6 Replies Latest reply on Jan 31, 2007 8:30 PM by twocoasttb

    Does DataModelSelection work in a Stateless Session Bean?

    twocoasttb

      I have the following SLSB:

      @Stateless
      @Name("organizationFinder")
      @Scope(STATELESS)
      public class OrganizationFinderBean implements OrganizationFinder, Serializable {
      
       @PersistenceContext
       private EntityManager em;
      
       @In (required=false)
       @Out (required=false)
       private Organization organization;
      
       @DataModel(value="organizations")
       private List<Organization> organizations;
      
       @DataModelSelection(value="organizations")
       Organization selectedOrganization;
      
       @Factory
       public void getOrganizations() {
       log.info("! organization.");
       organizations = em.createQuery("select o from Organization o order by o.name")
       .getResultList();
       }
      
       @Begin
       public String selectOrganization() {
       organization = (Organization)em.find(Organization.class, selectedOrganization.getId());
       return "editOrganization";
       }
      }


      with the following dataTable:

      <h:dataTable id="organizations" value="#{organizations}" var="organization">
      <h:column>
       <f:facet name="header">Prefix</f:facet>
       #{organization.prefix}
      </h:column>
      <h:column>
       <f:facet name="header">Name</f:facet>
       #{organization.name}
      </h:column>
      <h:column>
       <f:facet name="header">Legal Name</f:facet>
       #{organization.legalName}
      </h:column>
      <h:column>
       <f:facet name="header">Action</f:facet>
       <s:link id="editOrganization" value="Edit"
       action="#{organizationFinder.selectOrganization}"/>
      </h:column>
      </h:dataTable>


      Whenever I make a selection in the list, selectOrganization isn't populated, resulting in a NPE in selectOrganization. I think I'm missing something stupid or obvious. Any suggestions?


        • 1. Re: Does DataModelSelection work in a Stateless Session Bean


          declare the datamodel under PAGE scope.

          @DataModel(scope=ScopeType.PAGE)

          • 2. OFTOPIC Re: Does DataModelSelection work in a Stateless Sess
            mariuszs

            Btw, you should use:

            @Begin
             public String selectOrganization() {
             organization = em.merge(selectedOrganization);
             return "editOrganization";
             }




            • 3. Re: Does DataModelSelection work in a Stateless Session Bean
              twocoasttb

              Thanks for the responses. Unfortunately, putting the DataModel into PAGE scope doesn't change anything- selectedOrganization is still NULL in selectOrganization().

              I'm stuck in phase two (disillusion) of Gavin's "http://blog.hibernate.org/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/Gavin%20King/stages-of-adoption.html", and seeking insight. I don't see why this finder bean itself should require any state. Am I wrong? It certainly shouldn't have to around in SESSION scope.

              I should have mentioned before, I'm using Seam 1.1.1GA and JBoss 4.0.5

              Side Note:

              Don't ever set var="org" in a dataTable. Doing so causes Seam to go nuts searching contexts and it eventually throws an exception because can't find a property called 'jboss' in the entity bean. Should I report this as a bug? I'd be happy to provide a test case. Using var="o" changes the behavior completely.[/url]

              • 4. Re: Does DataModelSelection work in a Stateless Session Bean
                pmuir

                 

                "twocoasttb" wrote:
                I don't see why this finder bean itself should require any state. Am I wrong? It certainly shouldn't have to around in SESSION scope.


                It needs some state - a stateless bean looses state between each invocation - it is invoked update data model (i think?) to set the datamodel selection, and then in INVOKE_APPLICATION to call the action - the state is lost between these. Further, you need to hold the state of the datamodel between the two requests - this is due to how JSF works (the restore view phase). The PAGE or CONVERSATION scope is ideal for this

                [qupte]Don't ever set var="org" in a dataTable. Doing so causes Seam to go nuts searching contexts and it eventually throws an exception because can't find a property called 'jboss' in the entity bean. Should I report this as a bug? I'd be happy to provide a test case. Using var="o" changes the behavior completely.

                • 5. Re: Does DataModelSelection work in a Stateless Session Bean
                  pmuir

                  Oops.

                  Don't ever set var="org" in a dataTable. Doing so causes Seam to go nuts searching contexts and it eventually throws an exception because can't find a property called 'jboss' in the entity bean. Should I report this as a bug? I'd be happy to provide a test case. Using var="o" changes the behavior completely.


                  Yes, this is known bug but isn't in JIRA afaics, so please put it in :)

                  • 6. Re: Does DataModelSelection work in a Stateless Session Bean
                    twocoasttb

                    Ok. I understand why PAGE scope is appropriate, and recognize why it's the right scope for my finder bean. A conversation isn't required until an item in the list is selected for editing. A SFSB can't have PAGE scope (right?), so I assume the DataModel should. So my finder bean now looks like this:

                    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
                    @Stateful
                    @Name("organizationFinder")
                    public class OrganizationFinderBean implements OrganizationFinder, Serializable {
                    
                     @PersistenceContext
                     private EntityManager em;
                    
                     @In (required=false)
                     @Out (required=false)
                     private Organization organization;
                    
                     @DataModel(scope=ScopeType.PAGE)
                     private List<Organization> organizations;
                    
                     @DataModelSelection
                     Organization selectedOrganization;
                    
                     @Logger
                     private Log log;
                    
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                     @Factory
                     public void getOrganizations() {
                     organizations = em.createQuery("select o from Organization o order by o.name")
                     .getResultList();
                     }
                    
                     @Begin
                     public String newOrganization() {
                     organization = new Organization();
                     return "newOrganization";
                     }
                    
                     @Begin
                     public String selectOrganization() {
                     organization = em.merge(selectedOrganization);
                     return "editOrganization";
                     }
                    
                     @Remove @Destroy
                     public void destroy() {}
                    }


                    and my dataTable looks like this:

                    <h:dataTable id="organizations" value="#{organizations}" var="o">
                    <h:column>
                     <f:facet name="header">Prefix</f:facet>
                     #{o.prefix}
                    </h:column>
                    <h:column>
                     <f:facet name="header">Name</f:facet>
                     #{o.name}
                    </h:column>
                    <h:column>
                     <f:facet name="header">Legal Name</f:facet>
                     #{o.legalName}
                    </h:column>
                    <h:column>
                     <f:facet name="header">Action</f:facet>
                     <s:link id="editOrganization" value="Edit"
                     action="#{organizationFinder.selectOrganization}"/>
                    </h:column>
                    </h:dataTable>


                    When I select an item in the list I get the following exception:

                    javax.ejb.EJBException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: attempt to create merge event with null entity

                    Based on a post I just saw, I think I'll try injecting the DataModelSelection directly into my edit bean. It seems though, based on prior comments and reading the docs, that the above should work. I assume I'm missing something stupid... Any ideas will be much appreciated.