Bind Map to h:inputText value

[umk]

Hello,

I'm trying to bind a map entry to h:inputText. The code below successfully extracts the value for the key when the page is loaded, but when I submit it, the page reloads with an error alongside the field: model validation failed:String index out of range: -1

From the .xhtml

<h:form id="dataEntryForm">
...
<h:inputText id="asdf" required="true" value="#{biomarkers['waist']}" />
...
</h:form>

From the session bean:

...
@Out
Map<String, String> biomarkers = new HashMap<String, String>();
...
// method code that preps the Map prior to being used
biomarkers.put("waist", "33.3");
...

What have I missed? Any help appreciated. Thanks.

[umk]

Could someone please make a suggestion... Thanks!

[umk]

Am I asking a dumb question that doesn't warrant a reply :) ? Or is the answer readily available in the docs/samples? I've looked but I haven't come across an answer.

Thanks to anyone who can offer some assistance!

[matt.drees]

Are you using a s:validate or s:validateAll on that h:inputText? If so, I'm fairly certain you can't do that.

[umk]

"matt.drees" wrote:
Are you using a s:validate or s:validateAll on that h:inputText? If so, I'm fairly certain you can't do that.

Nope. Not using either. I've posted the complete page code below. Any other ideas? Thanks.

<!DOCTYPE composition PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
 xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
 xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
 xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
 xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
 xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.ajax4jsf.org/rich"
 xmlns:a="https://ajax4jsf.dev.java.net/ajax"
 template="layout/template.xhtml">

 <ui:define name="body">

 <h:messages globalOnly="true" styleClass="message" />

 <h:form id="dataEntryForm">

 <rich:panel>
 <f:facet name="header">dataEntry</f:facet>
 <p>Welcome #{appUser.username}</p>

 <s:decorate id="valueDecoration1" template="layout/edit.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">Map Binding</ui:define>
 <h:inputText id="asdf" required="true"
 value="#{biomarkers['waist']}" />
 </s:decorate>

 <s:decorate id="eventdateDecoration" template="layout/edit.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">eventdate</ui:define>
 <h:inputText id="eventdate" maxlength="10" size="10"
 required="true" value="#{record.eventdate}">
 <s:convertDateTime type="date" dateStyle="short"
 pattern="MM/dd/yyyy" />
 <a:support event="onblur" reRender="eventdateDecoration" />
 </h:inputText>
 <s:selectDate for="eventdate">
 <h:graphicImage url="img/dtpick.gif" style="margin-left:5px" />
 </s:selectDate>
 </s:decorate>

 <div style="clear:both" />

 <h:dataTable value="#{recordDatas}" var="recordData">
 <h:column>
 <f:facet name="header">Name</f:facet>
 <h:selectOneMenu value="#{recordData.value}">
 <f:selectItem itemLabel="-" itemValue="" />
 <f:selectItem itemLabel="Yes" itemValue="1" />
 <f:selectItem itemLabel="No" itemValue="0" />
 </h:selectOneMenu>
 </h:column>
 </h:dataTable>

 </rich:panel>

 <div class="actionButtons"><h:commandButton id="dataEntry"
 value="dataEntry" action="#{enroll.thankYou}" /></div>

 </h:form>

 </ui:define>

</ui:composition>

[matt.drees]

What's layout/edit.xhtml look like?

[umk]

"matt.drees" wrote:
What's layout/edit.xhtml look like?

Ok. Looks like you're onto something. Below is the code from edit.xhtml where you'll see validateAll is being called. I don't understand why validateAll is problematic. Maybe you can point me somewhere so I can educate myself. Thanks!

<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
 xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
 xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
 xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
 xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib">

 <div class="prop">

 <s:label styleClass="name #{invalid?'errors':''}">
 <ui:insert name="label"/>
 <s:span styleClass="required" rendered="#{required}">*</s:span>
 </s:label>

 <span class="value #{invalid?'errors':''}">
 <s:validateAll>
 <ui:insert/>
 </s:validateAll>
 </span>

 <s:message styleClass="error errors"/>

 </div>

</ui:composition>

[umk]

I've done some reading here:
http://docs.jboss.com/seam/1.2.1.GA/reference/en/html/validation.html

There's no mention of using Maps. I suppose that's why you suggested that using s:validate may not work. How would one validate the inputField?

Appreciate your help...

[matt.drees]

You'd have to use standard JSF validation (not Seam's specialized model validation). I found this article helpful.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jsf3/

[gavin.king]

Please report this in JIRA, thanks.