The example I gave you is working for me. I'm curious
as to why you are getting the exception. Is the
"messages" tag nested under a "view" tag?
--- Ray Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Rob, thanks for trying, but this didn't seem to
> help.
>
> I changed the code to be like this:
>
> FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage("body",
>
> new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR,
> "summary message", "detail message"));
>
> When I put the messages tag in my page like you
> suggest:
>
> <h:messages id="body" layout="table"
> styleClass="message" showSummary="true"
> showDetail="false"/>
>
> I get a "java.lang.IllegalStateException: parent is
> null?" exception.
>
> When I leave the id attribute off, it doesn't throw
> an
> exception but of course it doesn't work either.
>
> So I tried this:
>
> <h:message for="body" showSummary="true"
> showDetail="true"/>
>
> This doesn't show a message either. It doesn't
> throw
> an exception, it just doesn't seem to do anything.
>
> I know the message is getting into the context
> because
> I can execute this and the message gets printed out.
>
> Iterator iter =
> FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getMessages();
> while (iter.hasNext()) {
> FacesMessage msg = (FacesMessage) iter.next();
> System.out.println("severity=" + msg.getSeverity()
> + ", summary=" + msg.getSummary()
> + ", detail=" + msg.getDetail());
> }
>
> I was using null instead of "body" because I thought
> I
> read in the javadoc that null meant that it was a
> global message. But changing it to null and adding
> the globalOnly="true" attribute to the messages tag
> didn't do a think either.
>
> Anybody got any other ideas?
>
> Surely people are using h:message or h:messages to
> put
> out messages to the users from a method other than a
> converter or validator.
>
> I'm using MyFaces 1.0.8, what are you using Rob?
>
> Thanks,
> Ray
>
> --- Robert Breidecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ray,
> >
> > You need to set the client id when adding the
> > message
> > to FacesContext.
> >
> > The last line in your code example would be...
> > context.addMessage("myClientId", message);
> >
> > Your JSP messages tag would be...
> > <h:messages id="myClientId" layout="table"
> > styleClass="message" showSummary="true"
> > showDetail="false"/>
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Rob Breidecker
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Ray Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I have a method in a managed bean that is
> getting
> > > called. I wish to put a message on the page to
> > > inform
> > > the user that the operation that he/she
> requested
> > > was
> > > performed correctly. I can successfully do this
> > > with
> > > a variable in the managed bean. My problem is
> > that
> > > I
> > > was wanting to use the built in FacesMessage
> class
> > > for
> > > this if possible. Here is my code to add my
> > > message:
> > >
> > > FacesMessage message = new FacesMessage();
> > >
> message.setSeverity(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR);
> > > message.setSummary("Add was successful");
> > > message.setDetail("Add was successful");
> > > FacesContext context =
> > > FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
> > > context.addMessage(null, message);
> > >
> > > It does add the message to the context because I
> > can
> > > use System.out to print it out right after that.
>
> > > The
> > > problem is that the message doesn't display on
> the
> > > page. I do get other Faces messages displayed
> so
> > I
> > > don't believe it is a problem with the JSP. I'm
> > > wondering if FacesMessage was not designed to be
> > > used
> > > like this. Is FacesMessage only designed to be
> > used
> > > in the converter and validator?
> > >
> > > Has anyone else been able to put a message in
> the
> > > context and been able to print it out on the
> page?
> > >
> > > Here is my JSP snippet.
> > >
> > > <h:messages layout="table" styleClass="message"
> > > showSummary="true" showDetail="false"/>
> > > <h:messages layout="table" styleClass="message"
> > > showSummary="false" showDetail="true"/>
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ray
> > >
> > >
> > >
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