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();
}
