JSF2.2, RequestScope and component persistence - viewstate

My actual scenario is a simple JSF project that uses Mojarra 2.2.5.
I'm trying to get programmatically a component instance (via "findComponent" method or binding ...) and set some attributes (click on "ChangeColor" button).
After that, using any other action (for example clicking on "Send" button), the previous changes are ignored !!
It seems that changeColor method don't update the ViewState !
The sample code is the following:
<h:form id="form">
<h:panelGrid columns="1">
<h:inputText id="input" binding="#{page9.input}"/>
<h:commandButton value="Change BackColor" action="#{page9.changeColor}"/>
<h:commandButton value="Send" action="#{page9.dummy}" />
</h:panelGrid>
</h:form>
And the relative RequestScope bean
#ManagedBean(name="page9")
#RequestScoped
public class Page9 implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private HtmlInputText input;
public HtmlInputText getInput() {
return input;
}
public void setInput(HtmlInputText input) {
this.input = input;
}
public void changeColor(){
FacesContext fc = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
HtmlInputText hit = (HtmlInputText) fc.getViewRoot().findComponent(":form:input");
hit.setStyle("background-color:blue");
}
public void dummy(){
}
}
Some important considerations:
1) I must use RequestScope for compatibility reasons.
2) Setting javax.faces.PARTIAL_STATE_SAVING to "false" all works fine (!).
3) Trying to use MyFaces 2.2.3 libraries all works fine (!).
What do you think about ?
Thanks.

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Action bean not being called

I have problem using JSF 2.0. The command button doesn't call the bean, I have already read the balusc answer commandButton/commandLink/ajax action/listener method not invoked or input value not updated but I don't think I'm encountering those cases,
this is the code I'm using:
<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui"
xmlns:c="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core">
....
<ui:repeat var="skill" value="#{skillsView.skills}">
<h:form>
<h:commandButton value="#{skill}"
action="#{skillsController.removeSkillFromPublication}" ajax="true">
<f:param name="theskill" value="#{skill}" />
</h:commandButton>
</h:form>
</ui:repeat>
</ui:composition>
UPDATE 1 :
this my controller
#Controller
#Scope(value = WebApplicationContext.SCOPE_REQUEST)
public class SkillsController extends BController {
private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory
.getLogger(SkillsController.class);
public void removeSkillFromPublication() {
logger.info("Deleting : " + getParameter("theskill"));
publicationService.removeSkillFromPublication(publicationDetailView
.getPublicationFullView().getId(), getParameter("theskill"));
skillsView.setSkills(publicationService
.getSkillsFromPublication(publicationDetailView
.getPublicationFullView().getId()));
}
}
i don't get the the logger neither the task is executed , i already tested with actionlistner with controller with actionevent and this doesent work
UPDATE 2 :
It's working with changing the SCOPE of the skillsView To WebApplicationContext.SCOPE_SESSION , anybody know why ?!!
#Controller
#Scope(value = WebApplicationContext.SCOPE_SESSION)
public class SkillsView {
List<String> skills;
private String currentSkill;
public List<String> getSkills() {
return skills;
}
public void setSkills(List<String> skills) {
this.skills = skills;
}
public String getCurrentSkill() {
return currentSkill;
}
public void setCurrentSkill(String currentSkill) {
this.currentSkill = currentSkill;
}
The h:commandButton attribute action requires you to return a String
Taken from the jsf-toolbox:
action
The action attribute accepts a method-binding expression for a backing bean action method to invoke when this component is activated by the user. An action method must be a public method with no parameters that returns a String. The returned string represents the logical outcome of the action (eg. "success", "failure", etc. ) and is used by the JavaServer Faces MVC framework to determine which view to display next.
[bolding by me]
Instead use the actionListener property:
<h:commandButton actionListener="${skillsController.removeSkillFromPublication()}" ajax="true">
<f:param name="theskill" value="#{skill}" />
</h:commandButton>
Keep in mind you will have to change the method-signature to have an ActionEvent as parameter:
public void removeSkillFromPublication(ActionEvent e) {
//...
See the toolbox:
actionListener
The actionListener attribute accepts a method-binding expression for a backing bean action listener method that will be notified when this component is activated by the user. An action listener method must be a public method with an ActionEvent parameter and a void return type.
Alternatively you could have your removeSkillFromPublication() return a String. But that seems to be the wrong approach here.

