global convertNumber

[jmchiaradia]

Hello, I know how to use:

<f:convertNumber pattern="##.00"></f:convertNumber>

But I don't want to put this into every input/output text of my pages.

Is there any way to use a global pattern for every output/input text??

Regards,
Chiara

[chris.simons]

Of course, there are several ways that you could do this.

First thing that comes to mind is to stick that pattern into a properties file and reference it via EL, such as #{messages['pattern.number']}, assuming that was the name of the property key.

Or, you could make a managed bean to store these kinds of application-level/runtime values, such as a class called ConverterHelper that you declare in faces-config.

[raphaufrj]

There is another way for it if you're using faceletes. You can create one component easily.

1. Declare a taglib in xml file

`
<facelet-taglib>
        <namespace>http://teste.com.br/jsf</namespace>
        <tag>
                <tag-name>numeric</tag-name>
                <source>../layout/numeric.xhtml</source>
        </tag>
</facelet-taglib>
`

2. In numeric.xhtml

`
        <h:inputText id="#{id}" value="#{value}" disabled="#{disabled}" style="#{styleComponent}">
<f:convertNumber pattern="##.00"></f:convertNumber>
</h:inputText>
`

3. In your real xhtml
`
<teste:numeric id="test" />
`
Do not forget to declare xmlns:teste="http://teste.com.br/jsf" in the top of page...