Questions about a4j:support

[romaintaz]

Hi,

I am using RichFaces 3.1.2.

I have two questions about the component <a4j:support>:

1. Let's consider the following code:

<h:inputText value="#{myBean.inputValue}">
 <a4j:support event="onchange" action="#{myBean.doChangeResult}" reRender="..."/>
</h:inputText>

This code works correctly and generate the following HTML code:

<input type="text" name="myForm:j_id53" onchange="A4J.AJAX.Submit('_viewRoot','myForm',event,{'parameters':{'myForm:j_id54':'myForm:j_id54'} ,'actionUrl':'/.../todolist.jsf'} )"/>


Good. Now, I set an onchange attribute to my inputText:

<h:inputText value="#{myBean.inputValue}" onchange="alert('test');">
 <a4j:support event="onchange" action="#{myBean.doChangeResult}" reRender="..."/>
</h:inputText>

The generated HTML code is then:

<input type="text" name="myForm:j_id53" onchange="alert('test');" />

Why the a4j:status does not append its Javascript call to the existing onchange value?
In fact, I expected to have something like that:

<input type="text" name="myForm:j_id53" onchange="alert('test');A4J.AJAX.Submit('_viewRoot','myForm',event,{'parameters':{'myForm:j_id54':'myForm:j_id54'} ,'actionUrl':'/.../todolist.jsf'} )"/>


2. I have developed a component (called <my:validation/> that modifies the onchange and onblur attribute of its parent.
When I write this code:

<h:inputText value="#{myBean.inputValue}">
 <a4j:support event="onchange" action="#{myBean.doChangeResult}" reRender="..."/>
 <my:validation/>
</h:inputText>

it creates the following HTML code:


<input type="text" name="myForm:j_id53" onblur="return checkRequired(this, 'This field is required.');" onchange="hideAlarm(this);A4J.AJAX.Submit('_viewRoot',null,event,{'parameters':{'j_id54':'j_id54'} ,'actionUrl':'/.../mytodolist.jsf'} )"/>

What is strange is that the a4j:support creates the correct Javascript call, except that it does not found the form that contains my inputText. Then, the Ajax call is sent, but with errors, a4j:log shows me that:

debug[14:34:28,183]: NEW AJAX REQUEST !!! with form :null

Why does the <a4j:support> does not find the form?

For your information, my component modifies its parent's Javascript attribute when the method setParent (of my component) is called.

[romaintaz]

Concerning the problem #2:

When the method setParent(UIComponent) is called on my component, the onchange attribute value of my input field is:
A4J.AJAX.Submit('_viewRoot',null,event, ...

When the encodeBegin(...) method is called, this value is then:
A4J.AJAX.Submit('_viewRoot', myForm,event, ...
which is correct.

In other words, it seems that <a4j:support> resolves the form ID after the setParent() is called on my component, and before encodeBegin() is called.

So, if I modify the parent of my component during its encodeBegin() instead of during setParent(), it works as expected...

Now, what about my problem #1 ?

[ilya_shaikovsky]

Concerning the problem 1. Works as designed. you should use onsubmit or oncomplete on the support component to call JS before or after the requests.