dataTable not updating?!

[eoin81]

Hi Guys,

New to Rich Faces. (Using RF 3.3.3.Final with JSF, Facelets, Deployed on Tomcat6)

I was trying out the dataTable component to filter a list. The backing bean data type of the list being displayed is (java.util.List) List<MyForms>.

The display of the list works fine but the filter onkeyup event seems to fire the AJAX request and a response is returned with what looks like the entire data set for the list. So the table is not refreshed/updated based on the filter text. Nothing happens in the UI at all.

Can anyone spot what Im doing wrong?!

[CODE]

<h:form>

<rich:dataTable value="#{form.myForms}" var="items">

        <rich:column filterBy="#{items.assetDesc}" filterEvent="onkeyup">

                <f:facet name="header">Asset Description</f:facet>

                 <h:outputText value="#{items.assetDesc}"/>

        </rich:column>

        <rich:column>

                <f:facet name="header">Asset Address</f:facet>

                <h:outputText value="#{items.assetAddress}"/>

        </rich:column>

<rich:dataTable>

</h:form>

[/CODE]

Cheers! Eoin

[konstantin.mishin]

Post your java code. Seems you are using request scoped bean instead of session scoped.

[eoin81]

Hi Mishin, Thanks for the reply.  I've been trying a slightly different approach but with the same results.

My bean is defined in a flow level xml file, which is managed by spring. (its not defined anywhere else)

<bean id="action" class="com.foo.test.MyAction"/>

<CODE>

public class MyAction {

public List<Form> getTestRecords(){

   List<Form> forms = new ArrayList<Form>();

   Form newForm1 = new Form();

   Form newForm2 = new Form();

   newForm1.setName("John");

   newForm1.setAge(23);

   newForm2.setName("Mary"); 

   newForm2.setAge("25");

   forms.add(newForm1);

   forms.add(newForm2);

   return forms;

}

}

[/CODE]

I then use webflow to hold the result of the getRecords method like follows:

<evaluate expression ="action.getRecords()" result="flowScope.forms" />

Then I use RichFaces to display the data (which it does, its just the sorting/filtering that doesent do anything)

<rich:dataTable rows="1" value="${flowScope.forms}" var="items" reRender="ds" id="dt">

...

</rich:dataTable>

Any ideas? Do I need to register my bean somewhere else?

Cheers! Eoin

[konstantin.mishin]

Seems it isn't RichFaces problem. But you could share maven or eclipse project with this problem somewhere and we maybe will investigate  it.

[eoin81]

Thanks. I'll see what I can do,

What I wanted to be clear of is:

1) For <rich:dataTable/>  the backing bean data type that is bound to the value attribute in the tag can be of type java.util.List for displaying/sorting/filtering

2) The definition of my bean is correct. ie do I need to add anything like scope to the bean declaration or do I need to declare it as a managed bean in faces-config, but I dont think I do!

[eoin81]

I managed to get this working to a certain extent using a custom filtye  (thanks to the example from the livedemo site).

I have a dataTable populated with my data from a session scoped managed bean. All works fine.

My filter:

<rich:column filterExpression="#{fn:containsIgnoreCase(items.assetAddress, bean.currentNameFilterValue)}">
                            <f:facet name="header">
                                <h:selectOneMenu value="#{bean.currentNameFilterValue}">
                                    <f:selectItems value="#{bean.types}" />
                                    <a4j:support event="onchange" reRender="dt" />
                                </h:selectOneMenu>                              
                            </f:facet>
                            <h:outputText id="id2" value="#{items.assetAddress}"/>
                    </rich:column>

My problem now is that when I select an element from the drop down (for example A), a request is fired but the table is not updated. If I then select another element from the drop down (for example B), the request is fired but the table is updated for A. Then next selection, the table is updated for B etc ...! So it seems the first request does not satisfy the expression, but it sets the value in the bean, and so the next request satisfies the condition.

I wonder if this is a simple fix? Anyone any ideas?

[eoin81]

Just an update on this for anyone working with in this area (Webflow + RichFaces)

I needed to add a global transition to my webflow xml to rerender the page in the above scenario, (because there seemed to be some issues with the initial refresh).

xhtml page

...

<a4j:support event="onChange" action="#{bean.action}" reRender="dt">

....

bean

String action(){

//do processing

return "success"

}

flow xml

<view-state id="currentPage">

  <transition on="success" to"currentPage"/>

</view-state>

That works!