JSF outputFormat html tag

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JSF h:outputFormat tag is used to render HTML text which can accept parameterized inputs.

JSF tag:

<h:outputFormat value="parameter 1 : {0}, parameter 2 : {1}" >
   <f:param value="Param1" />
   <f:param value="Param2" />
</h:outputFormat>

Rendered HTML tag:

parameter 1 : Param1, parameter 2 : Param2

Attributes of h:selectBooleanCheckbox tag.

Attribute Description
id id for the tag
binding Reference to the component used in a backing bean
rendered A boolean value; false would suppress rendering
styleClass Cascading stylesheet (CSS) class name
value value binding
converter Converter class name
style Inline style information
title A title used for accessibility. Browsers typically create tooltips for the title’s value

Example:

welcome.xhtml

<?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"
	xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets">
	<h:head>
		<title>JSF output format example.</title>
	</h:head>
    <h:body> 
      <h:outputFormat value="Graduation: {0}, Post Graduation: {1}" >
         <f:param value="BSC" />
         <f:param value="MCA" />
      </h:outputFormat>	
    </h:body>
 
</html>

faces-config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<faces-config version="2.0" 
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" 
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee 
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-facesconfig_2_0.xsd">
 
</faces-config>

web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="3.0" 
    	xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" 
    	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
    	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee 
    	http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd">
 
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>faces</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>
           javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet
         </servlet-class>
    </servlet>
 
	<servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>faces</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
 
</web-app>

URL:

http://localhost:7001/JSFExample12/faces/welcome.xhtml

Output:

JSF example12
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