurrent().getSecurityContext().getUserName();
}


// get the binding container
BindingContainer bindings = BindingContext.getCurrent().getCurrentBindingsEntry();

// get an ADF attributevalue from the ADF page definitions
AttributeBinding attr = (AttributeBinding)bindings.getControlBinding("test");
attr.setInputValue("test");

// get an Action or MethodAction
OperationBinding method = bindings.getOperationBinding("methodAction");
method.execute();
List errors = method.getErrors();

method = bindings.getOperationBinding("methodAction");
Map paramsMap = method.getParamsMap();
paramsMap.put("param","value")  ;      
method.execute();


// Get the data from an ADF tree or table
DCBindingContainer dcBindings = (DCBindingContainer)BindingContext.getCurrent().getCurrentBindingsEntry();

FacesCtrlHierBinding treeData = (FacesCtrlHierBinding)bc.getControlBinding("tree");
Row[] rows = treeData.getAllRowsInRange();

// Get a attribute value of the current row of iterator
DCIteratorBinding iterBind= (DCIteratorBinding)dcBindings.get("testIterator");
String attribute = (String)iterBind.getCurrentRow().getAttribute("field1");

// Get the error
String error = iterBind.getError().getMessage();


// refresh the iterator
bindings.refreshControl();
iterBind.executeQuery();
iterBind.refresh(DCIteratorBinding.RANGESIZE_UNLIMITED);

// Get all the rows of a iterator
Row[] rows = iterBind.getAllRowsInRange();
TestData dataRow = null;
for (Row row : rows) {
  dataRow = (TestData)((DCDataRow)row).getDataProvider();
}

// Get the current row of a iterator , a different way
FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
ExpressionFactory ef = ctx.getApplication().getExpressionFactory();
ValueExpression ve = ef.createValueExpression(ctx.getELContext(), "#{bindings.testIter.currentRow.dataProvider}", TestHead.class);
TestHead test = (TestHead)ve.getValue(ctx.getELContext());

// Get a session bean
FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
ExpressionFactory ef = ctx.getApplication().getExpressionFactory();
ValueExpression ve = ef.createValueExpression(ctx.getELContext(), "#{testSessionBean}", TestSession.class);
TestSession test = (TestSession)ve.getValue(ctx.getELContext());

// main jsf page 
DCBindingContainer dc = (DCBindingContainer)BindingContext.getCurrent().getCurrentBindingsEntry(); 
// taskflow binding 
DCTaskFlowBinding tf = (DCTaskFlowBinding)dc.findExecutableBinding("dynamicRegion1");
// pagedef of a page fragment 
JUFormBinding form = (JUFormBinding) tf.findExecutableBinding("regions_employee_regionPageDef");
// handle to  binding container of the region.
DCBindingContainer dcRegion   = form;



// return a methodexpression like a control flow case action or ADF pagedef action
private MethodExpression getMethodExpression(String name) {
 Class [] argtypes = new Class[1];
 argtypes[0] = ActionEvent.class;
 FacesContext facesCtx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
 Application app = facesCtx.getApplication();
 ExpressionFactory elFactory = app.getExpressionFactory();
 ELContext elContext = facesCtx.getELContext();
 return elFactory.createMethodExpression(elContext,name,null,argtypes);
}

//
RichCommandMenuItem menuPage1 = new RichCommandMenuItem();
menuPage1.setId("page1");
menuPage1.setText("Page 1");
menuPage1.setActionExpression(getMethodExpression("page1"));

RichCommandButton button = new RichCommandButton();
button.setValueExpression("disabled",getValueExpression("#{!bindings."+item+".enabled}"));
button.setId(item);
button.setText(item);
MethodExpression me = getMethodExpression("#{bindings."+item+".execute}");
button.addActionListener(new MethodExpressionActionListener(me));
footer.getChildren().add(button);


// get a value
private ValueExpression getValueExpression(String name) {
 FacesContext facesCtx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
 Application app = facesCtx.getApplication();
 ExpressionFactory elFactory = app.getExpressionFactory();
 ELContext elContext = facesCtx.getELContext();
 return  elFactory.createValueExpression(elContext, name, Object.class);
}
// an example how to use this
RichInputText input = new RichInputText();
input.setValueExpression("value",getValueExpression("#{bindings."+item+".inputValue}"));
input.setValueExpression("label",getValueExpression("#{bindings."+item+".hints.label}"));
input.setId(item);
panelForm.getChildren().add(input);



// catch an exception and show it in the jsf page
catch(Exception e) {
 FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR, e.getMessage(), "");
 FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);
}

                  
FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_WARN, msgHead , msgDetail);
facesContext.addMessage(uiComponent.getClientId(facesContext), msg);                                                                   


// reset all the child uicomponents
private void resetValueInputItems(AdfFacesContext adfFacesContext,
                                 UIComponent component){
   List<UIComponent> items = component.getChildren();
   for ( UIComponent item : items ) {
      
       resetValueInputItems(adfFacesContext,item);
      
       if ( item instanceof RichInputText  ) {
           RichInputText input = (RichInputText)item;
           if ( !input.isDisabled() ) {
               input.resetValue() ;
               adfFacesContext.addPartialTarget(input);
           };
       } else if ( item instanceof RichInputDate ) {
           RichInputDate input = (RichInputDate)item;
           if ( !input.isDisabled() ) {
               input.resetValue() ;
               adfFacesContext.addPartialTarget(input);
           };
       }
   }
}
  
// redirect to a other url
ExternalContext ectx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext();
HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse)ectx.getResponse();
String url = ectx.getRequestContextPath()+"/adfAuthentication?logout=true&end_url=/faces/start.jspx";

try {
  response.sendRedirect(url);
} catch (Exception ex) {
  ex.printStackTrace();
}

// PPR refresh a jsf component
AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(UIComponent);


// find a jsf component    
private UIComponent getUIComponent(String name) {
 FacesContext facesCtx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
 return facesCtx.getViewRoot().findComponent(name) ;
}


// get the adf bc application module
private OEServiceImpl getAm(){
   FacesContext fc = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
   Application app = fc.getApplication();
   ExpressionFactory elFactory = app.getExpressionFactory();
   ELContext elContext = fc.getELContext();
   ValueExpression valueExp =
   elFactory.createValueExpression(elContext, "#{data.OEServiceDataControl.dataProvider}",
                                       Object.class);
   return   (OEServiceImpl)valueExp.getValue(elContext);
}


// change the locale
Locale newLocale = new Locale(this.language);
FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
context.getViewRoot().setLocale(newLocale);


// get the stacktrace of a not handled exception
private ControllerContext cc = ControllerContext.getInstance();

public String getStacktrace() {
   if ( cc.getCurrentViewPort().getExceptionData()!=null ) {
       StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
       PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
       cc.getCurrentViewPort().getExceptionData().printStackTrace(pw);
       return sw.toString();           
   }
   return null;
}


// get the selected rows from a table component
RowKeySet selection = resultTable.getSelectedRowKeys();
Object[] keys = selection.toArray();
List<Long> receivers = new ArrayList<Long>(keys.length);
for ( Object key : keys ) {
  User user = modelFriends.get((Integer)key);
}

// get  selected Rows of a table 2
for (Object facesRowKey : table.getSelectedRowKeys()) {
 table.setRowKey(facesRowKey);
 Object o = table.getRowData();
 JUCtrlHierNodeBinding rowData = (JUCtrlHierNodeBinding)o;
 Row row = rowData.getRow();
 Test testRow = (Test)((DCDataRow)row).getDataProvider() ;
}