JSF outputText Tag

This is the section in which you can learn more about the tag named
outputText tag. This tag is used for creating component for displaying
formatted output as text.
Here, you will get an example with complete source code that can be copied in
your application for creating a JSF component that show the output of your
program.
Code Description:
<%@ page contentType="text/html" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f" %>
<f:view>
<html>
<head><title>jsf h:message example</title></head>
<body>
<b><h:outputText
value="This is the output text." /></b>
</body>
</html>
</f:view> |
Above program shows the output text "This is the
output text." that is specified as the value of the JSF HTML tag
outputText.
Rendered Result:

HTML Source Code:
<html>
<head><title>jsf h:message example</title></head>
<body>
<b>This is the output text.</b>
</body>
</html>
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All attributes of the outputText tag are
explained as follows:
- binding: This attribute accepts a
value-binding expression linked to a property in a backing bean.
- converter:
This attribute sets a converter instance to be registered for the
component. This instance must match the converter-id value of a
converter element that is defined in the faces-config.xml file.
- escape: This attribute sets a boolean
flag value that determines if sensitive HTML and XML characters should
be escaped in the output generated by the component. It's default
value is "true".
- id: The value of this attribute
identifies the component uniquely. So, value of the id attribute must
be unique in the closest container.
- rendered: This attribute sets a
boolean flag value that determines the component should be whether or
not rendered in the view.
- style: If you want ot add any CSS with the
component then you can put the style as the value of the attribute. Added CSS
will be applied on for the component.
- styleClass: This attribute holds the CSS
class name which is defined in the external style sheet.
- title: This attribute holds a string value
that is shown as a tool-tip text of a component or element.
- value: This attribute sets the
current value for the component.

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