Yes, I should have explained it sooner.
What I intend is to have a couple of tabs (dynamically rendered) that will
allow the presentation of something below (with PPR) which depends on which
tab is selected.
Since I'm not yet proficient with these technologies I'm going to evaluate
alternatives to the implementation of MenuModel.
Thank you for all your help!
Francisco Passos
On 7/5/07, Simon Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello Francisco,
>
> From what I understand of your menu system, you want to stay in the same
> page. If that's the case, then ViewIdPropertyModel is not appropriate as it
> was explicitely made for one tab -> one page/viewId. For your need you might
> have to create your own implementation of MenuModel.
>
> On 7/5/07, Francisco Passos < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Simon,
> >
> > thank you once more.
> >
> > I've tried the solution you provided, without the unnecessary
> > component . Apparently everything runs fine on the background (things get
> > invoked, properties get updated), but still neither the clicked tab becomes
> > selected nor does the outputText get updated.
> >
> > On the first render of the page I get this warning twice:
> >
> > WARNING: The viewId property in ViewIdPropertyMenuModel is null. The
> > viewId property is needed to find the focus rowKey.
> > 5/Jul/2007 10:29:30
> > org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.model.ViewIdPropertyMenuModel _addToMap
> >
> > Then, when I click a tab, I get it twice more and then refreshIt is
> > called (I'm printing something to the logs).
> >
> > Might something still be missing? Maybe some way to tell the component
> > to generate an event which alerts its registered partialTriggers... Although
> > having it be partially re-rendered ought to do it.
> >
> > Francisco
> >
> > On 7/4/07, Simon Lessard < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Francisco,
> > >
> > > This is not how you must deal with binding. You can still let JSF
> > > initialise the component. You'll need something like the following:
> > >
> > > public class MyBeanClass
> > > {
> > > private UIComponent myNavigationPane;
> > >
> > > public UIComponent getMyNavigationPane()
> > > {
> > > return myNavigationPane;
> > > }
> > >
> > > public void setMyNavigationPane(UIComponent myNavigationPane)
> > > {
> > > this.myNavigationPane = myNavigationPane;
> > > }
> > >
> > > public void refreshIt(ActionEvent ev)
> > > {
> > >
RequestContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(myNavigationPane);
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > In the page do the following:
> > >
> > > <tr:navigationPane id="tabber" hint="tabs" value="#{
> > > fichaBean.gruposAtributos}" var="grupoAtributos" binding="#{
> > > myBean.myNavigationPane}">
> > > <f:facet name="nodeStamp">
> > > <tr:commandNavigationItem action="#{fichaBean.selectGroup}"
> > > id="tab" text="#{grupoAtributos.ndenomin}" partialSubmit="true"
> > > selected="#{grupoAtributos.igrupoid eq fichaBean.selectedGroupId}"
> > > actionListener="#{myBean.refreshIt }">
> > > <tr:setActionListener from="#{grupoAtributos.igrupoid}" to="#{
> > > fichaBean.selectedGroupId }" />
> > > </tr:commandNavigationItem>
> > > </f:facet>
> > > </tr:navigationPane>
> > >
> > > <tr:outputText value="#{fichaBean.selectedGroupId}"
> > > partialTriggers="tabber" />
> > >
> > >
> > > ~ Simon
> > >
> > > On 7/4/07, Francisco Passos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm on it. Having to create the binding is not dramatic :) I'm
> > > > having this exception though:
> > > >
> > > > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > > > at
> > > > org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.getClientId(
> > > > UIXComponentBase.java :261)
> > > > at
> > > >
org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.context.RequestContextImpl.addPartialTarget
> > > > (RequestContextImpl.java:488)
> > > > at pt.dgaiec.stp.beans.FichaBean.<init>(FichaBean.java:43)
> > > > at
sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
> > > > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(
> > > > NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
> > > > Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This is how I declared the reference:
> > > > private transient CoreNavigationPane navigationPane = new
> > > > CoreNavigationPane();
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > this is the xhtml now:
> > > >
> > > > <tr:navigationPane binding="#{fichaBean.navigationPane}"
> > > > id="tabber" hint="tabs" value="#{fichaBean.gruposAtributos}"
> > > > var="grupoAtributos" >
> > > > <f:facet name="nodeStamp">
> > > > <tr:commandNavigationItem action="#{
> > > > fichaBean.selectGroup}" id="tab" text="#{grupoAtributos.ndenomin}"
> > > > partialSubmit="true" selected="#{grupoAtributos.igrupoid eq
> > > > fichaBean.selectedGroupId}" partialTriggers=":">
> > > > <tr:setActionListener from="#{
> > > > grupoAtributos.igrupoid}" to="#{fichaBean.selectedGroupId}" />
> > > > </tr:commandNavigationItem>
> > > > </f:facet>
> > > > </tr:navigationPane>
> > > >
> > > > <tr:outputText id="texty" value="#{fichaBean.selectedGroupId}"
> > > > partialTriggers="tabber" />
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > and this is the action called when a tab is clicked:
> > > >
> > > > public void selectGroup() {
> > > > RequestContext.getCurrentInstance
> > > > ().addPartialTarget(navigationPane);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > I should mention that on the first render (before getting the
> > > > exception), I get this warning on the logs:
> > > >
> > > > 4/Jul/2007 19:27:40
> > > > org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.model.ViewIdPropertyMenuModel_addToMap
> > > > WARNING: The viewId property in ViewIdPropertyMenuModel is null.
> > > > The viewId property is needed to find the focus rowKey.
> > > >
> > > > I understand there's an id missing. I just can't figure out where
> > > > and probably am going to start spreading ids all over the tags that
don't
> > > > have one to see if anything changes.
> > > >
> > > > It is probably a good time to thank you and the members here on
> > > > the list that have helped me out over the past weeks. So, thank you. I
> > > > figure either I'll get good at this or I'll get banned from the list :)
> > > >
> > > > Francisco
> > > >
> > > > On 7/4/07, Simon Lessard < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello again,
> > > > >
> > > > > you can add a component to the list of component to refresh
> > > > > during a PPR request by using the following code snippet:
> > > > >
> > > > >
RequestContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(componentToRefresh);
> > > > >
> > > > > Sadly you'll have to use binding attribute on our navigationPane
> > > > > to get a ref to the UIComponent.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > ~ Simon
> > > > >
> > > > > On 7/4/07, Francisco Passos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > programatically add the navigationPane as a partialTarget
> > > > > > > using RequestContext
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sorry for asking, but how can I do this? Is there
> > > > > > documentation on this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you for your support.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Francisco
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 7/4/07, Simon Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hello Francisco,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > your problem is with partialTriggers, you must not use "tab"
> > > > > > > the id of the navigation item won't be simply that. since
navigationPane is
> > > > > > > an UIXIterator, it's also a NamingContainer, thus it will
generated
> > > > > > > different client ids including the rowKey. You might have to
programatically
> > > > > > > add the navigationPane as a partialTarget using RequestContext.
You can then
> > > > > > > set the partialTriggers value of your outputText to the
navigationPane's id.
