JSF 2.x Tip of the Day: Creating RichFaces <a4j:commandLink/> Programmatically

As soon as I posted the previous blogpost Java Evangelist John Yeary's Blog: JSF 2.x Tip of the Day: Programmatic <h:commandLink/> I got a request for how to do it with RichFaces. The process is almost the same.

Here is an example for creating <a4j:commandLink/>

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private UICommandLink createSortingLink(String value) {        Application application = context.getApplication();        Class<?>[] clazz = new Class<?>[]{};        UICommandLink commandLink = (UICommandLink) application.createComponent(UICommandLink.COMPONENT_TYPE);        commandLink.setValue(value);        commandLink.setActionExpression(createMethodExpression("#{tableBean.sort()}", String.class, clazz));        commandLink.setValueExpression("render", createValueExpression("#{tableBean.render}", null));        commandLink.setRender("tableForm:resultsTable");        return commandLink;    }

This example creates one for a table sorter on a RichFaces data table.