5 Replies Latest reply on Apr 24, 2006 4:32 PM by bsmithjj

    Help w. setup of Seam CVS20060418 for Hibernate

      I am trying to set up a seam project that uses EJB3 annotations on the entities , JSF for the views, and Hibernate as the persistence manager (Hibernate Sessions).

      I am able to compile and deploy without errors; I am even able to invoke pages in my app without exceptions. However, it does not seem that Seam is doing what I expect (possibly I have misconfigured something).

      What I am trying to do is create the skeleton of a simple login process. I have provided here, the User entity, and the SimpleLogin POJO I created to perform the login process:

      @Entity
      @Table(name="user",
       uniqueConstraints = {@UniqueConstraint(columnNames={"a_number"})}
      )
      @EntityListeners(BaseEntity.class)
      @Name("user")
      @Scope(ScopeType.SESSION)
      public class User extends BaseEntity implements Serializable {
      
       private final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(User.class);
      
       private static final long serialVersionUID = -795127549881852884L;
      
       private String aNumber;
       private Set<Link> links;
      
       public User() { log.info("new User()"); }
      
       @Column(name = "a_number",unique = true,insertable=true,nullable=false,updatable=false,length=12)
       public String getaNumber() { return aNumber; }
       public void setaNumber(String aNumber) { this.aNumber = aNumber; log.info("User.setaNumber("+aNumber+")"); }
      
       @OneToMany(cascade= CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy="user", fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
       public Set<Link> getLinks() { return links; }
       public void setLinks(Set<Link> links) { this.links = links; }
      
      }
      


      and here is the SimpleLogin POJO:

      @Name(value = "simpleLogin")
      @Scope(ScopeType.EVENT)
      public class SimpleLogin {
      
       @In(required = true) @Out
       private User user;
      
       @In(create=true)
       private Session appssoDB;
      
       @In(create=true)
       private FacesMessages facesMessages;
      
       public String login() {
       final User u = (User)appssoDB.createQuery("from User where aNumber=:aNumber")
       .setParameter("aNumber",user.getaNumber())
       .uniqueResult();
       if (user == null) {
       facesMessages.add("Invalid A Number");
       return "login";
       } else {
       return "loggedIn";
       }
       }
      }
      


      now here is a page that I borrowed from one of the Seam examples and adapted to use these beans:

      <h:form>
      <div id="document">
       <div id="container">
       <div id="sidebar">
       <fieldset>
       <div>
       <h:outputLabel for="username">Login Name</h:outputLabel>
       <h:inputText id="username" value="#{user.aNumber}" style="width: 175px;" />
       </div>
       <div class="errors"><h:messages globalOnly="true"/></div>
       <div class="buttonBox"><h:commandButton action="#{simpleLogin.login}" value="Account Login" class="button" /></div>
       <div class="notes"><h:commandLink action="register">Register User</h:commandLink> | Ask for Help</div>
       </fieldset>
       </div>
       <div id="footer">Created with JBoss Seam, Facelets, and JSF 1.1.01 Ref. Impl.</div>
       </div>
      </div>
      </h:form>
      <ui:debug hotkey="D"/>
      #{conversation.id}
      


      When I deploy the app, I get the following (relevant snippets?) in the server console:

      11:19:32,743 INFO [ServletContextListener] Welcome to Seam 1.0 rc1
      11:19:32,758 INFO [Initialization] initializing Seam
      ...
      ...
      ...
      11:19:35,868 INFO [User] new User()
      11:19:35,915 INFO [User] new User()
      11:19:35,915 INFO [User] User.setaNumber(null)
      11:19:36,040 INFO [SessionFactoryObjectFactory] Factory name: java:/appssoSessionFactory
      11:19:36,040 INFO [NamingHelper] JNDI InitialContext properties:{}
      11:19:36,055 INFO [SessionFactoryObjectFactory] Bound factory to JNDI name: java:/appssoSessionFactory
      ...
      ...
      


      There are no exceptions in the deployment and it appears from the lines above that Seam is started and hibernate is aware of my User class.

