Oracle Fusion Middleware Tag Reference for Oracle ADF Faces
11g Release 2 (11.1.2.0.0)

E17491-01

<af:validateByteLength>

af:validateByteLength validateByteLength validate byte length ByteLength bytelength

type: oracle.adf.rich.ByteLength

Validates the byte length of strings when encoded. The "maximumLength" attribute of inputText is similar, but it limits the number of characters that the user can enter. In some circumstances, the server must also limit the number of bytes required to store the string. This is very undesirable from a user interface perspective, since it is difficult for users to understand why they might be able to enter only 2 Japanese characters but 6 English characters! However, in cases where the backend will report this as an error anyway, it is better to report the problem before.

This validator provides hints for the help framework, which cannot be turned off.

This validator also runs on the client (implements org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.validator.ClientValidator).

The element allows developers to specify the encoding that should be used to define the byte length. This must be an encoding supported by the Java runtime, if not it will result in an exception and not a validation failure

If the encoding is supported by JVM, and is an encoding that is not supported in the client side, then client side validation is disabled for this instance, while server side validation will continue to take place.

The list of encodings that can be supported at the client side is as given below. Note: All the encodings listed might not be supported by JVM, and there can be other encodings, which the JVM may support, but might not be supported at the client side.

Supported encodings are grouped as UTF-8, CJK encodings and Single byte encodings. Supported client side CJK encodings and Single byte encodings table:


Single Byte Encodings CJK Encodings
ascii shift_jis
iso646-us ms_kanji
iso_8859-1:1987 csshiftjis
iso-ir-100 windows-31j
iso_8859-1 cswindows31j
iso-8859-1 ks_c_5601-1987
latin1 iso-ir-149
l1 ks_c_5601-1989
ibm819 ksc_5601
cp819 korean
csisolatin1 csksc56011987
iso_8859-2:1987 euc-kr
iso-ir-101 cseuckr
iso_8859-2 windows-949
iso-8859-2 gb2312
latin2 csgb2312
l2 chinese
csisolatin2 csiso58gb231280
iso_8859-3:1988 hz-gb-2312
iso-ir-109 gbk
iso_8859-3 cp936
iso-8859-3 ms936
latin3 windows-936
l3 big5
csisolatin3 csbig5
iso_8859-4:1988 windows-950
iso-ir-110  
iso_8859-4  
iso-8859-4  
latin4  
l4  
csisolatin4  
iso_8859-5:1988  
iso-ir-144  
iso_8859-5  
iso-8859-5  
cyrillic  
csisolatincyrillic  
iso_8859-6:1987  
iso-ir-127  
iso_8859-6  
iso-8859-6  
ecma-114  
asmo-708  
arabic  
csisolatinarabic  
iso_8859-7:1987  
iso-ir-126  
iso_8859-7  
iso-8859-7  
elot_928  
ecma-118  
greek  
greek8  
csisolatingreek  
iso_8859-8:1988  
iso-ir-138  
iso_8859-8  
iso-8859-8  
hebrew  
csisolatinhebrew  
iso-ir-148  
iso_8859-9  
iso-8859-9  
latin5  
l5  
csisolatin5  
iso-8859-13  
iso-8859-15  
iso_8859-15  
ibm037  
cp037  
ibm273  
cp273  
ibm277  
ibm278  
cp278  
278  
ibm280  
cp280  
ibm284  
cp284  
ibm285  
cp285  
ibm297  
cp297  
ibm420  
cp420  
420  
ibm424  
cp424  
ibm437  
cp437  
437  
cspc8codepage437  
ibm500  
cp500  
ibm775  
cp775  
ibm850  
cp850  
850  
cspc850multilingual  
ibm852  
cp852  
852  
cspcp852  
ibm855  
cp855  
855  
cspcp855  
ibm857  
cp857  
857  
csibm857  
ibm860  
cp860  
860  
csibm860  
ibm861  
cp861  
cp-is  
861  
csibm861  
ibm862  
cp862  
862  
cspc862latinhebrew  
ibm863  
cp863  
863  
csibm863  
ibm864  
cp864  
csibm864  
ibm865  
cp865  
865  
csibm865  
ibm866  
cp866  
866  
csibm866  
ibm868  
cp868  
ibm869  
cp869  
869  
cp-gr  
csibm869  
ibm870  
cp870  
ibm871  
cp871  
ibm918  
cp918  
ibm1026  
cp1026  
windows-1250  
windows-1251  
windows-1252  
windows-1253  
windows-1254  
windows-1255  
windows-1256  
windows-1257  
windows-1258  
koi8-r  
cskoi8r  

Attributes

Name Type Supports EL? Description
encoding String Yes Default Value: iso-8859-1

the Java encoding used for the string.
hintMaximum String Yes

Hint message to be used, when giving a hint on maximum size of allowed bytes. There is no default hint for this property.

Parameters:

  • {0} the allowed maximum
maximum int Yes maximum number of allowable bytes when the string is encoded
messageDetailMaximum String Yes

Custom error message to be used, for creating detail part of faces message, when conversion fails for input that exceeds the maximum byte length.

Parameters:

  • {0} the label that identifies the component
  • {1} value entered by the user
  • {2} the maximum length
Please note: Parameter {1} which specifies the value entered by the user, should never be used in the message if the value is secure, like when secret=true on inputText.