CD,

Okay, this is an alternative way to do this. However, in your solution there must be a separate include for each possible content page. In your code snippet, there are 2, but in reality there would be 50. And each subview would need to point to a separate booleanShown1() method, resulting in 50 additional methods.

If that works for you, great. I feel a value-binding expression is more flexible for my needs, since I don't have to modify the outer template pages to add new content pages.

<jsp:include page="${navigation.contentPage}" />

One include, instead of 50. :)

Both approaches work, it's really a matter of taste.

Regards,

Jeff Bischoff
Kenneth L Kurz & Associates, Inc.

CD wrote:
To clarify on my post a bit...
I did not include full code as maybe I should have. The way we accomplish this task is <f:subview id="subView1" rendered="#{bean.booleanShown1}">
    <jsp:include page="viewPage1"/>
</f:subview>
<f:subview id="subView2" rendered="#{bean.booleanShown2}">
    <jsp:include page="viewPage2"/>
</f:subview>
This approach does work for our needs.... however, maybe I don't understand what is attempting to be done in this case. I apologize for the lack of good code snippet previously. I will admit that it did look bad and was not explained clearly. Regards,
CD

On 9/12/06, *Jeff Bischoff* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:

     > So, using hard coded id's for every component on my included pages
    (And that are a lot.. I have about 50 pages or more) is the only
    solution? You are using hard coded ids for every component ??
     >

    Gladly, no... this is not the only solution. It's not what we are doing
    either! :)

    Let me explain a little further...

    When you don't specify an id for a component, it gets auto-generated an
    id like "_idJsp134". But the container ids are concatenated, so inside
    form MyForm, you get an id like MyForm:_idJsp134. The problem comes in
    when you include a new page, and e.g. something that maybe was a
    inputText before is now a selectOneMenu.

    Subviews are the answer to this problem, but only if you use them in a
    certain way. If you following CD's pattern, the subview ID gets appended
    but it doesn't help. This is because both pages are being included
    from the same line. Using his pattern, you might get the following ids
    for the components on the two different pages:

    MyForm:subviewID:_idJsp134
    MyForm:subviewID:_idJsp134

    They are still not unique. If you instead follow the pattern I laid out
    in my last post, you will get the following ids:

    MyForm:Payments:_idJsp134
    MyForm:Balances:_idJsp134

    Now these IDs will not conflict. Even though they are not hard-coded,
    and get auto-assigned the same _idJsp134 id, the appending of a
    distinct
    subview ID differentiates them. Therefore, you are free to use
    components without a hard-coded id.

    Hope this clarifies a bit?

    Regards,

    Jeff Bischoff
    Kenneth L Kurz & Associates, Inc.