JSF 2.2 ajax no refresh multipart/form-data

I have a problem and i simplfied the code to show you.
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<h:panelGroup id="images">
<h:inputText id="auctionImage" value="#{testBean.nowy}"/>
<h:commandButton value="Add">
<f:ajax execute="auctionImage" render="images"/>
</h:commandButton>
<ui:repeat value="#{testBean.elements}" var="oneImage">
<h:outputText value="#{oneImage.title}" />
</ui:repeat>
</h:panelGroup>
</h:form>
This is my main Bean
#SessionScoped
#ManagedBean
public class TestBean {
private List<Element> elements;
private String nowy;
public String getNowy() {
return nowy;
}
public void setNowy(String nowy) {
Element el = new Element();
el.setTitle(nowy);
if(elements==null) elements = new ArrayList<>();
elements.add(el);
this.nowy = nowy;
}
public List<Element> getElements() {
return elements;
}
public void setElements(List<Element> elements) {
this.elements = elements;
}
}
This is the element class
#ManagedBean
public class Element {
private String title;
public String getTitle() {
return title;
}
public void setTitle(String title) {
this.title = title;
}
}
I want to populate the list everytime I click Add button and print it using ajax. The list is populated but ajax refresh the panelGroup only for the first time. To make it work again I have to refresh website. What i do wrong?
Ok i was managed to resolve the issue. Well, to be honest it wasn't me but jsf programmers. I found out that it happens when you use
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
with ajax. This is the bug and it has been repaired some time ago. You just have to update your jsf version.
http://javaserverfaces.java.net/ - i got 2.2.3 version which is the newest for now.
After restarting glassfish and redeploying application everything works just fine.

Copying value of a textbox to a nother using ajax in jsf

I am very new to ajax and trying to copy the value of one box to another. Here is my code:
<h:form>
<h:inputText value="#{ajaxBean.name}">
<f:ajax render="otherbox" execute="#this" event="keyup"></f:ajax>
</h:inputText>
<h:inputText id="otherbox" value="#{ajaxBean.name}"></h:inputText>
</h:form>
And the bean
#Named(value = "ajaxBean")
#Dependent
public class AjaxBean {
public AjaxBean() {
}
private String name;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
}
That code does not work. Can anyone help me?
Thanks
Your question is not about Ajax or JSF. It is a JavaScript question.
You can access and modify items with JavaScript.
Add this JavaScript codes between <h:head></h:head>
<script>
function copyField()
{
document.getElementById("field2").value = document.getElementById("field1").value;
}
</script>
And your page:
<h:form id="myform" prependId="false">
<h:inputText id="field1" value="#{myBean.name}" onkeyup="copyField();" />
<h:inputText id="field2" value="#{myBean.name}"></h:inputText>
</h:form>
Take attention to prependId="false" to avoid mixing ids.
See also:
JSF: Why prependId = false in a form?
I think you are mixing up JSF and CDI. #Dependent says that the bean is in the dependent pseudo-scope (which is anyways the default-scope for CDI-beans), so every time you make a request the bean will be reinstanciated and the bean can not hold any state. Look here for an explanation of the scopes and especially for what the dependent scope is used for.
So first of all you have to use some different scope, #RequestScoped should be enough for your task. And as I do not see any use of CDI here, use #ManagedBean instead of #Named - so the default scope for the bean will be the request scope.
Try this:
#ManagedBean
public class AjaxBean {
...
}

