RF4.3.4: Autocomplete and queue

[alixey]

Hi all, i use Richfaces 4.3.4.Final. This my example:

<rich:autocomplete mode="ajax" autocompleteMethod="#{autocomplete.autocompleteLegals}"
                   minChars="0" var="s" fetchValue="#{s.realName}" id="legal-suggestion"
                   autofill="false"
                   onselectitem="autocompleteChangeLegal(event.target)" style="display: inline;"
                   layout="table" value="#{autocomplete.legalName}"
                   required="true">
                   <h:column>
                      <h:outputText style="display:none;" value="#{s.id}"/>
                      <h:outputText style="display:none;" value="#{s.realName}"/>
                   </h:column>
                   <h:column>
                      <h:outputText value="#{s.name}" escape="false"/>
                   </h:column>
                   <a4j:queue requestDelay="500" ignoreDupResponses="true" />
</rich:autocomplete>

In example above - a4j:queue IGNORING! But in example below:

<rich:autocomplete mode="ajax" autocompleteMethod="#{autocomplete.autocompleteLegals}"
                   minChars="0" var="s" fetchValue="#{s.realName}" id="legal-suggestion"
                   autofill="false"
                   onselectitem="autocompleteChangeLegal(event.target)" style="display: inline;"
                   layout="table" value="#{autocomplete.legalName}"
                   required="true">
                   <a4j:queue requestDelay="500" ignoreDupResponses="true" />
                   <h:column>
                      <h:outputText style="display:none;" value="#{s.id}"/>
                      <h:outputText style="display:none;" value="#{s.realName}"/>
                   </h:column>
                   <h:column>
                      <h:outputText value="#{s.name}" escape="false"/>
                   </h:column>
</rich:autocomplete>

a4j:queue works successfully.

In documentation here Component Reference i not found any information about this. Is it bug?

[bleathem]

To be sure I am interpreting this correctly, you have observed that the a4j:queue tag will only work with the rich:autocomplete tag when the queue is the first child of the autocomplete tag?

[alixey]

From one side you is right, but from another i not sure. When we put a4j:queue inside another element, a4j:queue must to know its parent, so, a4j:queue must add its functionality to parent independently from position(first child or second or another).

If you still not agree with me, i'll mark discussion as answered(and i'll try to remember that a4j:queue must be first child).

[alixey]

Brian, look at this:

<h:selectOneMenu value="#{agentMenuMassList.menuProfile}">
    <s:selectItems noSelectionLabel="#{messages['pages.noSelect']}" value="#{agentMenuMassList.menuProfiles}" var="m" label="#{m.name}"/>
    <s:convertEntity/>
    <a4j:ajax event="change" render="editPanel,menuPanel" listener="#{agentMenuMassList.change}"/>
    <a4j:queue requestDelay="5000" />
</h:selectOneMenu>

a4j:queue - works sucessfully(waits 5 seconds before ajax request), and a4j:queue not a first child(a4j:queue - last child).

So, i think, that a4j:queue for autocomplete its a bug.

[alixey]

I created jira issue [RF-13349] a4j:queue must be first child for rich:autocomplete - JBoss Issue Tracker