Heath, > I know how you feel. 6 months ago, I was doing the same > thing. Now, I'm getting close to expert level. MyFaces is
you ARE in expert level! Matthias > really awesome, just stick with it! > > > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:30:33 -0500, Rick Reumann > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Heath for you reply! For some reason I swore that I > used to get > > errors when I didn't nest commandLink within h:form. I guess it can > > stand alone? Very nice. > > > > Concerning my question 2 with the include file removing the > > from-view-id did the trick - well that coupled with me > fixing the typo > > - I didn't realize that I had a verabtim tag around the > wrong section. > > (Surprised it actually ran ok the way it was without > throwing a syntax > > error.) > > > > Regardless, all seems well now and my frustration (for the moment:) > > has subsided. I feel like I'm back to square one like I was when I > > first started with Struts and you start cursing at the computer > > because you can't figure out why things aren't working as > you expect:) > > > > Heath Borders wrote the following on 1/11/2005 3:56 PM: > > > 1. On each commandLink or commandButton, you have two > things you can > > > specify: action and actionListener. The actionListener > gets called > > > after the link is clicked and all your data successfully > updates to > > > your managed beans. It executes the business logic you > need. The > > > action you specify is passed to your the navigation > handler to tell > > > it what page to direct the user to. > > > > > > In general, you shouldn't need multiple forms on a page for cases > > > like this. You just need different actions for your commandLinks. > > > > > > > > 2. What we are doing in our app is using stateless > navigation cases. > > > What this means is that you can go anywhere from anywhere. > > > > > > As far as I see it, the <from-view-id> is just a way of > defining a > > > namespace for the navigation cases. So, just get rid of the > > > <from-view-id>s and you should be good to go. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:04:03 -0500, Rick Reumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >>I know this isn't the main list for JSF and my questions below > > >>aren't MyFaces related, but this seems to be a more > lively list than > > >>the yahoo group so maybe someone can help. > > >> > > >>My newbie-ness is showing here but I have two questions > and the book > > >>I own on JSF doesn't seem to provide the answer (or else > it does and > > >>I just haven't found it). > > >> > > >>Question 1: > > >> > > >>Take a typical example where you have a menu of links... > > >> > > >>View Really Cool Chart > > >>Check your account status > > >>View Some Amazing Report > > >> > > >>When the user clicks on one of these exciting links it needs to > > >>invoke some kind of action (in the JSF world I guess this > would be a > > >>backing > > >>bean) so that the proper business logic takes place in > the background > > >>and you are then forwarded to the proper displaying JSP. > Using Struts > > >>this was very clean since each link could map to an Action in my > > >>struts-config file. > > >> > > >>How do I accomplish the above with JSF? Is the easiest to use > > >>commandLink and wrap each link in <h:form>..</h:form>? > That seems a > > >>bit verbose but if that's the typical practice I can deal > with it. > > >>Remember each link could need to access a totally different > > >>object(backing bean.) It seems awkward to have to nest each link > > >>inside of <h:form> > > >> > > >>Question 2: > > >> > > >>This should be simple, but I'm stumped. If I include a > menu.jsp file > > >>on a page that is basically a bunch of links, how do I set up the > > >>faces config file for the from-view-id? Assuming home.jsp > includes > > >>menu.jsp I can't seem to get the links to work from menu.jsp > > >>regardless if I use menu.jsp or home.jsp for the from-view-id. I > > >>even tried use the wilcard > > >>* and the menu still doesn't work (page compiles and > displays links > > >>fine, but links do not result in appropriate pages being > called). If I > > >>move the code out of being an include file and paste it > directly into > > >>home.jsp the links work fine. > > >> > > >>Here are the three relevant files. (using header.jsp insted of > > >>menu.jsp for this example. Also, is there a way to avoid all this > > >>f:verbatim code in the include file? It sure make sthe code > > >>difficult to read and it doesn't seem nice. I should be able to > > >>include any files - JSF seems to require me to really edit files > > >>that I want to include). > > >> > > >>header.jsp (what gets included) > > >>------------ > > >><%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"; prefix="f" %> <%@ > > >>taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"; prefix="h" %> > <%@ taglib > > >>uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"; prefix="c" %> <f:verbatim> > > >> <h1> > > >></f:verbatim> > > >><h:outputText value="#{msgs.employeeApp}"/> > > >><f:verbatim> > > >> </h1> > > >> <h:form> > > >> <h:commandLink > > >>action="#{employeeBacking.setUpForAdd}"><h:outputText > > >>value="#{msgs.addEmployee}"/></h:commandLink> > > >> <f:verbatim> > > >> <div class="spacer"> </div> > > >> </f:verbatim> > > >> <h:commandLink > > >>action="#{employeeBacking.getEmployees}"><h:outputText > > >>value="#{msgs.viewEmployees}"/></h:commandLink> > > >> </h:form> > > >></f:verbatim> > > >> > > >>home.jsp > > >>--------- > > >><html> > > >><%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"; prefix="f" %> <%@ > > >>taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"; prefix="h" %> > <%@ taglib > > >>uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"; prefix="c" %> > > >> > > >><f:view> > > >> <head> > > >> <f:loadBundle basename="net.reumann.messages" var="msgs"/> > > >> <title><h:outputText value="#{msgs.employeeApp}"/></title> > > >> <link href="main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> > > >> </head> > > >> <body> > > >> <f:facet name="header"> > > >> <f:subview id="header"> > > >> <c:import url="header.jsp"/> > > >> </f:subview> > > >> </f:facet> > > >> </body> > > >></f:view> > > >></html> > > >> > > >>my-faces-config > > >>---------------- > > >> > > >><navigation-rule> > > >> <from-view-id>???tried several here???</from-view-id> > > >> <navigation-case> > > >> <from-outcome>toEmployeeForm</from-outcome> > > >> <to-view-id>/employeeForm.jsp</to-view-id> > > >> </navigation-case> > > >> <navigation-case> > > >> <from-outcome>toList</from-outcome> > > >> <to-view-id>/employeeList.jsp</to-view-id> > > >> </navigation-case> > > >></navigation-rule> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rick > > > > > -- > -Heath Borders-Wing > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
