1 Reply Latest reply on Oct 9, 2006 5:58 PM by pmuir

    Populating Lookup Column in JSF Table using Seam

    johnurban

      I have a jsf datatable thats maps to a personlist list of person objects. While displaying the list of person objects I need to lookup a special attendance code in another table. I am thinking the best way is to call a method the PersonFinderBean called getSecurityCode(). This will go "lookup" the securitycode in the attendance table given the person ID.

      I have posted the JSF and SFSB. My question is this the correct way of doing this in Seam?

      uPersonCheckin.jsp

      <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h" %>
      <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f" %>
      <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
      <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
      <f:view>
      <f:loadBundle basename="messages" var="msg"/>
       <head>
      
       <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
       <title>Kidslife Checkin</title>
       <style type="text/css" media="all">
       @import "style/default/screen.css";
       </style>
       </head>
       <body>
      
       <%@ include file="header.htm" %>
      
       <h:form>
      
       <div class="rvgFind">
       <fieldset class="rvgFieldSet">
       <legend><h:outputText value="#{msg.Person} #{msg.SearchCriteria}"/></legend>
      
       <span class="rvgInputs">
       <h:outputLabel value="#{msg.Person_firstName}" for="firstName">
       <h:inputText value="#{personFinder.example.firstName}" id="firstName"/>
       </h:outputLabel>
       <h:outputLabel value="#{msg.Person_lastName}" for="lastName">
       <h:inputText value="#{personFinder.example.lastName}" id="lastName"/>
       </h:outputLabel>
       </span>
      
       <span class="rvgActions">
       <h:commandButton type="submit" value="#{msg.Clear}" action="#{personFinder.clear}"/>
       <h:commandButton type="submit" value="#{msg.Find}" action="#{personFinder.findFirstPage}"/>
       </span>
      
       </fieldset>
       </div>
      
       <div class="rvgResults">
      
       <span class="rvgResultsNone">
       <h:outputText value="#{msg.EnterSearchCriteria}" rendered="#{personList==null}"/>
       <h:outputText value="#{msg.No} #{msg.Person} #{msg.MatchedSearchCriteria}" rendered="#{personList.rowCount==0 && !personFinder.previousPage}"/>
       </span>
      
       <h:dataTable value="#{personList}" var="person" rendered="#{personList.rowCount>0}"
       rowClasses="rvgRowOne,rvgRowTwo" headerClass="rvgOrder">
       <h:column>
       <f:facet name="header">
       <h:outputText value="Edit"/>
       </f:facet>
       <h:commandLink value="profile" action="#{personFinder.edit}">
       <f:param name="id" value="#{id}"/>
       </h:commandLink>
       </h:column>
       <h:column>
       <f:facet name="header">
       <h:outputText value="Register"/>
       </f:facet>
       <h:commandLink value="checkin" action="#{personFinder.checkIn}">
       <f:param name="id" value="#{id}"/>
       </h:commandLink>
       </h:column>
       <h:column>
       <f:facet name="header">
       <h:outputText value="Security Code"/>
       </f:facet>
       <h:outputText value="#{personFinder.securityCode}"/>
       </h:column>
       <h:column>
       <f:facet name="header">
       <h:commandLink value="#{msg.Person_firstName}" action="#{personFinder.reorder}">
       <f:param name="orderBy" value="firstName"/>
       </h:commandLink>
       </f:facet>
       <h:outputText value="#{person.firstName}"/>
       </h:column>
       <h:column>
       <f:facet name="header">
       <h:commandLink value="#{msg.Person_middleName}" action="#{personFinder.reorder}">
       <f:param name="orderBy" value="middleName"/>
       </h:commandLink>
       </f:facet>
       <h:outputText value="#{person.middleName}"/>
       </h:column>
       <h:column>
       <f:facet name="header">
       <h:commandLink value="#{msg.Person_lastName}" action="#{personFinder.reorder}">
       <f:param name="orderBy" value="lastName"/>
       </h:commandLink>
       </f:facet>
       <h:outputText value="#{person.lastName}"/>
       </h:column>
       </h:dataTable>
      
