6 Replies Latest reply on Jan 19, 2007 2:00 PM by spambob

Global navigation rules in pages.xml

pmuir Jan 19, 2007 5:11 AM

Is there currently a way to use a global navigation rule e.g.

<navigation-rule>
 <navigation-case>
 <from-outcome>foo</from-outcome>
 <to-view-id>/foo.xhtml</to-view-id>
 </navigation-case>
</navigation-rule>

in pages.xml?

They are occasionally useful, and without them, some navigation will still have to go in faces-config.xml

1. Re: Global navigation rules in pages.xml

norman.richards Jan 19, 2007 11:10 AM (in response to pmuir)
Does view-id="*" work for you?

<page view-id="*"> ... </page>
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2. Re: Global navigation rules in pages.xml

pmuir Jan 19, 2007 11:30 AM (in response to pmuir)
Yes. Thanks :)

I also noticed that

<h:commandLink action="foo">Foo</h:commandLink>

doesn't work if you have the navigation rule in pages.xml (as expected I suppose) whilst of course

<s:link action="foo">Foo</s:link>

works.
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3. Re: Global navigation rules in pages.xml

norman.richards Jan 19, 2007 11:41 AM (in response to pmuir)

Oh.. Hmm... I might be missing something obvious, but I don't see why that shouldn't work. It sounds like a bug.
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4. Re: Global navigation rules in pages.xml

pmuir Jan 19, 2007 12:35 PM (in response to pmuir)

Yeah, you're right, it should work. I was getting confused.

http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-674
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5. Re: Global navigation rules in pages.xml

gavin.king Jan 19, 2007 1:33 PM (in response to pmuir)
Did the following not work:

<page view-id="..."> <navigation> <rule for-outcome="foo"> <render view-id="/foo.xhtml"/> </rule> </navigation> </page>
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6. Re: Global navigation rules in pages.xml

spambob Jan 19, 2007 2:00 PM (in response to pmuir)

Is this also supposed to work when I refer to "global navigation rules" from pageflow .jpdl.xml files?

I.e. I have in a jpdl.xml file:

<page name="home" view-id="home" redirect="true">
 <end-conversation/>
</page>

And in my pages.xml file:

<page view-id="*">
 <navigation>
 <rule for-outcome="home">
 <render view-id="/home.xhtml" />
 </rule>
 </navigation>
</page>

But when i come to the "home" state if my pageflow I get:

javax.servlet.ServletException: ViewId must start with '/' (viewId = home)
 org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(SeamExceptionFilter.java:61)
 org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:75)
 org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:213)
 org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)

root cause

javax.servlet.ServletException: ViewId must start with '/' (viewId = home)
 javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:152)
 org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java:32)
 org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(SeamExceptionFilter.java:46)
 org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:75)
 org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:213)
 org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)

root cause

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: ViewId must start with '/' (viewId = home)
 org.apache.myfaces.application.jsp.JspViewHandlerImpl.getViewIdPath(JspViewHandlerImpl.java:286)
 org.apache.myfaces.application.jsp.JspViewHandlerImpl.getActionURL(JspViewHandlerImpl.java:158)
 org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamViewHandler.getActionURL(SeamViewHandler.java:48)
 com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.getActionURL(FaceletViewHandler.java:786)
 org.ajax4jsf.framework.ViewHandlerWrapper.getActionURL(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:85)
 org.jboss.seam.core.Manager.redirect(Manager.java:932)
 org.jboss.seam.core.Manager.redirect(Manager.java:859)
 org.jboss.seam.core.Pageflow.redirect(Pageflow.java:221)
 org.jboss.seam.core.Pageflow.navigate(Pageflow.java:209)
 org.jboss.seam.core.Pageflow.navigate(Pageflow.java:299)
 org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamNavigationHandler.handleNavigation(SeamNavigationHandler.java:30)
 org.apache.myfaces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:84)
 javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:106)
 org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot.processEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:274)
 org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot.broadcastEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:250)
 org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot.processApplication(AjaxViewRoot.java:405)
 org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.invokeApplication(LifecycleImpl.java:343)
 org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:86)
 javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:137)
 org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java:32)
 org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(SeamExceptionFilter.java:46)
 org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:75)
 org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:213)
 org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)

I'm asking because I kept nagging for this being possible a month ago and ended up by making my own pageflow component that parses navigation.xml.

IMHO it would be nice to have feature and I could discard my custom pageflow component ;)

So is this supposed to work or could it please be added?

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