Prettyfaces: Set a bean property to some constant value, on observing a specific url pattern

Question

While writing the URL mapping rules for Prettyfaces in pretty-config.xml I would like to add a rule that whenever a particular pattern is observed in URL then set a

Answer 1

You should simply use a path parameter and convert the value from the URL to your constant in a page action method. Something like this:

<url-mapping id="products"> 
  <pattern value="/products/#{bean.category}/" /> 
  <view-id value="/faces/shop/store.jsf" />
  <action>#{bean.action}</action>
</url-mapping>

And the action method:

public void action() {

  if( "electronics".equals(this.category) ) {
    this.category = "ELECTRONICS_ITEMS";
  }
  // more categories...

}

Answer 2

as i am using prettyfaces annotations i dont know about pretty-config.xml if i got this condition then i will use it in annotations like this

 @URLAction(mappingId = "someMappingId", onPostback = false)
 public String setConstantValue() {

// set your bean here
return null;

}