       <span class="rvgPage">
       <h:commandButton action="#{personFinder.findPreviousPage}" value="#{msg.PreviousPage}" disabled="#{!personFinder.previousPage}" />
       <h:commandButton action="#{personFinder.findNextPage}" value="#{msg.NextPage}" disabled="#{!personFinder.nextPage}" />
       <h:commandButton action="editPerson" value="#{msg.Create}" rendered="#{personSelector.createEnabled}"/>
       <h:commandButton action="#{personSelector.selectNone}" value="#{msg.SelectNone}" rendered="#{!personSelector.createEnabled}"/>
       <h:commandButton action="#{personSelector.cancel}" value="#{msg.Cancel}" rendered="#{!personSelector.createEnabled}"/>
       </span>
      
       </div>
      
       </h:form>
      
       </body>
      </f:view>
      </html>
      


      PersonFinderBean

      package testSeam;
      
      // Generated Sep 23, 2006 1:30:01 PM by Hibernate Tools 3.2.0.beta7
      
      import static javax.ejb.TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED;
      
      import java.util.HashMap;
      import java.util.List;
      import java.util.Map;
      import java.util.Map.Entry;
      import java.util.Random;
      import java.util.Date;
      import javax.ejb.Remove;
      import javax.ejb.Stateful;
      import javax.ejb.TransactionAttribute;
      import javax.interceptor.Interceptors;
      import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
      import javax.persistence.Query;
      import org.jboss.seam.ScopeType;
      import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Destroy;
      import org.jboss.seam.annotations.In;
      import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Out;
      import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Begin;
      import org.jboss.seam.annotations.End;
      import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Name;
      import org.jboss.seam.annotations.RequestParameter;
      import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Scope;
      import org.jboss.seam.annotations.datamodel.DataModel;
      import org.jboss.seam.annotations.datamodel.DataModelSelection;
      import org.jboss.seam.ejb.SeamInterceptor;
      
      @Name("personFinder")
      @Stateful
      @Scope(ScopeType.SESSION)
      @Interceptors(SeamInterceptor.class)
      public class PersonFinderBean implements PersonFinder {
      
       private Person example = new Person();
      
       public Person getExample() {
       return example;
       }
      
       @DataModelSelection
       @Out(required=false)
       private Person selectedPerson;
      
       @In(required=false)
       private Login login;
      
       @In(create=true)
       private AttendanceEditor attendanceEditor;
      
       private int pageNumber = 0;
       private int pageSize = 20;
       private boolean registered = false;
      
       public void setRegistered(boolean value) {
       registered = value;
       }
      
       public boolean getRegistered() {
       return registered;
       }
      
       public void setPageSize(int size) {
       pageSize = size;
       }
      
       public int getPageSize() {
       return pageSize;
       }
      
       public boolean isPreviousPage() {
       return personList != null && pageNumber > 0;
       }
      
       public boolean isNextPage() {
       return personList != null && personList.size() == pageSize;
       }
      
       @DataModel
       private List<Person> personList;
      
       @In(create = true)
       private EntityManager entityManager;
      
