rich:message is an extension for a standard h:message component. In addition to what the standard component provides, rich:message:
The message marker is defined with a facet. There are several facets names available to design the marker for different kind of message severities. The following example shows how the markers might be used to mark the "passed" and "failed" form fields. Fill the form and click "Ajax Validate" button to see the entered data passing the defined validation rules.
<!DOCTYPE html> <ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j" xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich"> <rich:panel> <f:facet name="header"> <h:outputText value="Validation Form" /> </f:facet> <h:form id="form"> <h:panelGrid columns="3"> <h:outputText value="Name:" /> <h:inputText label="Name" id="name" required="true" value="#{userBean.name}"> <f:validateLength minimum="3" /> </h:inputText> <rich:message for="name" ajaxRendered="true" /> <h:outputText value="Job:" /> <h:inputText label="Job" id="job" required="true" value="#{userBean.job}"> <f:validateLength minimum="3" maximum="50" /> </h:inputText> <rich:message for="job" ajaxRendered="true" /> <h:outputText value="Address:" /> <h:inputText label="Address" id="address" required="true" value="#{userBean.address}"> <f:validateLength minimum="10" /> </h:inputText> <rich:message for="address" ajaxRendered="true" /> <h:outputText value="Zip:" /> <h:inputText label="Zip" id="zip" required="true" value="#{userBean.zip}"> <f:validateLength minimum="4" maximum="9" /> </h:inputText> <rich:message for="zip" ajaxRendered="true" /> <f:facet name="footer"> <a4j:commandButton value="Ajax Validate" /> </f:facet> </h:panelGrid> </h:form> </rich:panel> </ui:composition>
