How to get current view HTML source and pass it JSF ManagedBean as String

Question

I want to get current view HTML source and pass it to JSF managed bean as a parameter. Is there anyway in JSF I can do this?

Answer 1

You can't do it in JSF as it doesn't run in the webbrowser at all.

Your best bet is using JavaScript. The below example sets a hidden input value with the HTML source code when the submit button is clicked:

<h:form id="form">
    <h:inputHidden id="source" value="#{bean.source}" />
    <h:commandButton value="submit" action="#{bean.submit}" 
        onclick="document.getElementById('form:source').value=document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].outerHTML"
    />
</h:form>

In the action method, it's in the particular example then just available by the source property.