how to read the label name for a component

[Srikanth Nittala]

Hello,

I want to read the label name of a component, say inputText.
The reason is that i have a requirement to display error messages like 'labelName must be a 10 digit number". I am using JSF 1.1.

        <h:outputLabel value="Primary Phone" for="PrimaryPhone"/>
        <h:inputText value="#{user.primaryPhone}" size="10" id="PrimaryPhone" maxlength="10">
               <f:validator validatorId="PhoneValidator"/>
       </h:inputText>

I want to read this label name in my Validator method:

    public void validate(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent uiComponent, 
                         Object object) { 
        String phoneToValidate = (String)object;
        boolean isPhoneValid = ValidateFieldsUtil.isPhoneNoValid(phoneToValidate);
        if (!isPhoneValid) {
            String clientId = uiComponent.getClientId(facesContext);
            FacesMessage message = new FacesMessage();
            message.setSummary(clientId+" must be a 10 digit number."); // This is where i want to append the label name to display the error message. I am currently prefixing clientId as a hack.
            message.setSeverity(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR);
            
            throw new ValidatorException(message);
        }

Thanks,
Srikanth

[Bauke Scholtz]

Use the 'label' attribute of the input component.

[Srikanth Nittala]

Did you mean to use something like:

<h:inputText label="Primary Phone" value=""...

Since i am using JSF 1.1 there is no label attribute to the inputText component.

-Srikanth>

[Bauke Scholtz]

Then add it using f:attribute.

[Srikanth Nittala]

Thanks. I got the idea now.