       private void executeQuery() {
       Map<String, Object> parameters = new HashMap<String, Object>();
       StringBuffer queryString = new StringBuffer();
       if (example.getId() != 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.id = :id");
       parameters.put("id", example.getId());
       }
       if (example.getRoomId() != 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.roomId = :roomId");
       parameters.put("roomId", example.getRoomId());
       }
       if (example.getOrganizationId() != 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.organizationId = :organizationId");
       parameters.put("organizationId", example.getOrganizationId());
       }
       if (example.getFirstName() != null && example.getFirstName().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.firstName like :firstName");
       parameters.put("firstName", '%' + example.getFirstName() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getMiddleName() != null
       && example.getMiddleName().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.middleName like :middleName");
       parameters.put("middleName", '%' + example.getMiddleName() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getLastName() != null && example.getLastName().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.lastName like :lastName");
       parameters.put("lastName", '%' + example.getLastName() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getAddress1() != null && example.getAddress1().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.address1 like :address1");
       parameters.put("address1", '%' + example.getAddress1() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getCity() != null && example.getCity().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.city like :city");
       parameters.put("city", '%' + example.getCity() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getState() != null && example.getState().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.state like :state");
       parameters.put("state", '%' + example.getState() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getZip() != null && example.getZip().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.zip like :zip");
       parameters.put("zip", '%' + example.getZip() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getEmail() != null && example.getEmail().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.email like :email");
       parameters.put("email", '%' + example.getEmail() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getBirthday() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.birthday = :birthday");
       parameters.put("birthday", example.getBirthday());
       }
       if (example.getSex() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.sex = :sex");
       parameters.put("sex", example.getSex());
       }
       if (example.getHomePhone() != null
       && example.getHomePhone().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.homePhone like :homePhone");
       parameters.put("homePhone", '%' + example.getHomePhone() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getWorkPhone() != null
       && example.getWorkPhone().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.workPhone like :workPhone");
       parameters.put("workPhone", '%' + example.getWorkPhone() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getBeeperPhone() != null
       && example.getBeeperPhone().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.beeperPhone like :beeperPhone");
       parameters.put("beeperPhone", '%' + example.getBeeperPhone() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getCellPhone() != null
       && example.getCellPhone().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.cellPhone like :cellPhone");
       parameters.put("cellPhone", '%' + example.getCellPhone() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getExtraPhone() != null
       && example.getExtraPhone().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.extraPhone like :extraPhone");
       parameters.put("extraPhone", '%' + example.getExtraPhone() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getExtraPhoneMemo() != null
       && example.getExtraPhoneMemo().length() > 0) {
       queryString
       .append(" and person.extraPhoneMemo like :extraPhoneMemo");
       parameters.put("extraPhoneMemo",
       '%' + example.getExtraPhoneMemo() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getSchool() != null && example.getSchool().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.school like :school");
       parameters.put("school", '%' + example.getSchool() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getSchoolGrade() != null
       && example.getSchoolGrade().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.schoolGrade like :schoolGrade");
       parameters.put("schoolGrade", '%' + example.getSchoolGrade() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getContact() != null && example.getContact().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.contact like :contact");
       parameters.put("contact", '%' + example.getContact() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getParentName() != null
       && example.getParentName().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.parentName like :parentName");
       parameters.put("parentName", '%' + example.getParentName() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getComments() != null && example.getComments().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.comments like :comments");
       parameters.put("comments", '%' + example.getComments() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getMinsitry() != null && example.getMinsitry().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.minsitry like :minsitry");
       parameters.put("minsitry", '%' + example.getMinsitry() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getDrama() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.drama = :drama");
       parameters.put("drama", example.getDrama());
       }
       if (example.getMusic() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.music = :music");
       parameters.put("music", example.getMusic());
       }
       if (example.getStatus() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.status = :status");
       parameters.put("status", example.getStatus());
       }
       if (example.getVisitor() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.visitor = :visitor");
       parameters.put("visitor", example.getVisitor());
       }
       if (example.getMailList() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.mailList = :mailList");
       parameters.put("mailList", example.getMailList());
       }
       if (example.getLeader() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.leader = :leader");
       parameters.put("leader", example.getLeader());
       }
       if (example.getLastAttended() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.lastAttended = :lastAttended");
       parameters.put("lastAttended", example.getLastAttended());
       }
       if (example.getCreated() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.created = :created");
       parameters.put("created", example.getCreated());
       }
       if (example.getUpdated() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.updated = :updated");
       parameters.put("updated", example.getUpdated());
       }
       if (example.getVcall() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.vcall = :vcall");
       parameters.put("vcall", example.getVcall());
       }
       if (example.getVhouseCall() != null) {
       queryString.append(" and person.vhouseCall = :vhouseCall");
       parameters.put("vhouseCall", example.getVhouseCall());
       }
       if (example.getTeam() != null && example.getTeam().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.team like :team");
       parameters.put("team", '%' + example.getTeam() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getPhotoFile() != null
       && example.getPhotoFile().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.photoFile like :photoFile");
       parameters.put("photoFile", '%' + example.getPhotoFile() + '%');
       }
       if (example.getUniqueId() != null && example.getUniqueId().length() > 0) {
       queryString.append(" and person.uniqueId like :uniqueId");
       parameters.put("uniqueId", '%' + example.getUniqueId() + '%');
       }
       if (queryString.length() == 0) {
       queryString.append("select person from Person person");
       } else {
       queryString.delete(0, 4).insert(0,
       "select person from Person person where");
       }
      
