Using rich:autocomplete inside JSF 2 composite component

[nasir.imtiaz]

Hi,

I am trying to use Richfaces 4 rich:autocomplete component inside a JSF 2 composite component by exposing the autocompleteMethod as follows:

composite component : filter.xhtml

...
<composite:interface>
  <composite:attribute name="autocompleteMethod" required="true" method-signature="java.util.List autocompleteMethod(java.lang.String)" />
</composite:interface>
<composite:implementation>
  <rich:autocomplete autocompleteMethod="#{cc.attrs.autocompleteMethod}" var="result" fetchValue="#{result.name}" mode="ajax" >
       #{result.name}
  </rich:autocomplete>
</composite:implementation>
...

client page

...
<util:filter autocompleteMethod="#{geoBean.suggest}" />
...

GeoBean.java

public List<City> suggest(String keyword) {
  List<City> result;

  // Logic to return list of cities goes here...

  return result;
  }

Now, when i put a breakpoint at the GeoBean.suggest(), i notice that the method is getting called when i type something in the input text, but the keyword received at this point does not show me the typed value. Instead it shows com.sun.faces.context.FacesContextImpl@1376b55 as the value of keyword.

Kindly help me to figure out what am i missing.

Thanks.

Environment:
Richfaces 4.3.3

JSF 2.1.3

[bleathem]

The paramters for the autocomplete method should be facesContext, component, searchTerm (see: AutocompleteRenderer) you should try adjusting your method signature to match.  Simplifying this to work with a single string based parameter is being tracked by RF-11469.

[nasir.imtiaz]

So is there any way that a page author can pass an auto complete method (method expression) to a composite component which would later be set by component author to use with a rich:autocomplete inside the composite component.

Thanks

[bleathem]

Yes, just make sure the passed in method has the correct method signature, until RF-11469 is resolved.