form call methods with null value when loading

[chalu]

Hello,

I have a form with managed bean, When I load the page with form, the page calls all managed bean's setters with null value. I can prevent this by preloading data when getters are called, but it is little bit unpleasant when I dinamically load data eg. using ajax.

Is it because I have something wrong configured or is some mode I do not know about?

Thank you

Jiri

[ilya_shaikovsky]

please show the code.

[chalu]

well.

here is xhtml:

....

<h:form id="AddTaskForm" >

<h:panelGrid width="680px" columns="2" border="0">

<rich:panel header="#{messages.tasks_newtask_header}"  style="background-color: #ebf3fd;">

<h:inputHidden id="id" value="#{taskFormBean.id}"/>

<h:inputHidden id="projectId" value="#{taskFormBean.projectId}"/>

<h:outputText value="*" style="color:#ff0000;"/>#{messages.registration_are_mandatory}.

<h:panelGrid id="upg" columns="2" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

<h:panelGroup>

<h:outputText value="#{messages.task_name}" />

<h:outputText value="*" style="color:#ff0000;"/>

</h:panelGroup>

<h:panelGroup>

<h:inputText id="name" value="#{taskFormBean.name}" styleClass="inputbox"/>

<h:message for="name"  styleClass="errors" />

</h:panelGroup>

<h:panelGroup>

<h:outputText value="#{messages.task_project_phase}" />

</h:panelGroup>

<h:panelGroup>

<h:selectOneMenu value="#{taskFormBean.phaseId}" id="phaseId" >

                    <f:selectItems value="#{taskFormBean.phases}" />

                </h:selectOneMenu>

</h:panelGroup>

<h:form id="AddTaskForm" >

<h:panelGrid width="680px" columns="2" border="0">

<rich:panel header="#{messages.tasks_newtask_header}"  style="background-color: #ebf3fd;">

<h:inputHidden id="id" value="#{taskFormBean.id}"/>

<h:inputHidden id="projectId" value="#{taskFormBean.projectId}"/>

<h:outputText value="*" style="color:#ff0000;"/>#{messages.registration_are_mandatory}.

<h:panelGrid id="upg" columns="2" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

<h:panelGroup>

<h:outputText value="#{messages.task_name}" />

<h:outputText value="*" style="color:#ff0000;"/>

</h:panelGroup>

<h:panelGroup>

<h:inputText id="name" value="#{taskFormBean.name}" styleClass="inputbox"/>

<h:message for="name"  styleClass="errors" />

</h:panelGroup>

<h:panelGroup>

<h:outputText value="#{messages.task_project_phase}" />

</h:panelGroup>

<h:panelGroup>

<h:selectOneMenu value="#{taskFormBean.phaseId}" id="phaseId" >

                                   <f:selectItems value="#{taskFormBean.phases}" />

                                </h:selectOneMenu>

</h:panelGroup>

...

                                 <h:panelGroup>

<h:outputText value="" />

</h:panelGroup>

<h:panelGroup>

<h:commandButton value="#{messages.task_save}" action="#{taskFormBean.save}" styleClass="submitButton"/>

<h:commandButton value="Cancel" action="#{taskFormBean.cancel}" styleClass="submitButton"/>

</h:panelGroup>

in faces-config I have

taskFormBean mapped into class without any methods, which works with another form fields.

In class I have:

public List<SelectItem> getPhases() {

log.info("call getPhases for project id = "+this.projectId);

List<SelectItem> projectPhases = new ArrayList<SelectItem>();

if(this.projectId!=null && this.projectId.intValue()>0){

SelectItem it = new SelectItem();

it.setValue(0);

it.setLabel("---");

projectPhases.add(it);

try{

if(localProjects == null)

localProjects = (ProjectLogicLocal)ServiceLocator.getEJB(ProjectLogicLocal.LocalJNDIName);

for(ProjectPhase p:localProjects.listBaseProjectPhasesByProject(projectId)){

SelectItem i = new SelectItem();

i.setValue(p.getId());

i.setLabel(p.getName());

projectPhases.add(i);

}

log.info("have phases: "+projectPhases.size());

}

catch(BusinessException e){

super.storeErrorMessage(e.getMessage());

}

catch(Exception e){

log.error(e.getMessage());

e.printStackTrace();

}

finally{

localProjects = null;

}

}

else{

SelectItem i = new SelectItem();

i.setValue(0);

i.setLabel("---");

projectPhases.add(i);

}

return projectPhases;

}

and method save:

public String save() throws Exception{

log.info("call save form data: "+toString());

return "success";

}

When I let the phase field not selected as other fields, I have in my log:

23:08:16,568 INFO  [TaskFormBean] call constructor

23:08:16,568 INFO  [TaskFormBean] call getPhases for project id = null

23:08:16,570 INFO  [TaskFormBean] call save form data: id = 0, parrentTaskId = 0, name = , projectId = 500, budgetHours = 0.0, percentageComplete = 0.0, dueDate = null, phase = 0, active = false, allowHours = false, hoursToConfirm = false, description =

23:08:16,588 INFO  [TaskFormBean] call getPhases for project id = 500

23:08:16,619 INFO  [TaskFormBean] have phases: 6

23:08:16,623 INFO  [TaskFormBean] call getParentTasks()

23:08:16,670 INFO  [TaskFormBean] count of tasks: 6

but if I choose one phase, I got:

23:09:58,872 INFO  [TaskFormBean] call constructor

23:09:58,873 INFO  [TaskFormBean] call getPhases for project id = null

23:09:58,942 INFO  [TaskFormBean] call getPhases for project id = null

23:09:58,945 INFO  [TaskFormBean] call getParentTasks()

23:09:58,974 INFO  [TaskFormBean] count of tasks: 0

23:09:58,995 INFO  [lifecycle] WARNING: FacesMessage(s) have been enqueued, but may not have been displayed.

sourceId=AddTaskForm:phaseId[severity=(ERROR 2), summary=(AddTaskForm:phaseId: Validation Error: Value is not valid), detail=(AddTaskForm:phaseId: Validation Error: Value is not valid)]

there is no validation defined in faces-config....

If I change phaseId to any another name, error is still here with new name...