Actually, the immediate attribute does not actually skip validation. See this wiki page for a deeper explanation.
http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/How_The_Immediate_Attribute_Works >-----Original Message----- >From: John Holland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2006 05:22 PM >To: 'MyFaces Discussion' >Subject: update other component values via an immediate action > >Is it possible to update component values using an immediate action (no >validation)? > > > >Here's the situation, I have a list of shifts that a user may select >from. When they select a shift and hit the load button it updates the >rest of the model with that shifts data. The button is immediate >because I don't want any of the other data to be validated yet. The >load button's code is below. > > > ><h:commandButton type="submit" > > value="#{msgs.loadButton}" > > immediate="true" > > actionListener="#{onCallAssignmentBackerBean.loadShift}" > > styleClass="button"/> > > > > > >The problem is that the new values don't seem to get displayed in the >resulting page the old ones are redisplayed instead. Here's the >actionListener code I use to update my backing bean. > > > > /** > > * An immediate action, so I need to manually set the new shift. > > */ > > public void loadShift(ActionEvent event) { > > FacesContext context = >FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); > > UIViewRoot viewRoot = context.getViewRoot(); > > > > UIInput shiftComponent = (UIInput) >viewRoot.findComponent("mainForm:selectShiftBox"); > > > > if(null != shiftComponent.getSubmittedValue()) { > > > try { > > setSelectedShiftId(new >Long((String) shiftComponent.getSubmittedValue())); > > } catch (ClassCastException e) { > > //swallow it up... mmmm. >We don't want this error bubbling to the top. > > } > > } > > > > if(selectedShiftId != null) { > > > > ShiftBean shift = >onCallServices.getShift(selectedShiftId); > > > > setEndTime(shift.getEndDate()); > > setStartTime(shift.getStartDate()); > > setPriority(shift.getPriority()); > > setRemark(shift.getRemark()); > > > > } > > } > >All of the other components values are drawn from this backing bean > > > >The updates to the backing bean happen correctly and if you do a manual >refresh of the page the new values appear. > > > >It seems to me that the getters aren't being called for the other >components when the load button is activated. > > > >Anybody have any idea what I'm doing wrong here? Am I using the >immediate attribute correctly? > > > >Thanks, > >John > > > >
