Children components inside <f:facet> are not seen in backend

[mirceaalbu]

Hi,

Short story: javax.faces.component.UIComponent.getChildren() for <p:toolbar> or <p:column> will return an empty list if they have a <f:facet>


Long story:
I have the following code:

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<h:form id="parentForm">
	<p:toolbar>
		<f:facet name="left">
			<p:inputText id="childText">
		</f:facet>
	</p:toolbar>
	<p:dataTable>
		<p:column>
			<f:facet name="header">
				<p:triStateCheckbox id="childCheckbox">
			</facet>
		</p:column>
	</<p:dataTable>
</h:form>

In the backend, I need to disable an entire component and their childrens.
In this case, I have the id of the parentForm and I want to disable childText and childCheckbox.
I am doing a recursive search and I am disabling all the components with some exceptions.

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public void disableUIComponent(String uiComponentName) {
	UIComponent component = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot().findComponent(uiComponentName);
	if (component != null) {
		disableAll(component.getChildren());
	}
}

private void disableAll(List<UIComponent> components) {
	for (UIComponent component : components) {
		// 15 lines of codes where I am disabling all types of UI components 
		//component.setDisabled(true);
		
		disableAll(component.getChildren());
	}
}

The problem is that component.getChildren() will be empty if the <f:facet> is present.
If the toolbar or the column doesn't have the <f:facet> component, component.getChildren() will return the children components.

[tandraschko]

try component.getFacet(...).getChildren()
otherwise try StackOverFlow, it's not related to PrimeFaces, it's more related to the JSF API/Impl.