:-) sure! he is a candidate! so here is my +1
BTW. I guess after leaving incubator it is much easier, to add new committers. Regards, Matthias > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Marinschek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 8:53 AM > To: MyFaces Discussion > Subject: Re: Questions about links and an include file > > > By the way... does Heath have committer access so far? > > He has submitted several patches (at least I think), is a > very active member of the community, is one of those who > resolves the most questions of new MyFaces users... > > In the Apache meritocracy, this should be enough for > committer access I would suppose... > > What do you guys think? > > regards, > > Martin > > > > On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:30:54 +0100, Matthias Wessendorf > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] > > > > > > > >
