richfaces 3.2.0 SP1: actionparam may be broken

[justinmiller]

I just tried upgrading to the latest version of richfaces, 3.20 SP1, from 3.1.4.

Actionparam's no longer work for me in this context:

<a4j:form ajaxSubmit="true">
<rich:tree>
 <rich:recursiveTreeNodesAdapter...>
 <rich:treeNode ...>
 <h:panelGroup>
 <a4j:commandLink actionListener="#{...}" ...>
 <a4j:actionParam assignTo="..." name="..." value="..."/>
 </a4j:commandLink>
 <a4j:commandLink value="Another Link"/>
 </h:panelGroup>
...
</a4j:form>

The actionListener does indeed get called, but the assignTo value is null.

This works under 3.1.4.

Am I just doing something fundamentally wrong here?

Thanks,
Justin

[sergeysmirnov]

Yes, the "fundamentally wrong" is a right term.

You face the fundamental difference between JSF 1.1 and JSF 1.2

Action Listener, defined with actionListener attribute is invoked first (i.e. before assignTo). This issue is a subject for Migration Guide (http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddmtrs6k_34w8n9rdt5)

Actually, actionListener is depricated in JSF 1.2

Using f:actionListener (defined after a4j:actionparam) is a right way to go. JSF will invoke listener in the order they are mentioned on the page.