An external page can be displayed in a dynamically generated dialog on runtime.
Documentation<h:form>
<p:commandButton value="View" icon="pi pi-home" action="#{dfView.viewCars}" />
<p:commandButton value="Options" icon="pi pi-home" action="#{dfView.viewCarsCustomized}" />
</h:form>@Named("dfView")
@RequestScoped
public class DFView {
public void viewCars() {
Map<String,Object> options = new HashMap<String, Object>();
options.put("resizable", false);
PrimeFaces.current().dialog().openDynamic("viewCars", options, null);
}
public void viewCarsCustomized() {
Map<String,Object> options = new HashMap<String, Object>();
options.put("modal", true);
options.put("width", 640);
options.put("height", 340);
options.put("contentWidth", "100%");
options.put("contentHeight", "100%");
options.put("headerElement", "customheader");
PrimeFaces.current().dialog().openDynamic("viewCars", options, null);
}
public void chooseCar() {
Map<String,Object> options = new HashMap<String, Object>();
options.put("resizable", false);
options.put("draggable", false);
options.put("modal", true);
PrimeFaces.current().dialog().openDynamic("selectCar", options, null);
}
public void onCarChosen(SelectEvent event) {
Car car = (Car) event.getObject();
FacesMessage message = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO, "Car Selected", "Id:" + car.getId());
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, message);
}
public void showMessage() {
FacesMessage message = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO, "What we do in life", "Echoes in eternity.");
PrimeFaces.current().dialog().showMessageDynamic(message);
}
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">
<h:head>
<title>Cars</title>
<style type="text/css">
.ui-widget {
font-size: 90%;
}
</style>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<i id="customheader" class="pi pi-home" style="display:none"></i>
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{dfCarsView.cars}">
<p:column headerText="Id">
<h:outputText value="#{car.id}" />
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Year">
<h:outputText value="#{car.year}" />
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Brand">
<h:outputText value="#{car.brand}" />
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Color">
<h:outputText value="#{car.color}" />
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
</h:body>
</html>@Named("dfCarsView")
@ViewScoped
public class DFCarsView implements Serializable {
private List<Car> cars;
@Inject
private CarService service;
@PostConstruct
public void init() {
cars = service.createCars(9);
}
public List<Car> getCars() {
return cars;
}
public void setService(CarService service) {
this.service = service;
}
public void selectCarFromDialog(Car car) {
PrimeFaces.current().dialog().closeDynamic(car);
}
}@Named
@ApplicationScoped
public class CarService {
private final static String[] colors;
private final static String[] brands;
static {
colors = new String[10];
colors[0] = "Black";
colors[1] = "White";
colors[2] = "Green";
colors[3] = "Red";
colors[4] = "Blue";
colors[5] = "Orange";
colors[6] = "Silver";
colors[7] = "Yellow";
colors[8] = "Brown";
colors[9] = "Maroon";
brands = new String[10];
brands[0] = "BMW";
brands[1] = "Mercedes";
brands[2] = "Volvo";
brands[3] = "Audi";
brands[4] = "Renault";
brands[5] = "Fiat";
brands[6] = "Volkswagen";
brands[7] = "Honda";
brands[8] = "Jaguar";
brands[9] = "Ford";
}
public List<Car> createCars(int size) {
List<Car> list = new ArrayList<Car>();
for(int i = 0 ; i < size ; i++) {
list.add(new Car(getRandomId(), getRandomBrand(), getRandomYear(), getRandomColor(), getRandomPrice(), getRandomSoldState()));
}
return list;
}
private String getRandomId() {
return UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);
}
private int getRandomYear() {
return (int) (Math.random() * 50 + 1960);
}
private String getRandomColor() {
return colors[(int) (Math.random() * 10)];
}
private String getRandomBrand() {
return brands[(int) (Math.random() * 10)];
}
private int getRandomPrice() {
return (int) (Math.random() * 100000);
}
private boolean getRandomSoldState() {
return (Math.random() > 0.5) ? true: false;
}
public List<String> getColors() {
return Arrays.asList(colors);
}
public List<String> getBrands() {
return Arrays.asList(brands);
}
}