RichFaces <rich:notifyMessage>

It is used to display FacesMessages. This component is built on the top of <rich:notify>.

Style classes and skin parameters

Note - that<rich:notifyMessage> shares common classes with <rich:notify>. since there is exactly one notification rendered for each JSF message.

The following table contains the style classes and corresponding skin parameters for the notifyMessage.

Class	Function	Skin Parameters	Mapped CSS properties
.rf-ntf-inf	This class defines styles for an informative message.	generalTextColor	color
.rf-ntf-wrn	This class defines styles for a warning notifications.	No skin parameters.
.rf-ntf-err	This class defines styles for a error notifications.	No skin parameters.
.rf-ntf-ftl	This class defines styles for a fatal notifications.	No skin parameters.
.rf-ntf-inf .rf-ntf-ico, .rf-ntf-wrn .rf-ntf-ico, .rf-ntf-err .rf-ntf-ico, .rf-ntf-ftl .rf-ntf-ico	These classes define style for notification icon based on severity of notification message.	No skin parameters.

Example

Here, in the following example, we are implementing <rich:notifyMessage> component. This example contains the following files.

JSF Page

// rich-notify-message.xhtml

<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j"
xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets">
<f:view>
<h:head>
<title>Rich Notify Message </title>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:form>
<h:outputText value="User Name " />
<h:inputText label="user name"
id="user-name"
required="true"
value="#{user.name}">
<f:validateLength minimum="5" maximum="20" />
</h:inputText><br/><br/>
<h:commandButton value="submit"/>
<rich:notifyMessage for="user-name"/>
</h:form>
</h:body>
</f:view>
</ui:composition>

Managed Bean

// User.java

import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.RequestScoped;
@ManagedBean
@RequestScoped
public class User {
String name;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
}

Output: