How to set Boolean value to an 'Yes' or 'No' h:selectOneRadio

Question

I have the following code in JSF-2 Mojarra 2.0.8 running on Tomcat 7

Answer 1

Use a simple Boolean value in your backing bean:

private Boolean choice;
// getter and setter

And in the facelet:

<h:selectOneRadio id="yesNoRadio" value ="#{user.choice}">
  <f:selectItem itemValue="#{false}" itemLabel="No" />
  <f:selectItem itemValue="#{true}" itemLabel="Yes"/>
  <f:ajax execute="@form" render="userDetailsGrid "></f:ajax>
</h:selectOneRadio>
..
<h:panelGrid  id="userDetailsGrid">
  <h:panelGrid columns="2" rendered="#{user.choice}">
  ..
  </h:panelGrid>
  ..
</h:panelGrid>

Answer 2

You can also just check the enum value in the rendered attribute. Enums are evaluated as strings in EL, so you can do a simple string comparison. This way you can keep your original code.

<h:panelGrid columns="2" rendered="#{user.yesNoRadio == 'Yes'}">

By the way, you perhaps really want to use execute="@this" instead of execute="@form" (or just remove it altogether, it defaults to @this already). The execute="@form" will process the entire form and thus also fire validation there where you perhaps don't want.