How to pass parameters to JSF 2.0 template file?

In JSF 2.0 web application, you can use “ui:param” facelets tag to pass parameters to an include file or a template file.

1. Parameter in “ui:include”

Example to pass a “tagLine” parameter to an include file.

<ui:insert name="header" >
   <ui:include src="/template/common/commonHeader.xhtml">
 
	<ui:param name="tagLine" value="JSF a day, bug away" />
 
   </ui:include>
</ui:insert>

In the commonHeader.xhtml file, you can access the “tagLine” parameter with a normal EL expression.

<?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:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
      >
    <body>
        <ui:composition>
	    <h2>Tag Line : #{tagLine}</h2>
	</ui:composition>
    </body>
</html>

2. Parameter in “ui:composition”

Example to pass a “curFileName” parameter to a template file.

<ui:composition template="template/common/commonLayout.xhtml">
 
	<ui:param name="curFileName" value="default.xhtml" />
 
</ui:composition>

In the commonLayout.xhtml file, you can access the “curFileName” parameter with a normal EL expression.

<?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:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
      >
    <h:body>
 
	<div id="content">
	        Current File : #{curFileName}
	</div>
 
    </h:body>
</html>