      So I invoke my main.seam page.. everthing displays 'just fine' no exceptions - I get conversation.id = 1, which I take to mean that seam is participating in the request processing successfully. Here is the server.log contents that I see when I invoke main.seam

      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl] execute(com.sun.faces.context.FacesContextImpl@5f62a9)
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] >>> Begin web request
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase] Entering RestoreViewPhase
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] URL pattern of the FacesServlet executing the current request .jsf
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] viewId after appending the context suffix /main.xhtml
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.StateManagerImpl] Begin restoring view in session for viewId /main.xhtml
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.StateManagerImpl] Restoring view from session for viewId /main.xhtml
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.StateManagerImpl] End restoring view in session for viewId /main.xhtml
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase] New request: creating a view for /main.jsf
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] Created new view for /main.jsf
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] Locale for this view as determined by calculateLocale en
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] RenderKitId for this view as determined by calculateRenderKitId HTML_BASIC
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase] Exiting RestoreViewPhase
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,167 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.Component] instantiating Seam component: org.jboss.seam.core.manager
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.core.Manager] No stored conversation
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Contexts] found in application context: org.jboss.seam.core.init
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener] After restore view, conversation context: ConversationContext(3)
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl] Skipping rest of execute() because of a reload
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl] render(com.sun.faces.context.FacesContextImpl@5f62a9)
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.Component] instantiating Seam component: facesMessages
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase] Entering RenderResponsePhase
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase] About to render view /main.jsf
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] URL pattern of the FacesServlet executing the current request .jsf
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicInputRenderer] component.getValue() returned null
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] resolving name: user
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.Component] seam component not found: user
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl] Couldn't find a factory for user
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.el.VariableResolverImpl] resolveVariable: Resolved variable:null
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] could not resolve name
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,183 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicInputRenderer] component.getValue() returned null
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,199 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] URL pattern of the FacesServlet executing the current request .jsf
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,199 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] resolving name: user
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,199 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.Component] seam component not found: user
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,199 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl] Couldn't find a factory for user
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,199 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.el.VariableResolverImpl] resolveVariable: Resolved variable:null
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,199 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] could not resolve name
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] resolving name: conversation
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.Component] instantiating Seam component: conversation
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl] Couldn't find a factory for conversation
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.el.VariableResolverImpl] resolveVariable: Resolved variable:null
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] resolved name to seam component
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase] Exiting RenderResponsePhase
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] After render response, destroying contexts
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] destroying event context
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Contexts] destroying: org.jboss.seam.core.manager
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] destroying conversation context
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Contexts] destroying: facesMessages
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Contexts] destroying: conversation
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] flushing server-side conversation context
      2006-04-24 11:31:30,214 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] <<< End web request
      


      Then, I type in a value for the user.aNumber field and click my 'Account Login' button - here is the server log:

      2006-04-24 11:34:32,938 DEBUG [org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.IdleRemover] run: IdleRemover notifying pools, interval: 450000
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl] execute(com.sun.faces.context.FacesContextImpl@f0cda1)
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] >>> Begin web request
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase] Entering RestoreViewPhase
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] URL pattern of the FacesServlet executing the current request .jsf
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] viewId after appending the context suffix /main.xhtml
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.StateManagerImpl] Begin restoring view in session for viewId /main.xhtml
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.StateManagerImpl] Restoring view from session for viewId /main.xhtml
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.StateManagerImpl] End restoring view in session for viewId /main.xhtml
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase] New request: creating a view for /main.jsf
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] Created new view for /main.jsf
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] Locale for this view as determined by calculateLocale en
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] RenderKitId for this view as determined by calculateRenderKitId HTML_BASIC
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase] Exiting RestoreViewPhase
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.Component] instantiating Seam component: org.jboss.seam.core.manager
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.core.Manager] No stored conversation
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Contexts] found in application context: org.jboss.seam.core.init
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener] After restore view, conversation context: ConversationContext(4)
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl] render(com.sun.faces.context.FacesContextImpl@f0cda1)
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.Component] instantiating Seam component: facesMessages
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase] Entering RenderResponsePhase
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase] About to render view /main.jsf
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] URL pattern of the FacesServlet executing the current request .jsf
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicInputRenderer] component.getValue() returned null
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] resolving name: user
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,110 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.Component] seam component not found: user
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,125 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl] Couldn't find a factory for user
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,125 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.el.VariableResolverImpl] resolveVariable: Resolved variable:null
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,125 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] could not resolve name
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,125 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicInputRenderer] component.getValue() returned null
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,125 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl] URL pattern of the FacesServlet executing the current request .jsf
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,125 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] resolving name: user
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,125 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.Component] seam component not found: user
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,125 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl] Couldn't find a factory for user
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,125 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.el.VariableResolverImpl] resolveVariable: Resolved variable:null
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,125 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] could not resolve name
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] resolving name: conversation
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.Component] instantiating Seam component: conversation
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl] Couldn't find a factory for conversation
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.el.VariableResolverImpl] resolveVariable: Resolved variable:null
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamVariableResolver] resolved name to seam component
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase] Exiting RenderResponsePhase
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] After render response, destroying contexts
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] destroying event context
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Contexts] destroying: org.jboss.seam.core.manager
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] destroying conversation context
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Contexts] destroying: facesMessages
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Contexts] destroying: conversation
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] flushing server-side conversation context
      2006-04-24 11:34:37,141 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle] <<< End web request
      


