I have a page which includes content from another page dynamically (this is done by a method in the bean)
firstPage.xhtml
<ui:include src="#{managedBean.pageView}">
<ui:param name="method" value="#{managedBean.someAction}"/>
</ui:include>
This redirects to a secondPage which is within <ui:composition>
which has commandButton.
secondPage.xhtml
<ui:composition>
..
..
<p:commandButton actionListener=#{method} value="Submit"/>
</ui:composition>
ManagedBean
public String pageView(){
return "secondPage.xhtml";
}
public void someAction(){
*someAction*
}
The commandButton in the secondPage.xhtml is not working.
Any help shall be much appreciated.
You can't pass method expressions via <ui:param>
. They're interpreted as value expression.
You've basically 3 options:
Split the bean instance and the method name over 2 parameters:
<ui:param name="bean" value="#{managedBean}" />
<ui:param name="method" value="someAction" />
And couple them in the tag file using brace notation []
as follows:
<p:commandButton action="#{bean[method]}" value="Submit" />
Create a tag handler which converts a value expression to a method expression. The JSF utility library OmniFaces has a <o:methodParam>
which does that. Use it as follows in the tag file:
<o:methodParam name="action" value="#{method}" />
<p:commandButton action="#{action}" value="Submit" />
Use a composite component instead. You can use <cc:attribute method-signature>
to define action methods as attributes.
<cc:interface>
<cc:attribute name="method" method-signature="void method()"/>
</cc:interface>
<cc:implementation>
<p:commandButton action="#{cc.attrs.method}" value="Submit"/>
</cc:implementation>
Which is used as follows:
<my:button method="#{managedBean.someAction}" />