How to use

putAttribute

method

in

org.metawidget.statically.faces.component.html.widgetbuilder.SelectItems

@Override
protected void addSelectItems(HtmlSelectOneMenu select, String valueExpression, Map<String, String> attributes)
{
 // Add an empty option to select menus on search pages
 addSelectItem(select, null, null);
 SelectItems items = new SelectItems();
 items.putAttribute("value", valueExpression);
 select.getChildren().add(items);
}

@Override
protected void addSelectItems(HtmlSelectOneMenu select, String valueExpression, Map<String, String> attributes)
{
 // Add an empty option to select menus on search pages
 addSelectItem(select, null, null);
 SelectItems items = new SelectItems();
 items.putAttribute("value", valueExpression);
 select.getChildren().add(items);
}

/**
* Overrriden to enhance the default f:selectItem widget with more suitable item labels
*/
@Override
protected void addSelectItems( HtmlSelectOneMenu select, String valueExpression, Map<String, String> attributes ) {
 // Empty option
 //
 // Note: a 'null' value (rather than an empty String') renders an <f:selectItem/> rather
 // than an <f:selectItem itemValue=""/>. This works out better if the HtmlSelectOneMenu has
 // a converter, because the empty String may not be a compatible value
 if ( WidgetBuilderUtils.needsEmptyLookupItem( attributes ) ) {
   addSelectItem( select, null, null );
 }
 // Add the select items
 SelectItems selectItems = new SelectItems();
 selectItems.putAttribute("value", valueExpression);
 // For each item to be displayed, set the label to the reverse primary key value
 if (attributes.containsKey(REVERSE_PRIMARY_KEY))
 {
   selectItems.putAttribute("var", SELECT_ITEM);
   selectItems.putAttribute("itemValue", StaticFacesUtils.wrapExpression(SELECT_ITEM));
   String displayExpression = "forgeview:display(_item)";
   ((BaseStaticXmlWidget) selectItems).putAdditionalNamespaceURI("forgeview", "http://jboss.org/forge/view");
   selectItems.putAttribute("itemLabel", StaticFacesUtils.wrapExpression(displayExpression));
 }
 select.getChildren().add( selectItems );
}

/**
* Overrriden to enhance the default f:selectItem widget with more suitable item labels
*/
@Override
protected void addSelectItems(HtmlSelectOneMenu select, String valueExpression, Map<String, String> attributes)
{
 // Empty option
 //
 // Note: a 'null' value (rather than an empty String') renders an <f:selectItem/> rather
 // than an <f:selectItem itemValue=""/>. This works out better if the HtmlSelectOneMenu has
 // a converter, because the empty String may not be a compatible value
 if (WidgetBuilderUtils.needsEmptyLookupItem(attributes))
 {
   addSelectItem(select, null, null);
 }
 // Add the select items
 SelectItems selectItems = new SelectItems();
 selectItems.putAttribute("value", valueExpression);
 // For each item to be displayed, set the label to the reverse primary key value
 if (attributes.containsKey(REVERSE_PRIMARY_KEY))
 {
   selectItems.putAttribute("var", SELECT_ITEM);
   selectItems.putAttribute("itemValue", StaticFacesUtils.wrapExpression(SELECT_ITEM));
   String displayExpression = "forgeview:display(_item)";
   ((BaseStaticXmlWidget) selectItems).putAdditionalNamespaceURI("forgeview", "http://jboss.org/forge/view");
   selectItems.putAttribute("itemLabel", StaticFacesUtils.wrapExpression(displayExpression));
 }
 select.getChildren().add(selectItems);
}

protected void addSelectItems( HtmlSelectOneMenu select, String valueExpression, Map<String, String> attributes ) {
  // Empty option
  //
  // Note: a 'null' value (rather than an empty String') renders an <f:selectItem/> rather
  // than an <f:selectItem itemValue=""/>. This works out better if the HtmlSelectOneMenu has
  // a converter, because the empty String may not be a compatible value
  if ( WidgetBuilderUtils.needsEmptyLookupItem( attributes ) ) {
    addSelectItem( select, null, null );
  }
  // Add the select items
  SelectItems selectItems = new SelectItems();
  selectItems.putAttribute( "value", valueExpression );
  select.getChildren().add( selectItems );
}