> > > > > > > I think it will work.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ~ Simon
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 7/4/07, Francisco Passos < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I meant panelTabbed, sorry.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 7/4/07, Francisco Passos <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Just tried setting partialTriggers="tab" on the
> > > > > > > > > panelPage. Same thing still.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On 7/4/07, Simon Lessard < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Hello Francisco,
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Hmmm, strange... Did you try to set a partialTriggers
> > > > > > > > > > on the navigationPane?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > ~ Simon
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On 7/4/07, Francisco Passos <
> > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Renzo, yours is a cool solution, but it depends on
> > > > > > > > > > > the way the subcomponents are stamped, which is an
information I believe we
> > > > > > > > > > > theoretically shouldn't depend on, unless we had some
kind of control over
> > > > > > > > > > > the way the stamping goes.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Simon, I'm trying your solution and here's what I've
> > > > > > > > > > > come to:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > <tr:navigationPane id="tabber" hint="tabs" value="#{
> > > > > > > > > > > fichaBean.gruposAtributos}" var="grupoAtributos">
> > > > > > > > > > > <f:facet name="nodeStamp">
> > > > > > > > > > > <tr:commandNavigationItem action="#{
> > > > > > > > > > > fichaBean.selectGroup}" id="tab" text="#{
> > > > > > > > > > > grupoAtributos.ndenomin}" partialSubmit="true"
> > > > > > > > > > > selected="#{ grupoAtributos.igrupoid eq
> > > > > > > > > > > fichaBean.selectedGroupId}">
> > > > > > > > > > > <tr:setActionListener from="#{
> > > > > > > > > > > grupoAtributos.igrupoid}" to="#{
> > > > > > > > > > > fichaBean.selectedGroupId}" />
> > > > > > > > > > > </tr:commandNavigationItem>
> > > > > > > > > > > </f:facet>
> > > > > > > > > > > </tr:navigationPane>
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > <tr:outputText value="#{
> > > > > > > > > > > fichaBean.selectedGroupId}" partialTriggers="tab" />
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > I've checked that the selectedGroupId property is
> > > > > > > > > > > being updated when I click on the tab, which is the good
news :)
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > The bad news is that the tab isn't changing its
> > > > > > > > > > > aspect to show it is selected. And the outputText below
does not update
> > > > > > > > > > > either. I've tried setting partialTriggers to "tab" as well as
"tabber".
> > > > > > > > > > > What am I still missing?
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > On 7/4/07, Renzo Tomaselli <
> > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > I simply parse the component id. Being an
> > > > > > > > > > > > iterating component - Tridindad adds a progressive
index while stamping out
> > > > > > > > > > > > subcomponents:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > public void navigation(ActionEvent event) {
> > > > > > > > > > > > FacesContext fc =
> > > > > > > > > > > > FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
> > > > > > > > > > > > UIComponent actionItem =
> > > > > > > > > > > > event.getComponent();
> > > > > > > > > > > > String id = actionItem.getClientId(fc);
> > > > > > > > > > > > int i = id.lastIndexOf(
> > > > > > > > > > > > NamingContainer.SEPARATOR_CHAR);
> > > > > > > > > > > > if (i >= 0) {
> > > > > > > > > > > > id = id.substring(0, i);
> > > > > > > > > > > > i = id.lastIndexOf(
> > > > > > > > > > > > NamingContainer.SEPARATOR_CHAR);
> > > > > > > > > > > > id = id.substring(i + 1);
> > > > > > > > > > > > int newSelected = Integer.parseInt
> > > > > > > > > > > > (id);
> > > > > > > > > > > > .....
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > This should work well for all Trinidad iterating
> > > > > > > > > > > > components, provided that stamping includesTrinidad
components only.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Otherwise, the index can be easily forgotten by
Trinidad (then duplicated id
> > > > > > > > > > > > warnings), don't ask me why.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > -- Renzo
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Francisco Passos wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, your example is great.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > However, how do you know what tab has been
> > > > > > > > > > > > clicked, so you can act accordingly on the
actionListener?
