[2] I could probably do that (worst case)
[3] This sounds feasable. Could you provide a bit more info on this solution?
Thanks.
Gregg
On 6/21/06, Julian Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Some more suggestions[1] Is it possible to not render the form until a command link is clicked or renderer a place-holder instead?[2] Can you put dummy data in the form?[3] can use use a validation method in your backing bean which only tests if a category has been loaded (my preference).
From: Gregg Bolinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:49 AM
To: MyFaces Discussion
Subject: Typical Validation IssuesI am facing a pretty typical JSF validation issue. I have a list of commandLinks which are Categories. On the right side of the page I have a form with details about the category. You can also use this form to add or update a category.
Obviously, the category name is required. But since it is blank when the page loads, and if I click on a category link to view the details, I get a validation error. No surprise. So I change the commandLink immediate="true" and, you guessed it, my model isn't updated so most of the details don't get populated in the form. My commandLink code on my JSP looks like:
<t:commandLink actionListener="#{CategoryAdminBean.editCategory}">
<t:outputText value="#{category.categoryName}" />
<t:updateActionListener
property="#{ CategoryAdminBean.currentCategory}"
value="#{category}" />
</t:commandLink>
I've tried many different suggestions that I found on various different sites including this mailing list. I am not interested in adding yet another dependency to this project as in a 3rd party validation library or the adf:subForm (from what I can tell, this doesn't solve the problem either). But I would like to know what other people did to solve this similar issue, if they solved it.
Thanks.
Gregg
