UIInput and UIOutput Properties

In the following example, an h:inputText tag binds the name component to the name property of a backing bean called CashierBean.

<h:inputText id="name" size="50"
    value="#{cashier.name}">
</h:inputText>

The following code snippet from the backing bean CashierBean shows the bean property type bound by the preceding component tag:

protected String name = null;

public void setName(String name) {
    this.name = name;
}
public String getName() {
    return this.name;
}

As described in Using the Standard Converters, to convert the value of an input or output component, you can either apply a converter or create the bean property bound to the component with the matching type. Here is the example tag, from Using DateTimeConverter, that displays the date when items will be shipped.

<h:outputText value="#{cashier.shipDate}">
    <f:convertDateTime dateStyle="full" />
</h:outputText>

The bean property represented by this tag must have a type of java.util.Date. The following code snippet shows the shipDate property, from the backing bean CashierBean, that is bound by the tag’s value in the preceding example:

protected Date shipDate;

public Date getShipDate() {
    return this.shipDate;
}
public void setShipDate(Date shipDate) {
    this.shipDate = shipDate;
}