       if (order != null) {
       queryString.append(" order by person.").append(order);
       if (descending)
       queryString.append(" desc");
       }
      
       Query query = entityManager.createQuery(queryString.toString());
       for (Entry<String, Object> param : parameters.entrySet()) {
       query.setParameter(param.getKey(), param.getValue());
       }
       personList = (List<Person>) query.setMaxResults(pageSize)
       .setFirstResult(pageSize * pageNumber).getResultList();
       }
      
       public String findFirstPage() {
       pageNumber = 0;
       executeQuery();
       return null;
       }
      
       public String findNextPage() {
       pageNumber++;
       executeQuery();
       return null;
       }
      
       public String findPreviousPage() {
       pageNumber--;
       executeQuery();
       return null;
       }
      
       public void refresh() {
       if (personList != null)
       executeQuery();
       }
      
       public String clear() {
       personList = null;
       example = new Person();
       return null;
       }
      
       public Person getSelection() {
       return entityManager.merge(selectedPerson);
       }
      
       @Destroy
       @Remove
       public void destroy() {
       }
      
       private String order;
      
       private boolean descending = false;
      
       @RequestParameter
       private String orderBy;
       private int id;
      
       public String reorder() {
       if (orderBy.equals(order)) {
       descending = !descending;
       } else {
       descending = false;
       }
       order = orderBy;
       executeQuery();
       return null;
       }
      
       @Begin
       @End
       public String checkIn() {
       // insert new record into attendance table
       Users loggedInUser = login.getInstance();
      
       System.out.println("I check'd em in...:"+selectedPerson.getId());
       System.out.println("I am from church:"+loggedInUser.getOrganizationId());
      
       java.util.Random rNum = new Random();
       int securityCode = Math.abs(rNum.nextInt());
       Attendance attend = attendanceEditor.getInstance();
      
       attend.setCheckedByUserId(loggedInUser.getId());
       attend.setDateTimeEntry(new Date());
       attend.setPersonId(selectedPerson.getId());
       attend.setRoomId(example.getRoomId());
       attend.setSecurityCode(""+securityCode);
       attend.setType("In");
       attendanceEditor.create();
      
       return "code:"+securityCode;
       }
      
       public String getSecurityCode() {
       Attendance attend = attendanceEditor.getInstance();
      
       //Here is where I want to do the lookup..
       return "special code";
       }
      
       public String edit() {
       return "/editPerson.jsp";
       }
      }
      
      


        • 1. Re: Populating Lookup Column in JSF Table using Seam
          pmuir

          The code you have written will work. But it will only ever retreive one security code - not one per 'person' (row) of the datatable. If you want to calculate a temporary value for each person (that isn't stored in the database) then I would suggest using a transient field on the Person entity. Then, when you populate personList, loop over personList and 'calculate' the value. This would normally be in a @Factory method - but I can't see yours.