h:commandLink and h:dataTable multiple calls

[Ergun Mihcioglu]

Hi

I'm using a commandLink in a dataTable. My command links are like these :

        <h:column>
          <h:panelGroup id="disable_enable_group" >
                  <h:commandLink id="disable_link"
action="#{CategoryBean.disable}" immediate="true"
rendered="#{category.status.name=='ACTIVE'}">
                <h:outputText value="#{msg.category_disable_link}"/>
                    <f:param name="uid" value="#{category.uid}"/>
                  </h:commandLink>
                  <h:commandLink id="enable_link"
action="#{CategoryBean.enable}"  immediate="true"
rendered="#{category.status.name=='PASSIVE'}">
                <h:outputText value="#{msg.category_enable_link}"/>
                    <f:param name="uid" value="#{category.uid}"/>
                  </h:commandLink>                
          </h:panelGroup>
        </h:column>

This command links are working, but they are calling action methods
multiple times. If there is 4 ACTIVE items in dataTable, and I click
and ACTIVE items link, the action method is called for times.

I get that this is happening because all command links of ACTIVE items
have id 'disable_link' .

I have tried to do something like this

 <h:commandLink id="disable_link#{rowNumber}"
action="#{CategoryBean.disable}" immediate="true"
rendered="#{category.status.name=='ACTIVE'}">

to generate ids for every row, but this is not supported I think.

Is there any solution for this multiple calls?

Thanks in advance,

Ergün