try to write a composite component that allows mutltiple text inputs. I read that it is possible to define a backing component for a composite component, so I don't have to write a renderer nor a handler. What I couldn't figure out is how to delegate actions declared in composite's xhtml to the backing component. I guess i did not yet quite understand the concept of this. Does anybody has an Idea?
I am using Tomcat 7, EL 2.2, Spring 3, Mojarra 2.1.7
This is the way i'd like to use the component:
<custom:multiInput value="#{backingBean.inputList}"/>
Where the BackingBean.java holds a list of objects:
@Component
@Scope(value="view")
public class BackingBean {
...
private List<Foo> inputList;
....
}
The composite component multiInput.xhtml looks like this:
<cc:interface componentType="MultiInput">
<cc:attribute name="value" required="true" type="java.util.List" />
</cc:interface>
<cc:implementation>
<div id="#{cc.clientId}">
<h:dataTable value="#{cc.attrs.rows}" var="row">
<h:column>
<!-- here will be a selector component in order to select a foo object -->
</h:column>
<h:column>
<h:commandButton value="Remove Row">
<f:ajax execute=":#{cc.clientId}" render=":#{cc.clientId}" listener="#{cc.removeRow(row)}" />
</h:commandButton>
</h:column>
<h:column>
<h:commandButton value="Add Row" rendered="#{cc.lastRow}">
<f:ajax execute=":#{cc.clientId}" render=":#{cc.clientId}" listener="#{cc.addEmptyRow()}" />
</h:commandButton>
</h:column>
</h:dataTable>
</div>
</cc:implementation>
And here the backing component MultiInput.java:
@FacesComponent(value="MultiInput")
public class MultiInput extends UIInput implements NamingContainer, Serializable{
...
@Override
public String getFamily() {
return "javax.faces.NamingContainer";
}
@Override
public void encodeBegin(FacesContext context) throws IOException {
initRowsFromValueAttribute();
super.encodeBegin(context);
}
public void removeRow(MultiInputRow row) {
// why is this method is never reached when clicking remove button?
}
public void addEmptyRow() {
// why is this method is never reached when clicking add button?
}
public ListDataModel<MultiSelectRow> getRows() {
return (ListDataModel<MultiSelectRow>) getStateHelper().eval(PropertyKeys.rows, null);
}
private void setRows(ListDataModel<MultiSelectRow> rows) {
getStateHelper().put(PropertyKeys.rows, rows);
}
...
}
Now - removeRow
and addEmptyRow
is never called on MultiInput. An ajax request is triggered but it gets lost somewhere. Why?
I think the method signature for ajax listener methods should include the AjaxBehaviorEvent (unverified):
and the f:ajax tag should just look like (without parentheses):
I'm struggling with the same problem here: using
<f:ajax>
, action listener methods in the composite component backing component are not executed.It works partially when using Primefaces
<p:commandButton>
: the action listener method is correctly called in this case. However, the value of the 'process' attribute seems to be ignored in this case: All form fields are submitted, which causes validation failure in my case. If this is not a problem for you, you could try this.I have created some test classes that reproduce the problem:
The composite component file testComponent.xhtml:
The backing component class:
And the using page test.xhtml:
When clicking the first button and filling in the two operand fields, the result is correctly calculated. However, when a non-numeric value is entered in field1, there is a failed verification.
When using the second button, the action listener method is never calculated. However, the complete form is always submitted, so entering a non-numeric value in field1 triggers the error too.
I also tried
p:ajax
, which behaved the same asf:ajax
.I really have no idea what is happening here. Hopefully someone with more JSF wisdom can help out.
Although I don't understand everything in detail, I found a way to make it work. Since on each request a new instance of the backing component
MultiInput
is created, I had to save the state by overwritingsaveState
andrestoreState
. This way I could keep the propertyrows
as a simple property. I also removed theencodeBegin
method and overwrotegetSubmittedValue
.At least this way it is working in Mojarra. When using MyFaces with default settings, I got some serialization exceptions, but I did not get deepter into that since we will stick on Mojarra. Also MyFaces seemed to be more stricked with ajax event listeners. It required "AjaxBehaviorEvent" parameters in listener methods.
Here the complete backing component
MultInput
: