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Custom renderer for PrimeFaces component not registering

I've written a custom Renderer Class to fix Primefaces issue#5869 and am now trying to use it on the website I'm working on. I've done so by including

<renderer>
        <component-family>org.primefaces.component</component-family>
        <renderer-type>org.primefaces.component.inputtext.InputTextRenderer</renderer-type>
        <renderer-class>at.ac.uibk.library.utils.fixedInputTextRenderer</renderer-class>
    </renderer>

in my faces-config.xml. But it's still possible to insert more than the specified character limit with js.

I added these lines in the fixedInputTextRenderer which should do the necessary check

if (submittedValue != null) {
        int maxlength = inputText.getMaxlength();

        if (maxlength > 0 && submittedValue.length() > maxlength) {
            submittedValue = submittedValue.substring(0, maxlength);
        }
        inputText.setSubmittedValue(submittedValue);
    }
Solution

  • The specified <renderer-type> is wrong:

    <renderer-type>org.primefaces.component.inputtext.InputTextRenderer</renderer-type>

    According to the VDL documentation of <p:inputText> it's by default registered on org.primefaces.component.InputTextRenderer.

    Component information

    Info Value
    Component Type org.primefaces.component.InputText
    Handler Class None
    Renderer Type org.primefaces.component.InputTextRenderer
    Description None

    So adjust it accordingly:

    <renderer-type>org.primefaces.component.InputTextRenderer</renderer-type>

    Do note that the component type and renderer type don't actually represent FQNs, but that they are merely keys/identifiers. That they look like FQNs is indeed an unfortunate side effect of enforcing uniqueness which may indeed be confusing for starters.

    See also: