a4j action param - am I using it correctly?
chris.simons Dec 4, 2008 3:11 PMAll,
I'm attempting to assign a value to a manager/session bean (not an entity bean) using a4j:actionParam. From reading the instructions on the RichFaces demo site, I got the impression this could be done. However, whenever I click on the a4j:commandLink with the embedded actionParam, I'm getting an exception that the assignTo value is not a valid property. The property does have getters/setters.
Code is below then followed by the exception. Please give me your thoughts when you have a moment - thanks.
Code
<a4j:commandLink value="Add User" action="#{userPicker.initPicker('eventManager.addContact', contactTypes.id)}" onclick="#{rich:component('defaultUserPickerModal')}.show()"> <a4j:actionparam name="selectedContactTypeId" value="#{contactTypes.id}" assignTo="#{eventManager.selectedContactTypeId}"/> </a4j:commandLink>
From Session bean:
In(required = false, scope = ScopeType.CONVERSATION) @Out(required = false, scope = ScopeType.CONVERSATION) private String selectedContactTypeId = ""; public String getSelectedContactTypeId() { return selectedContactTypeId; } public void setSelectedContactTypeId(String selectedContactTypeId) { this.selectedContactTypeId = selectedContactTypeId; }
Exception:
14:56:33,059 WARN [ExceptionFilter] exception root cause javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: /em/event/viewEvent.xhtml @196,56 assignTo="#{eventManager.selectedContactTypeId}": Property 'selectedContactTypeId' not found on type org.javassist.tmp.java.lang.Object_$$_javassist_13 at com.sun.facelets.el.TagValueExpression.isReadOnly(TagValueExpression.java:84) at org.ajax4jsf.component.UIActionParameter.processAction(UIActionParameter.java:161) at javax.faces.event.ActionEvent.processListener(ActionEvent.java:77) at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.broadcast(UIComponentBase.java:746) at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:368) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxActionComponent.broadcast(AjaxActionComponent.java:55) at org.ajax4jsf.component.UIDataAdaptor.broadcast(UIDataAdaptor.java:1379) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:321) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.broadcastEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:296) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processPhase(AjaxViewRoot.java:253) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processApplication(AjaxViewRoot.java:466) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationPhase.execute(InvokeApplicationPhase.java:97) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:251) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:117) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:244) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:522) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:83) at org.jboss.seam.web.IdentityFilter.doFilter(IdentityFilter.java:38) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:90) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:64) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:177) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:267) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:380) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:507) at org.jboss.seam.web.Ajax4jsfFilter.doFilter(Ajax4jsfFilter.java:56) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:58) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:158) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:179) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:432) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:262) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:446)