Commandlink question

[oliphaunt182]

I'm new to JSF and richfaces, and I'm having a hard time understanding getting values of inputText to my backing bean.

This works:

<rich:panel header="Details">
 <h:panelGrid id="pnl" columns="2" width="100%">
 <h:outputText value="Name" />
 <h:inputText value="#{testBean.name}" />
 <h:outputText value="Description" />
 <h:inputText value="#{testBean.description}" />

 <h:commandLink value="Insert"
 actionListener="#{testBean.insertAction}"
 rendered="#{not testBean.editable}" />
 </h:panelGrid>
 </rich:panel>

the above in the java method for insertAction:
this.getName and this.getDescription are whatever is typed into the inputText fields.


However the following does not work:

<rich:panel header="Details">
 <h:panelGrid id="pnl" columns="2" width="100%">
 <h:outputText value="Name" />
 <h:inputText value="#{testBean.name}" />
 <h:outputText value="Description" />
 <h:inputText value="#{testBean.description}" />

 <a4j:commandLink value="Insert" reRender="dataTable,pnl" ajaxSingle="true"
 actionListener="#{testBean.insertAction}"
 rendered="#{not testBean.editable}" />
 </h:panelGrid>
 </rich:panel>

this.getName and this.getDescription are null always.


Thanks in advance for the help, I'm probably missing one minor thing.

[rschoeler]

Hi Oliphaunt182, maybe the next two tips can help you to solve your problem....8-}

First h:commandLink show the values, because the whole page will be build new and therefore the inserted values are part of the page.

Second:a4j:commandLink doesn't build the page, it depends on you which part of the page should be rebuild (=rendered). Have a short look at the associated live-demo component
http://livedemo.exadel.com/richfaces-demo/richfaces/commandLink.jsf?c=commandLink&tab=usage

How to solve your problem fast:
1. add ids to your h:outputText
2. modify the attribute rendered to this ids

Normally this should do the work you wanted to do....

regards rschoeler

[ilya_shaikovsky]

you defined ajaxSingle on the link, so nothing except the link will be processed.