JSF 2.x Tip of the Day: Programmatically Creating a <h:outputText/>

In this tip of the day we create one of the most basic components in our JSF arsenal: <h:outputText>.
This example uses another library called jsf-utils to handle the heavy lifting.

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public HtmlOutputText createHtmlOutputText(final FacesContext context, final String valueValueExpression, Class<?> valueType) {     HtmlOutputText text = (HtmlOutputText) context.getApplication().createComponent(HtmlOutputText.COMPONENT_TYPE);     text.setValueExpression("value", JSFUtils.createValueExpression(valueValueExpression, valueType));     return text; }