richFaces suggestionbox! Send param for the backBean

[nightiger]

I have a list (I consulted in the Database) of Names of People in suggestionbox!
When I click in a Name, want to catch the ID or the Name of this Person.
To make this I sending one param> (<f: param/>.) for backBean == in dataTable
The difference is that param> always comes null! It seems that the data are lost in the way!

[ilya_shaikovsky]

<rich:suggestionbox width="200" height="200" for="test"
 suggestionAction="#{bean.autocomplete}" var="cap">
 <h:column>
 <f:facet name="header">
 <h:outputText value="Sometext"></h:outputText>
 </f:facet>
 <h:outputText value="#{cap.text}"></h:outputText>
 </h:column>
 <a4j:support event="onselect" action="#{bean.action}">
 <f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{cap.label}" target="#{bean.property1}" />
 </a4j:support>
 </rich:suggestionbox>

Works as you need ;)

[nightiger]

But if I use this:

<f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{bean.label}"
target="#{bean.strString}" />

The value is set by is null, ever !
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But if I use this:

<f:setPropertyActionListener value="LABELL"
target="#{bean.strString}" />

The value is set by correctly

[softwareaksoy]

I tried this example. I think "f:setPropertyActionListener" tag looks for the bean in a different scope than the request scope that h:suggestionBox tag uses.

[jamesjmp]

softwareaksoy, how are you assigning the id to other field?
I was trying it this way:

 <s:decorate id="currencyIsoDecoration" template="layout/edit.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">#{messages['CfgCurrency']}</ui:define>
 <h:inputText id="currencyIso"
 value="#{rstReportHome.instance.cfgCurrency.currencyIso}"
 required="true">
 </h:inputText>
 <rich:suggestionbox for="currencyIso"
 suggestionAction="#{cfgCurrencySuggest.suggestCfgCurrency}"
 var="name"
 fetchValue="#{name.currencyIso}"
 tokens=","
 selfRendered="true"
 width="500">
 <f:facet name="nothingLabel">
 <h:outputText value="Empty"/>
 </f:facet>


 <h:column>
 <h:outputText value="#{name.currencyDes} (#{name.currencyIso})"></h:outputText>
 </h:column>
 <a:support event="onblur" reRender="currencyIso"/>
 </rich:suggestionbox>
 </s:decorate>

And now with

 <s:decorate id="currencyIsoDecoration" template="layout/edit.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">#{messages['CfgCurrency']}</ui:define>
 <h:inputText id="currencyIso"
 value="#{rstReportHome.instance.cfgCurrency.currencyIso}"
 required="true">
 </h:inputText>
 <rich:suggestionbox for="currencyIso"
 suggestionAction="#{cfgCurrencySuggest.suggestCfgCurrency}"
 var="name"
 fetchValue="#{name.currencyIso}"
 tokens=","
 selfRendered="true"
 width="500">
 <f:facet name="nothingLabel">
 <h:outputText value="Empty"/>
 </f:facet>


 <h:column>
 <h:outputText value="#{name.currencyDes} (#{name.currencyIso})"></h:outputText>
 </h:column>
 <a:support event="onselect" action="#{rstReportHome.sugBox}">
 <f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{name.currencyIso}" target="#{rstReportHome.instance.cfgCurrency.currencyIso}" />
 </a:support>
 </rich:suggestionbox>
 </s:decorate>

thanks in advance!

[softwareaksoy]

I couldnt make the code work, either. I tried many alternatives and none of them havent worked. I realized that the bean doesnt exist in request scope.

[jamesjmp]

thank you! If anyone has succeeded in using suggestionBox please let us know. I can´t believe there is NOT a way of using it to store data selected in a bean!

[kazoo]

It has been more than a year. I ran into the same problem that the value from f:setPropertyActionListener is always null when the backbean setter is called.

[ilya_shaikovsky]

kazoo, such post tells nothing about the source of the problem. this post is too old. from those times I do not heard about non working f:setPropActListener.. So please make more input about your environment, your page..

And try to update from the beggining if you using some old RF versions .