Bypassing validation on h:inputText

[sandman202]

I have a uzerList.xhtml which performs a search. The h:inputText search fields are performing validations defined on the properties from the uzer entity. Is there a way to bypass the validation?

uzerList.xhtml

<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.org/rich"
 template="/layout/template.xhtml">

<ui:define name="body">

 <h:form id="uzerSearch" styleClass="edit">

 <rich:simpleTogglePanel label="User Search Parameters" switchType="ajax">

 ...

 <s:decorate template="/layout/display.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">Name</ui:define>
 <h:inputText id="name" value="#{uzerList.uzer.name}"/>
 </s:decorate>

 <s:decorate template="/layout/display.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">Email</ui:define>
 <h:inputText id="email" value="#{uzerList.uzer.email}" immediate="true" required="false"/>
 </s:decorate>

 ...


 </rich:simpleTogglePanel>

 <div class="actionButtons">
 <h:commandButton id="search" value="Search" action="/role/admin/UzerList.xhtml" />
 </div>

 </h:form>
 <rich:panel>

...


</ui:define>

</ui:composition>

uzer.java

@Entity
public class Uzer implements Serializable
{

...
 // seam-gen attributes (you should probably edit these)
 private Long id;
 private Integer version;

 // add additional entity attributes
 private String name;
 private String email;
...

 // seam-gen attribute getters/setters with annotations (you probably should
 // edit)

 @Id
 @GeneratedValue
 @Column(name = FIELD_ID)
 public Long getId() {
 return id;
 }

 public void setId(Long id) {
 this.id = id;
 }

 @Version
 @Column(name = FIELD_VERSION)
 public Integer getVersion() {
 return version;
 }

 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 private void setVersion(Integer version) {
 this.version = version;
 }

...

 @Length(min=1, max = 40)
 @NotNull
 // @Pattern(regex = "[a-zA-Z]+", message =
 // "Last name must only contain letters")
 @Column(name = FIELD_NAME, nullable = false, length = 40)
 public String getName() {
 return name;
 }

 public void setName(String name) {
 this.name = name;
 }

 @Email
 //@NotNull
 @Column(name = FIELD_EMAIL)
 public String getEmail() {
 return email;
 }

 public void setEmail(String email) {
 this.email = email;
 }

...

}

When I press the search button on the xhtml, messages appear. One for the name field something like: "must be between 1 and 40" and one for the email with something like: "not a well formed email address". I do not want to validate on search parameters.

How do I bypass this?

[ilya_shaikovsky]

remove immediate = true from inputs and add to button.

[sandman202]

Tried that. The messages are no longer showing, but when I try to search on email or name, the fields clear out and the search list does not change.

I am using the searches similar to those described in "Seam in Action".

uzerList.page.xml

 <param name="from"/>
 <param name="company" value="#{uzerList.uzer.company}"/>
 <param name="name" value="#{uzerList.uzer.name}"/>
 <param name="email" value="#{uzerList.uzer.email}"/>
 <param name="phone" value="#{uzerList.phone.phoneNumber}"/>

uzerList.java

@Name("uzerList")
public class UzerList extends EntityQuery<Uzer>
{
 private static final long serialVersionUID = -7220659451427306516L;

 private static final String[] RESTRICTIONS = {
 "lower(uzer.company) like concat('%',lower(#{uzerList.uzer.company}),'%')",
 "lower(uzer.name) like concat('%',lower(#{uzerList.uzer.name}),'%')",
 "lower(uzer.email) like concat('%',lower(#{uzerList.uzer.email}),'%')",
 "lower(phone.phoneNumber) like concat('%',lower(#{uzerList.phone.phoneNumber}),'%')",
 };

 private Uzer uzer = new Uzer();
 private Phone phone = new Phone();

 public UzerList() {
 this.setMaxResults(25);
 this.setEjbql("select uzer, phone from Uzer uzer join uzer.phones phone");
 this.setOrderColumn("uzer.name");
 this.setOrderDirection("asc");
 this.setRestrictionExpressionStrings(Arrays.asList(RESTRICTIONS));
 }

 public Uzer getUzer() {
 return uzer;
 }

 public Phone getPhone() {
 return phone;
 }

}