2 Replies Latest reply on Aug 17, 2010 8:00 AM by jjfraney

    Custom Search does not work with EntityQuery

    nuwanr
      Hi I am using the following EntityQuery class to do a simple search from a web page(facelets and richfaces).
      Problem is when i try to search records for a specific tag it does not work ie. all the records are shown.

      I have attached the EntityQuery class and my xhtml page bellow. Please can sombody tell me what will be possible reason for the impediment ?

      Entity Class
      =================
      import java.util.Arrays;

      import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Name;
      import org.jboss.seam.framework.EntityQuery;

      import com.productiongenie.showbitz.model.PropBrief;

      @Name("propBriefList")
      public class PropBriefListQuery extends EntityQuery<PropBrief> {

         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

         private static final String EJBQL = "select propBrief from PropBrief propBrief";

         private static final String[] RESTRICTIONS = { "lower(propBrief.name) like lower(concat(#{propBriefList.propBrief.name},'%'))", };

         private PropBrief propBrief = new PropBrief();

         public PropBriefListQuery() {
            setEjbql(EJBQL);
            setRestrictionExpressionStrings(Arrays.asList(RESTRICTIONS));
            setMaxResults(25);
         }

         public PropBrief getPropBrief() {
            return propBrief;
         }
      }




      Search Page
      ==========
      <!DOCTYPE composition PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
          "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
      <ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
         xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
         xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich"
         template="layout/template.xhtml">

         <ui:define name="content_body">

            <h:form id="propBriefSearch" styleClass="edit">

               <rich:simpleTogglePanel label="PropBrief Search Filter" switchType="ajax">

                    <s:decorate template="layout/display.xhtml">
                     <ui:define name="label">Name</ui:define>
                     <h:inputText id="name" value="#{propBriefList.propBrief.name}" />
                  </s:decorate>

                    <s:decorate template="layout/display.xhtml">
                     <ui:define name="label">Match</ui:define>
                     <h:selectOneRadio id="logic" value="#{propBriefList.restrictionLogicOperator}"
                        styleClass="radio">
                        <f:selectItem itemLabel="All" itemValue="and" />
                        <f:selectItem itemLabel="Any" itemValue="or" />
                     </h:selectOneRadio>
                  </s:decorate>

               </rich:simpleTogglePanel>

               <div class="actionButtons"><h:commandButton id="search" value="Search"
                  action="/production_prop_list.xhtml" /> <s:button id="reset" value="Reset"
                  includePageParams="false" /></div>

            </h:form>

            <rich:panel>
               <f:facet name="header">PropBrief Search Results (#{empty propBriefList.resultList ? 0 : (propBriefList.paginated ? propBriefList.resultCount : propBriefList.resultList.size)})</f:facet>
               <div class="results" id="propBriefList"><h:outputText
                  value="The propBrief search returned no results."
                  rendered="#{empty propBriefList.resultList}" /> <rich:dataTable id="propBriefList"
                  var="_propBrief" value="#{propBriefList.resultList}"
                  rendered="#{not empty propBriefList.resultList}">



                  <h:column>
                     <f:facet name="header">
                        <ui:include src="layout/sort.xhtml">
                           <ui:param name="entityList" value="#{propBriefList}" />
                           <ui:param name="propertyLabel" value="Name" />
                           <ui:param name="propertyPath" value="propBrief.name" />
                        </ui:include>
                     </f:facet>
                     <h:outputText value="#{_propBrief.name}" />
                  </h:column>
                  <h:column>
                     <f:facet name="header">
                        <ui:include src="layout/sort.xhtml">
                           <ui:param name="entityList" value="#{propBriefList}" />
                           <ui:param name="propertyLabel" value="Production id" />
                           <ui:param name="propertyPath" value="propBrief.production.id" />
                        </ui:include>
                     </f:facet>
                     <h:outputText value="#{_propBrief.production.id}" />
                  </h:column>
                  <h:column>
                     <f:facet name="header">
                        <ui:include src="layout/sort.xhtml">
                           <ui:param name="entityList" value="#{propBriefList}" />
                           <ui:param name="propertyLabel" value="Status" />
                           <ui:param name="propertyPath" value="propBrief.status" />
                        </ui:include>
                     </f:facet>
                     <h:outputText value="#{_propBrief.status}" />
                  </h:column>

                  <rich:column styleClass="action">
                     <f:facet name="header">Action</f:facet>
                     <s:link view="/#{empty from ? 'PropBrief' : from}.xhtml"
                        value="#{empty from ? 'View' : 'Select'}"
                        propagation="#{empty from ? 'none' : 'default'}" id="propBriefViewId">
                        <f:param name="propBriefId" value="#{_propBrief.id}" />
                     </s:link>
                  #{' '}
                  <s:link view="/PropBriefEdit.xhtml" value="Edit" propagation="none" id="propBriefEdit"
                        rendered="#{empty from}">
                        <f:param name="propBriefId" value="#{_propBrief.id}" />
                     </s:link>
                  </rich:column>
               </rich:dataTable></div>
            </rich:panel>

            <div class="tableControl"><s:link view="/production_prop_list.xhtml"
               rendered="#{propBriefList.previousExists}"
               value="#{messages.left}#{messages.left} First Page" id="firstPage">
               <f:param name="firstResult" value="0" />
            </s:link> <s:link view="/production_prop_list.xhtml" rendered="#{propBriefList.previousExists}"
               value="#{messages.left} Previous Page" id="previousPage">
               <f:param name="firstResult" value="#{propBriefList.previousFirstResult}" />
            </s:link> <s:link view="/production_prop_list.xhtml" rendered="#{propBriefList.nextExists}"
               value="Next Page #{messages.right}" id="nextPage">
               <f:param name="firstResult" value="#{propBriefList.nextFirstResult}" />
            </s:link> <s:link view="/production_prop_list.xhtml" rendered="#{propBriefList.nextExists}"
               value="Last Page #{messages.right}#{messages.right}" id="lastPage">
               <f:param name="firstResult" value="#{propBriefList.lastFirstResult}" />
            </s:link></div>

            <s:div styleClass="actionButtons" rendered="#{empty from}">
               <s:button view="/PropBriefEdit.xhtml" id="create" propagation="none" value="Create propBrief">
                  <f:param name="propBriefId" />
               </s:button>
            </s:div>

         </ui:define>

      </ui:composition>
        • 1. Re: Custom Search does not work with EntityQuery
          lvdberg

          Hi,



          DON NOT (NEVER) CREATE THE  CLASS YOURSELF, USING A CONSTRUCTOR!!! That's Seam's job !!


          Override the getEjbql method of the entityquery class and return the search string.


          Separate the criteria in another class which should be conversation scope.


          Start an conversation when you enter the search page (and close the converation when you leave it),


          A much easier approach in  this case is creating the query in components .xml (for which you still need the additional criteria class)



          <framework:entity-query name="propBriefList" 
                    entity-manager="#{entityManager}"
                     ejbql="select propBrief from PropBrief propBrief"
                    max-results="25" scope="conversation" >
                    <framework:restrictions>
                         <value>lower(propBrief.name) like lower(concat(#{propBriefList.propBrief.name},'%'))</value>
                    </framework:restrictions>
          </framework:entity-query>
          




          Leo

          • 2. Re: Custom Search does not work with EntityQuery
            jjfraney

            I'm new to seam myself, but I think your datatable needs 'rows' attribute to be set.  Also, a datascroller will be helpful.  See: live richfaces