JSF EL Implicit Object Reference
March 9, 2015
Just collecting the implicit objects defined by the JSF 2.2 specification (section 5.6.2.1, table 5-11) which are available in the EL:
- application
- externalContext.getContext()
- applicationScope
- externalContext.getApplicationMap()
- cookie
- externalContext.getRequestCookieMap()
- facesContext
- the FacesContext for this request
- component
- the top of the stack of UIComponent instances, as pushed via calls to UIComponent.pushComponentToEL(). See Section 3.1.14 “Lifecycle Management Methods”
- flowScope
- facesContext.getApplication().getFlowHandler().getCurrentFlowScope()
- cc
- the current composite component relative to the declaring page in which the expression appears.
- flash
- externalContext.getFlash()
- header
- externalContext.getRequestHeaderMap()
- headerValues
- externalContext.getRequestHeaderValuesMap()
- initParam
- externalContext.getInitParameterMap()
- param
- externalContext.getRequestParameterMap()
- paramValues
- externalContext.getRequestParameterValuesMap()
- request
- externalContext.getRequest()
- requestScope
- externalContext.getRequestMap()
- resource
- facesContext.getApplication().getResourceHandler()
- session
- externalContext.getSession()
- sessionScope
- externalContext.getSessionMap()
- view
- facesContext.getViewRoot()
- viewScope
- facesContext.getViewRoot().getViewMap()
- resource
- facesContext.getApplication().getResourceHandler()