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/2/07, * Renzo Tomaselli* <
> > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Francisco,
> > > > > > > > > > > > component tr:navigationPane is an iterating
> > > > > > > > > > > > component by itself - no need for an explicit loop. I
do it like this (using
> > > > > > > > > > > > Facelets):
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > <ui:component>
> > > > > > > > > > > > <c:if test="#{bean.visible}">
> > > > > > > > > > > > <t:saveState id="selected" value="#{
> > > > > > > > > > > > bean.selected}"/>
> > > > > > > > > > > > <t:saveState id="tabs" value="#{bean.tabs
> > > > > > > > > > > > }"/>
> > > > > > > > > > > > <tr:navigationPane id="tabber" hint="tabs"
> > > > > > > > > > > > value="#{bean.tabModel}" var="tab"
> > > > > > > > > > > > styleClass="navigator">
> > > > > > > > > > > > <f:facet name="nodeStamp">
> > > > > > > > > > > > <tr:commandNavigationItem text="#{
> > > > > > > > > > > > tab.label}" actionListener="#{bean.navigation}"
> > > > > > > > > > > > id="tab"
> > > > > > > > > > > > selected="#{cx:isSelected(bean, tab)}" icon="#{
> > > > > > > > > > > > tab.icon}"/>
> > > > > > > > > > > > </f:facet>
> > > > > > > > > > > > </tr:navigationPane>
> > > > > > > > > > > > <cx:include src="#{bean.component}"
> > > > > > > > > > > > bean="#{bean.componentBean}"
> > > > > > > > > > > > container="#{container}tabby:"/>
> > > > > > > > > > > > </c:if>
> > > > > > > > > > > > </ui:component>
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Here everythings - from the tab list to the child
> > > > > > > > > > > > component to appear below the tabs - is dynamically
taken from a bean.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Tab list and current selection are made persistent
> > > > > > > > > > > > across requests by means of saveState (my beans are
only request-scoped).
> > > > > > > > > > > > Hope it helps.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > -- Renzo
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Francisco Passos wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > By the way, I'm trying to populate dinamically
> > > > > > > > > > > > either a panelTabbed or a navigationPane.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > When using ui:repeat, panelTabbed renders
> > > > > > > > > > > > incorrectly (no content appears) and this is shown on
the logs:
> > > > > > > > > > > > WARNING: Only tr:showDetailItem is allowed as
> > > > > > > > > > > > child of tr:panelTabbed.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > When using ui:repeat and navigationPane, an
> > > > > > > > > > > > exception is thrown:
> > > > > > > > > > > > SEVERE: Warning: illegal component hierarchy
> > > > > > > > > > > > detected, expected UIXCommand but found another type of
component instead.
> > > > > > > > > > > > java.lang.ClassCastException :
> > > > > > > > > > > > com.sun.facelets.component.UIRepeat
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > I'm going to try my luck with JSTL now,
> > > > > > > > > > > > nevertheless if you know of a solution, do tell :)
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > --Francisco
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/2/07, * Francisco Passos* <
> > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Simon and Matthias,
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > thank you for clearing my doubt. By the way, if I
> > > > > > > > > > > > may leave the suggestion, it would be cool if
panelTabbed had alternative
> > > > > > > > > > > > ways for presentation, much like navigationPage.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > As far as the wiki, I've added the missing entry
> > > > > > > > > > > > to the page for completeness, although obviously it may
still be incomplete.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > --Francisco
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/2/07, *Matthias Wessendorf* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Francisco,
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > we started a wiki, containing infos like this, in
> > > > > > > > > > > > the past,
> > > > > > > > > > > > but never updated it.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > feel free to join ;-)
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > -M
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/2/07, Simon Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Francisco,
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > No, menuTabs was replaced by navigationPane with
> > > > > > > > > > > > hint attribute set to tabs.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Simon
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/2/07, Francisco Passos <
> > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > The correspondence I couldn't find in the wiki
> > > > > > > > > > > > was for the component
> > > > > > > > > > > > > af:menuTabs, but probably panelTabbed also
> > > > > > > > > > > > replaces it.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 6/29/07, Adam Winer < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, the Wiki page shows the renaming:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > panelTabbed was formerly called showOneTabs.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There's an example in trinidad-demo.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Adam
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 6/29/07, Francisco Passos <
> > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello there.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm evaluating the usage of a panelTabbed.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Are there any working
> > > > > > > > > > > > > examples of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this component?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The only example I have is from an ADF
> > > > > > > > > > > > Faces app, which uses
> > > > > > > > > > > > > af:menuTabs,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/Trinidad_renaming
> > > > > > > > > > > > > does
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > not mention any changes to this component.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Francisco
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > > > > Matthias Wessendorf
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > further stuff:
> > > > > > > > > > > > blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
> > > > > > > > > > > > mail: matzew-at-apache-dot-org
> > > > > > > > > > > >
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