JSF/AJAX Dynamic Menu - 404 issue

I am trying to make a dynamic menu such that when something is selected in the first selector, the second one is populated from the database based on the selection in the first one. Here is the .xhtml:
<f:view>
<h:form>
<h:selectOneMenu id="seasonSelector" value ="#{selector_bean.season}">
<f:ajax event="valueChange" listener="#{selector_bean.genEvents}"
execute="seasonSelector" render="eventSelector" />
<f:selectItems value ="#{selector_bean.seasons}" var ="s"
itemLabel="#{s.getRange()}"
itemValue="#{s}"></f:selectItems>
</h:selectOneMenu>
<h:selectOneMenu id="eventSelector">
<f:selectItems value ="#{selector_bean.events}" var ="e"
itemLabel="#{e.event_Name}"
itemValue="#{e}"></f:selectItems>
</h:selectOneMenu>
</h:form>
</f:view>
Here is the bean:
#ManagedBean(name = "selector_bean")
#Stateless
public class selector_bean implements Serializable{
#EJB
SeasonFacade sf;
#EJB
EventFacade ef;
#EJB
WrestlerFacade wf;
private Season season;
private Event event;
private List<Event> events;
private Match match;
private Wrestler wrestler;
public List<Season> getSeasons(){
return sf.findAll();
}
public void genEvents(AjaxBehaviorEvent event){
events = (ef.findBySeason(season));
}
// setters and getters after this
When I change the value of the first selectOneMenu, a popup box appears with this message:
httpError: There was an error communicating with the server, status: 404
I am new to both JSF and AJAX so feel free to tear me apart if I am doing it wrong. Thanks for any help!
Your #ManagedBean is behaving as an EJB with the #Stateless annotation. Remove it and instead set the scope of your bean to #ViewScoped:
#ManagedBean(name = "selectorBean")
#ViewScoped
public class SelectorBean implements Serializable{
//your implementation...
}
Also, make sure to follow the JavaBean naming conventions. I've changed the name of your class to start with capital letter.