      When I look at the server console for both requests - I see no indication that a new User class has been created and that it's setaNumber() method has been invoked. I studied the example code and the seam documentation carefully w.r.t. setting up a Seam application for Hibernate in a Java EE environment - nothing stands out. I am using JBoss 4.0.4.CR2 with EJB installed.

      Any help in understanding why my named components are not being 'associated' with the page is appreciated.

      Thanks.

        • 1. Re: Help w. setup of Seam CVS20060418 for Hibernate
          gavin.king

          Looks like you are missing seam.properties from the archive where the User class is deployed.

          • 2. Re: Help w. setup of Seam CVS20060418 for Hibernate

            I had read in the documentation that I could use seam.properties or context-param's. So, I have in web.xml:

             <!-- Defines a Seam-managed Hibernate session -->
             <context-param>
             <param-name>org.jboss.seam.core.init.managedSessions</param-name>
             <param-value>appssoDB</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <!-- Bootstrap Hibernate inside Java EE -->
             <context-param>
             <param-name>org.jboss.seam.core.init.componentClasses</param-name>
             <param-value>org.jboss.seam.core.Hibernate</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
            


            Is this not supported?

            • 3. Re: Help w. setup of Seam CVS20060418 for Hibernate
              gavin.king

              Read the docs again.

              You *always* need seam.properties, even if it is empty. Seam has to know where to look for component classes.

              • 4. Re: Help w. setup of Seam CVS20060418 for Hibernate

                Gavin - I appreciate your quick responses - thanks.

                Why not have Seam throw an exception on startup if this file is missing then? If I must always have it, and it's not there, then isn't this somewhat of a fatal condition for startup?

                Also, I added the seam.properties file - now, on initial visit to my /main.seam page, I can see in the console that a new User object is being created, however, on submit, the SimpleLogin action I created is not getting created and invoked. The SimpleLogin class looks like this:

                @Name(value = "simpleLogin")
                @Scope(ScopeType.STATELESS)
                public class SimpleLogin {
                
                 private final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(SimpleLogin.class);
                
                 @In(required = true) @Out
                 private User user;
                
                 @In(create=true)
                 private Session appssoDB;
                
                 @In(create=true)
                 private FacesMessages facesMessages;
                
                 public SimpleLogin() { log.info("new SimpleLogin()"); }
                
                 public String login() {
                 log.info("login() - (in) user = "+user);
                 final User u = (User)appssoDB.createQuery("from User where aNumber=:aNumber")
                 .setParameter("aNumber",user.getaNumber())
                 .uniqueResult();
                 log.info("login() - (out) user = "+u+" (if null, user does not exist)");
                 if (user == null) {
                 facesMessages.add("Invalid A Number");
                 return "login";
                 } else {
                 return "loggedIn";
                 }
                 }
                }
                
                




                • 5. Re: Help w. setup of Seam CVS20060418 for Hibernate

                  Okay - I finally fixed this myself. I found that by adding the following to my web.xml,

                   <context-param>
                   <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
                   <param-value>client</param-value>
                   </context-param>
                  


                  that suddenly Seam began to 'do the right thing,' i.e. instantiate and call my components.

                  In the documentation it says:


                  If you are using Seam in Apache MyFaces (and possibly some other JSF implementations), you must use client-side state saving. So you'll also need this in web.xml:

                  <context-param>
                  <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
                  <param-value>client</param-value>
                  </context-param>


                  I am not using MyFaces (yet?); rather, I am using Facelets 1.1.5(milestone) and JSF 1.1.01. so I incorrectly assumed that this did not apply to me. This has been a lot of pain for such a small thing. Surely there is some clever way of defaulting stuff like this...

                  Anyways, I appreciate the help with this on the forum - Thanks Gavin.