Trouble with a4j:region, a4j:status and bean-property

[kyuss]

Hi,

i got a little problem with the a4j:status:

 <h:form>
 <h:outputText value="Please enter your enzymes:" />
 <br />
 <h:inputText value="#{pathwayBean.enzymes}" id="enzyme" />
 <br />
 <a4j:region id="sender">
 <a4j:commandButton id="submit" reRender="path"
 action="#{pathwayBean.computePaths}" value="Submit" />
 <a4j:status startText=" Performing Request" stopText="" for="sender">
 </a4j:status>
 </a4j:region>
 </h:form>
 <a4j:outputPanel id="path">
 <rich:dataTable var="data" value="#{pathwayBean.pathways}"
 rendered="#{pathwayBean.tableRendered}">
 <!--Set of columns and header/footer facets-->
 <f:facet name="header">
 <h:outputText value="Pathways" />
 </f:facet>
 <rich:columnGroup>
 <rich:column>
 <h:outputText value="#{data.text}" />
 </rich:column>
 </rich:columnGroup>
 </rich:dataTable>

The computePaths()-Method in my bean uses the property enzymes as input for a DB request, the result is shown in the dataTable. The Problem is, that the enzymes property isn't set in the bean. I get an empty string, no matter what i put in the text-field.
Funnily enough, everything works fine, when i leave out the a4j:region and a4j:status tags.

Can you help me?

[ilya_shaikovsky]

Include the input field to region to process it with the link click.


Read please info about region in the developer Guide

[kyuss]

Thanks for your reply, works fine.

Just one more question: Why are the br-tags ignored inside the a4j:region?

[ilya_shaikovsky]

If you used jsf 1.1 - HTML tags should be wrapped with verbatim.


And also if you use self-rendered region - transient elements will be lost.

[kyuss]

Ok, thanks. For an upgrade to JSF 1.2, do i have to do anything else, than copying the jsf-impl.jar and jsf-api.jar to the lib directory?