Dynamic ajax navigation with <ui:include>

Suppose I want to navigate in my application, and include different facelet pages dynamically. I have a commandLink like this:
<h:commandLink value="Link" action="#{navigation.goTo('someTest')}">
<f:ajax render=":content" />
</h:commandLink>
And this is where I include the facelet:
<h:form id="content">
<ui:include src="#{navigation.includePath}" />
</h:form>
The Navigation class:
public class Navigation {
private String viewName;
public void goTo(String viewName) {
this.viewName = viewName;
}
public String getIncludePath() {
return resolvePath(viewName);
}
}
I have seen similar examples, but this doesn't work of course. As ui:include is a taghandler, the include happens long before my navigation listener is invoked. The old facelet is included, instead of the new. So far I get it.
Now to the headache part: How can I dynamically include a facelet, based on an actionListener? I tried to include the facelet in a preRender event, and a phaseListener before RENDER_RESPONSE. Both work, but in the event listener I can't include a facelet which contains an other preRender event, and in the phaseListener I get duplicate Id's after some clicks in the included facelet. However, inspecting the component tree tells me, there are no duplicate components at all. Maybe these two ideas were not to good at all..
I need a solution, where the page with the ui:include, or the Java class which includes the facelet, doesn't have to know the pages, which will be included, nor the exact path. Did anybody solve this problem before? How can I do it?
I am using JSF 2.1 and Mojarra 2.1.15
All you need to reproduce the Problem is this bean:
#Named
public class Some implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private final List<String> values = new ArrayList<String>();
public Some() {
values.add("test");
}
public void setInclude(String include) {
}
public List<String> getValues() {
return values;
}
}
This in your index file:
<h:head>
<h:outputScript library="javax.faces" name="jsf.js" />
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:form id="topform">
<h:panelGroup id="container">
<my:include src="/test.xhtml" />
</h:panelGroup>
</h:form>
</h:body>
And this in text.xhtml
<ui:repeat value="#{some.values}" var="val">
<h:commandLink value="#{val}" action="#{some.setInclude(val)}">
<f:ajax render=":topform:container" />
</h:commandLink>
</ui:repeat>
That's enough to produce an error like this:
javax.faces.FacesException: Cannot add the same component twice: topform:j_id-549384541_7e08d92c
For OmniFaces, I've also ever experimented with this by creating an <o:include> as UIComponent instead of a TagHandler which does a FaceletContext#includeFacelet() in the encodeChildren() method. This way the right included facelet is remembered during restore view phase and the included component tree only changes during render response phase, which is exactly what we want to achieve this construct.
Here's a basic kickoff example:
#FacesComponent("com.example.Include")
public class Include extends UIComponentBase {
#Override
public String getFamily() {
return "com.example.Include";
}
#Override
public boolean getRendersChildren() {
return true;
}
#Override
public void encodeChildren(FacesContext context) throws IOException {
getChildren().clear();
((FaceletContext) context.getAttributes().get(FaceletContext.FACELET_CONTEXT_KEY)).includeFacelet(this, getSrc());
super.encodeChildren(context);
}
public String getSrc() {
return (String) getStateHelper().eval("src");
}
public void setSrc(String src) {
getStateHelper().put("src", src);
}
}
Which is registered in .taglib.xml as follows:
<tag>
<tag-name>include</tag-name>
<component>
<component-type>com.example.Include</component-type>
</component>
<attribute>
<name>src</name>
<required>true</required>
<type>java.lang.String</type>
</attribute>
</tag>
This works fine with the following view:
<h:outputScript name="fixViewState.js" />
<h:form>
<ui:repeat value="#{includeBean.includes}" var="include">
<h:commandButton value="Include #{include}" action="#{includeBean.setInclude(include)}">
<f:ajax render=":include" />
</h:commandButton>
</ui:repeat>
</h:form>
<h:panelGroup id="include">
<my:include src="#{includeBean.include}.xhtml" />
</h:panelGroup>
And the following backing bean:
#ManagedBean
#ViewScoped
public class IncludeBean implements Serializable {
private List<String> includes = Arrays.asList("include1", "include2", "include3");
private String include = includes.get(0);
private List<String> getIncludes() {
return includes;
}
public void setInclude(String include) {
return this.include = include;
}
public String getInclude() {
return include;
}
}
(this example expects include files include1.xhtml, include2.xhtml and include3.xhtml in the same base folder as the main file)
The fixViewState.js can be found in this answer: h:commandButton/h:commandLink does not work on first click, works only on second click. This script is mandatory in order to fix JSF issue 790 whereby the view state get lost when there are multiple ajax forms which update each other's parent.
Also note that this way each include file can have its own <h:form> when necessary, so you don't necessarily need to put it around the include.
This approach works fine in Mojarra, even with postback requests coming from forms inside the include, however it fails hard in MyFaces with the following exception during initial request already:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.FaceletCompositionContextImpl.generateUniqueId(FaceletCompositionContextImpl.java:910)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.generateUniqueId(DefaultFaceletContext.java:321)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.UIInstructionHandler.apply(UIInstructionHandler.java:87)
at javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:49)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:158)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:57)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:48)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:394)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:448)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:426)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeFacelet(DefaultFaceletContext.java:244)
at com.example.Include.encodeChildren(Include.java:54)
MyFaces basically releases the Facelet context during end of view build time, making it unavailable during view render time, resulting in NPEs because the internal state has several nulled-out properties. It's however possible to add individual components instead of a Facelet file during render time. I didn't really have had the time to investigate if this is my fault or MyFaces' fault. That's also why it didn't end up in OmniFaces yet.
If you're using Mojarra anyway, feel free to use it. I however strongly recommend to test it thoroughly with all possible use cases on the very same page. Mojarra has some state saving related quirks which might fail when using this construct.

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