[RF4.1.M3] Bug? render="ids" different behaviour between a4j:commandButton or h:commandButton with f:ajax

[jadtn]

Hi

The sample code below show two buttons: 1 a4j:commandButton and 1 h:commandButton using f:ajax.

The two buttons have the same render attribute so we expect there will have the same 'behaviour' components.

In fact, no,  if there is a component like for exemple a4j:outputPanel with ajaxRendered="true" then a4j:commandButton will refresh outputPanel but not the h:button with f:ajax.

So my question is : is this difference normal ?

Thanks

{code:xml}<a4j:outputPanel id="panelajaxtrue1" ajaxRendered="true"> </a4j:outputPanel>
                     <a4j:outputPanel id="panelajaxfalse2" ajaxRendered="false">ccccc </a4j:outputPanel>
                     <h:form>
                                   <a4j:outputPanel id="panelajaxtrue2" ajaxRendered="true">ccccc </a4j:outputPanel>            
                                   <a4j:outputPanel id="panelajaxfalse2" ajaxRendered="false">ccccc </a4j:outputPanel>
<rich:dataGrid  
id="datas" value="#{ctrlCompareAJCommandAndAjax.datas}" var="data" columns="1" >

<h:outputText value="#{data}" />
</rich:dataGrid>
                                   <a4j:commandButton value="delete a4j" action="#{ctrlCompareAJCommandAndAjax.delete}" execute="datas" render="datas"/>
                                  <h:commandButton value="delete ajax" action="#{ctrlCompareAJCommandAndAjax.delete}" >
                                                             <f:ajax execute="datas" render="datas" />
                                    </h:commandButton>
                       </h:form>
                     <a4j:log />
{code}

[jadtn]

I think it s a bad behaviour of richfaces, if we have a component like rich:toogle or tabpanel then it can  cause error@malformedXML.

The sample below log a "error@malformedXML" at the first ajax request for example when you click on "delete a4j".

So it works fine if you click on "delete f:ajax"

What do you thinks about that?

Best regards.

error[21:44:00.967]: Received 'error@malformedXML' event from <input id=j_idt4:j_idt11 ...>
error[21:44:00.968]: [200] undefined: undefined

{code:xml}<h:form>
  <rich:togglePanel value="closed" switchType="ajax" activeItem="closed">
      <rich:togglePanelItem id="closed" >
      <h:panelGroup id="i3" layout="block">      
             <h:commandLink  value="[more]" > 
              <rich:toggleControl   targetItem="tip1" />
             </h:commandLink>
             </h:panelGroup>
      </rich:togglePanelItem>
     <rich:togglePanelItem id="tip1">    
      <rich:panel>
      <f:facet name="header">        
         <h:commandLink  value="[close]" > 
              <rich:toggleControl   targetItem="closed" />
             </h:commandLink>
             </f:facet>
             <a4j:outputPanel id="panelajaxtrue1" ajaxRendered="true">
              <h:outputText rendered="#{not empty ctrlCompareAJCommandAndAjax.selected}" value="#{ctrlCompareAJCommandAndAjax.inc}" />
  </a4j:outputPanel>
        </rich:panel>
     </rich:togglePanelItem>   
      </rich:togglePanel>              
  <rich:dataGrid   id="datas" value="#{ctrlCompareAJCommandAndAjax.datas}" var="data" columns="1" >
  <h:outputText value="#{data}" />
  </rich:dataGrid>
  <a4j:commandButton value="delete a4j" action="#{ctrlCompareAJCommandAndAjax.delete}" execute="datas" render="datas">
  </a4j:commandButton>
  <h:commandButton value="delete f:ajax" action="#{ctrlCompareAJCommandAndAjax.delete}">
  <f:ajax execute="datas" render="datas" />
  </h:commandButton>
  </h:form>
  <a4j:log />
{code}

[jadtn]

By adding limitRender="true" to a4j:commandButton it  works like f:ajax

<a4j:commandButton limitRender="true"  value="delete a4j" action="#{ctrlCompareAJCommandAndAjax.delete}" execute="datas" render="datas">
  </a4j:commandButton>

Regards