jdev 12.2.1.4 dynamically changing year in output text

User_H6Z6F

we are using jdev 12.2.1.4 and we want to show copyright and the current year on the footer of the current page.eg

<af:outputText id="footSp" value="Copyright © 2022">

Is there any way by which we can get the year dynamically instead of hardcoding it?

Timo Hahn

You can you an EL that is pointing to a bean that returns the current year as a string. Like EL:

<af:outputText id="footSp" value="Copyright © #{Mybean.currentYear}">

and in the MyBean java class

public String getCurrentYear() {
// do the calculation to get the current year
String year = ...
return year
}

Now, each time you use this outputtext you get the copyright with the current year.

Timo

User_H6Z6F

@Timo Hahn Thanks for the reply.

So there is no alternative way to get year from direct EL expression? That way I can avoid bean binding.

Timo Hahn

Sure, you can create a method in the application module that returns the year. Then you can use the return value inside an EL.

The solution using a bean is simpler to implement.

Timo