EL空运算符在JSF中如何工作？

Question

In JSF an component can be rendered or not using the EL empty operator

rendered="#{not empty myBean.myList}"

As I've understood the operator works both as null-check, but also check checks if the list is empty.

I want to do empty checks on some objects of my own custom class, which interface(s) or parts of interfaces do I need to implement? Which interface is the empty operator compatible with?

Answer 1

From EL 2.2 specification (get the one below "Click here to download the spec for evaluation"):

1.10 Empty Operator - empty A

The empty operator is a prefix operator that can be used to determine if a value is null or empty.

To evaluate empty A

• If A is null , return true
• Otherwise, if A is the empty string, then return true
• Otherwise, if A is an empty array, then return true
• Otherwise, if A is an empty Map , return true
• Otherwise, if A is an empty Collection , return true
• Otherwise return false

So, considering the interfaces, it works on Collection and Map only. In your case, I think Collection is the best option. Or, if it's a Javabean-like object, then Map . Either way, under the covers, the isEmpty() method is used for the actual check. On interface methods which you can't or don't want to implement, you could throw UnsupportedOperationException .

Answer 2

Using BalusC's suggestion of implementing Collection i can now hide my primefaces p:dataTable using not empty operator on my dataModel that extends javax.faces.model.ListDataModel

Code sample:

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import javax.faces.model.ListDataModel;
import org.primefaces.model.SelectableDataModel;

public class EntityDataModel extends ListDataModel<Entity> implements
        Collection<Entity>, SelectableDataModel<Entity>, Serializable {

    public EntityDataModel(List<Entity> data) { super(data); }

    @Override
    public Entity getRowData(String rowKey) {
        // In a real app, a more efficient way like a query by rowKey should be
        // implemented to deal with huge data
        List<Entity> entitys = (List<Entity>) getWrappedData();
        for (Entity entity : entitys) {
            if (Integer.toString(entity.getId()).equals(rowKey)) return entity;
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public Object getRowKey(Entity entity) {
        return entity.getId();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isEmpty() {
        List<Entity> entity = (List<Entity>) getWrappedData();
        return (entity == null) || entity.isEmpty();
    }
    // ... other not implemented methods of Collection...
}