On 10/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/05/2005 05:48:57 PM:
>
> >
> > Right strategy ... but one wrong detail. The search expression for
> > findComponent() is the *client id* of the component in question, not the
> > *id* property value. In turn, the client id will be affected by the id
> of
> > naming containers (such as the <h:form> component) that your input field
> is
> > nested in. Quickest way to see what value you should use is to do a View
> > Source on the HTML page, and see what id was emitted for the input
> field.
> >
> > A different approach that will often be easier, though, is to use the
> > "binding" attribute to bind an instance of your actual component into
> the
> > backing bean. In the JSP page, you can say:
> >
> > <h:inputSecret id="password" binding="#{backingBean.password}" .../>
> >
> > and in the managed bean labelled by "backingBean" (the same one where
> you do
> > your authentication check):
> >
> > private HtmlInputSecret password = null;
> > public HtmlInputSecret getPassword() { return this.password; }
> > public void setPassword(HtmlInputSecret password) { this.password =
> > password; }
> >
>
> ok, here's the relevant code now:
>
> RegistrationBean (backingbean) has:
>
> private HtmlInputSecret password = null;
> private HtmlInputSecret password2 = null;
>
Do you have the corresponding public getter and setter methods? (At least
getPassword() and setPassword())? Otherwise, this instance variable will
never be initialized.
Craig
> That way, the code that calls error() has direct access to the actual
> > component instance, and does not have to look it up.
>
> public String save() {
> ..
> if (!(password.equals(password2))) {
> error(password, messages.getMessage("password.mismatch"));
> *// I assume this is what you by your comment above..?*
> }
> ..
> }//end save
>
> Finally, My registration.jsp has:
> <h:inputSecret id="password" required="true" binding="#{
> registration.password}" />
> <h:message for="password" />
>
> What have I missed? Since the error still doesn't show up..
>
> >
> > Craig
> >
>
> Thanks again,
> Geeta
