HtmlSuggestionBox doubt

[leiras]

Hi all,

i'm trying to use the HtmlSuggestionBox programatically, but it is not working wright. The list appears correctly, the filtering is wright too, but when i select some item on the list, the selected item don't appears on the HtmlInputText.
Please take a look at my code:

<h:form id="formX">
<rich:panel id="panelX" binding="#{telaLogin.panelX}"/>
</h:form>

 public List autoCompleteFornecedor(Object event) {
 String txt = event.toString();
 List<Entity> list = new ArrayList<Entity>();

 Iterator<Entity> it = this.fornecedores.iterator();
 while (it.hasNext()) {
 Fornecedor f = (Fornecedor)it.next();
 if(f.getNome().toUpperCase().contains(txt.toUpperCase())) {
 list.add(f);
 }
 }
 return list;
 }

 private void createPnTeste() {
 this.panelX = new HtmlPanel();

 HtmlInputText fornecedor = new HtmlInputText();
 fornecedor.setId("itFornecedor");

 HtmlSuggestionBox sbFornecedor = new HtmlSuggestionBox();
 sbFornecedor.setId(fornecedor.getId()+"sb");
 sbFornecedor.setVar("grupo");
 sbFornecedor.setWidth("200");
 sbFornecedor.setHeight("200");
 sbFornecedor.setFor(fornecedor.getId());

 FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
 ExpressionFactory expressionFactory = context.getApplication().getExpressionFactory();
 ELContext elCtx = context.getELContext();

 MethodExpression me = expressionFactory.createMethodExpression(elCtx, "#{telaLogin.autoCompleteFornecedor}", List.class, new Class[]{Object.class});
 sbFornecedor.setSuggestionAction(me);

 HtmlColumn column = new HtmlColumn();
 column.setId(sbFornecedor.getId()+"column");

 HtmlOutputText ot = new HtmlOutputText();
 ot.setId(column.getId()+"ot");
 ValueExpression ve = expressionFactory.createValueExpression(elCtx, "#{"+sbFornecedor.getVar()+".nome}", String.class);
 ot.setValueExpression("value", ve);

 column.getChildren().add(ot);

 sbFornecedor.getChildren().add(column);

 //pn.setStyle(pn.getStyle()+" height: 300px;");
 this.panelX.getChildren().add(fornecedor);
 this.panelX.getChildren().add(sbFornecedor);
 }

What am i doing wrong? Thanks for help.

[leiras]

I made the same thing on static way, and works perfectly.
Why it is not working programatically? What am i missing?

My static code that works fine:

<h:form id="formY">
<rich:panel id="panelY">
<h:inputText id="itY" />
<rich:suggestionbox id="sbY" for="itY" var="item" suggestionAction="#{telaLogin.autoCompleteFornecedor}" width="200" height="200">
<h:column>
<h:outputText value="#{item.nome}" />
</h:column>
</rich:suggestionbox>
</rich:panel>
</h:form>

[nbelaevski]

Hi,

I've created an issue about that: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-4506

After I've added the code:

ValueExpression ve = expressionFactory.createValueExpression(elCtx, "#{"+sbFornecedor.getVar()+"}", String.class);
 sbFornecedor.setValueExpression("fetchValue", ve);

the issue has disappeared.

[leiras]

Thanks a lot nbelaevski! It is working now after i added your code. Here is the entire code for future reference:

 private void createPnTeste() {
 this.panelX = new HtmlPanel();

 HtmlInputText fornecedor = new HtmlInputText();
 fornecedor.setId("itFornecedor");
 this.panelX.getChildren().add(fornecedor);

 HtmlSuggestionBox sbFornecedor = new HtmlSuggestionBox();
 sbFornecedor.setId(fornecedor.getId()+"sb");
 sbFornecedor.setVar("frn");
 sbFornecedor.setWidth("200");
 sbFornecedor.setHeight("200");
 sbFornecedor.setFor(fornecedor.getId());

 FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
 ExpressionFactory expressionFactory = context.getApplication().getExpressionFactory();
 ELContext elCtx = context.getELContext();

 MethodExpression me = expressionFactory.createMethodExpression(elCtx, "#{telaLogin.autoCompleteFornecedor}", List.class, new Class[]{Object.class});
 sbFornecedor.setSuggestionAction(me);

 HtmlColumn column = new HtmlColumn();
 column.setId(sbFornecedor.getId()+"column");

 HtmlOutputText ot = new HtmlOutputText();
 ot.setId(column.getId()+"ot");

 ValueExpression ve = expressionFactory.createValueExpression(elCtx, "#{"+sbFornecedor.getVar()+".nome}", String.class);
 ot.setValueExpression("value", ve);

 ValueExpression ve2 = expressionFactory.createValueExpression(elCtx, "#{"+sbFornecedor.getVar()+".nome}", String.class);
 sbFornecedor.setValueExpression("fetchValue", ve2);

 column.getChildren().add(ot);

 sbFornecedor.getChildren().add(column);
 this.panelX.getChildren().add(sbFornecedor);
 }

One more question. Is there a way to do it with a HtmlSelectOneMenu instead HtmlInputText?