private String encodeParentAndChildrenAsString(FacesContext fc, UIComponent uic) { StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer(); if (uic instanceof CommandSortHeader) { if (uic.getChildCount() > 0) { Iterator iter = uic.getChildren().iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { UIComponent child = (UIComponent) iter.next(); str.append(encodeParentAndChildrenAsString(fc, child)); } } } Object value = uic.getAttributes().get("value"); if (value == null) { ValueBinding vb = uic.getValueBinding("value"); if (vb != null) { value = vb.getValue(fc); } } if (value == null) { return str.toString(); } Converter converter = null; if (uic instanceof ValueHolder) { converter = ((ValueHolder) uic).getConverter(); } if (converter == null) { converter = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication().createConverter(value.getClass()); } if (converter != null) { str.append(converter.getAsString(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(), uic, value)); } else { str.append(value); } // don't process selectItems or f:param for uiCommand) if (uic instanceof UISelectBoolean || uic instanceof UISelectMany || uic instanceof UISelectOne || uic instanceof UICommand) { return str.toString(); } if (uic.getChildCount() > 0) { Iterator iter = uic.getChildren().iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { UIComponent child = (UIComponent) iter.next(); str.append(encodeParentAndChildrenAsString(fc, child)); } } return str.toString(); }