    Bieringer, Dominik wrote:
     > Hi,
     >
     > Wow.... thanks for your answer!!! It's really great! You are
    totally right about the things you have said, ...
     >
     > I've tried assigning all my components in the subviews id=""
    attributes before (sorry for forgetting to mention that), and yes,
    it worked that way... But that's much work and it doesn't look good
    having an id attribute assigned on every component... but if there's
    no other way ?!?
     >
     > Thanks for the great approach to solve the problem with the
    initialization of the JSF managed bean... I've solved it with having
    code like that at the top of the main.jsp page:
     >
     > <%
     >       SessionTracker tracker = BeanResolver.getSessionTracker();
     >       String tmp = tracker.getContentPage();
     > %>
     >
     > BeanResolver is using FacesContext to resolve the bean. And then
    using:
     >
     > <jsp:include page='<%= tmp %>'/>
     >
     > But your approach is much more straight forward... I think I will
    replace that part of my code.
     >
     > I'm having the <f:subview/> tags inside the pages which I am
    including... and yes, I was very very carefully with writing the
    pages (hehe)... I am not even using any html tags in my code...
     >
     > You are right... I am not including the same jsf page more than
    once, so there is no problem with having <f:subview/> tags with the
    same id...
     >
     > So, using hard coded id's for every component on my included
    pages (And that are a lot.. I have about 50 pages or more) is the
    only solution? You are using hard coded ids for every component ??
     >
     > Dominik
     >
     >
     > -----Original Message-----
     > From: Jeff Bischoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
     > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 19:08
     > To: MyFaces Discussion
     > Subject: Re: Problem with <jsp:include/>
     >
     > Dominik,
     >
     > Our web application has the same behaviour that you are trying to
     > create. We have many different tabs, each of which dynamically
    includes
     > various pages depending on the menu buttons they click. (we even
    use the
     > same method name, setContentPage() heh)
     >
     > We've been running such a way for over 6 months now, with no problems
     > since the first few days. You have to be very careful about how you
     > manage your subviews. These problems you are seeing occur when
     > components are using generated ids, and on a subsequent display a new
     > component is getting the same id that was assigned to a different
     > component before. Hard-coding IDs can help, but this would be a
    severely
     > painful solution in this case.
     >
     > CD told you to:
     >
     >  > subview tags go around the <jsp:include> in your page i.e.
     >  >
     >  > <f:subview id="subviewID">
     >  >     <jsp:include page=" f.jsp"/>
     >  > </f:subview>
     >  >
     >
     > I'm sorry CD, but for what Dominik is trying to do this is
    WRONG!! It
     > will result in his included page getting the same subview ID
    every time,
     > which is causing his problems. Normally yes, that is the best
    practice
     > way to include a page, but not when the included content will change
     > drastically in structure.
     >
     > Dominik, you need to follow this pattern for inclusion:
     >
     > Including page
     > --------------
     > <f:attribute name="Content" value="#{ navigation.contentPage}" />
     > <jsp:include page="${navigation.contentPage}" />
     >
     > --------------
     >
     >
     > Included (content) pages
     > --------------
     > <f:subview id="Payments">
     > ...content...
     > </f:subview>
     >
     > Included page #2
     > --------------
     > <f:subview id="Balances">
     > ...other content...
     > </f:subview>
     >
     >
     > The subview tags need to be in the *included* pages. Each subview
    needs
     > a distinct id, ensuring that the components on the
    dynamically-included
     > pages also get unique ids. My f:attribute tag serves only to
    ensure that
     > navigation managed-bean has been instantiated before the JSTL-el
    call -
     > avoiding a NPE. But you've probably already crossed that bridge.
     >
     > In your case, I doubt that you will include the same content-page
    more
     > than once at a time. If you do, you will need to wrap the include
    with
     > an *additional* subview tag, with a different id for each one.
    The key
     > here is preventing duplicate component ids on the content pages.
     >
     > Hope this helps.
     >
     > Best regards,
     >
     > Jeff Bischoff
     > Kenneth L Kurz & Associates, Inc.
     >
     >
     > Bieringer, Dominik wrote:
     >> Okay... what I have posted here is a simple example...
     >>
     >> In my application I am currently developing, there is a String
    property:
     >> (getContentPage()) on a session bean.
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> I have several pages, for example:
     >>
     >>  -> Downloads
     >>
     >>  -> Customers
     >>
     >>  -> Home
     >>
     >>  -> ... etc.
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> If a user clicks on Downloads, setContentPage(" downloads.jsp")
    is called
     >> and the next time the page is rendered,
     >>
     >> <jsp:include ...../> includes downloads.jsp...
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> I've not tried using the rendered attribute, because it's not
    possible
     >> in my case...
     >>
     >> But thanks for your idea.
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     >>
     >> *From:* CD [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
     >> *Sent:* Monday, September 11, 2006 15:47
     >> *To:* MyFaces Discussion; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
     >> *Subject:* Re: RE: Problem with <jsp:include/>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> Have you tried making use of the "rendered" attribute on the
    subview tag
     >> to determine which page to include?  I would also recommend
     >> encapsulating the logic used to determine the boolean value in
    the bean.
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> On 9/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>*
     >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote:
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> I can confirm
     >>
     >> - multiple jsp:include's
     >> - session scope bean
     >> - subview does not fix it.
     >>
     >> ----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----
     >> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
     >> Datum: 11.09.2006 12:16
     >> An: "MyFaces Discussion"<[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>
     >> <mailto:[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]> >>
     >> Betreff: RE: Problem with <jsp:include/>
     >>
     >> I?ve tried that too, but that does not solve the problem? same
    results
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

     >>
     >> *From:* CD [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>]
     >>
     >>
     >> *Sent:* Monday, September 11, 2006 09:42
     >> *To:* MyFaces Discussion
     >>
     >> *Subject:* Re: Problem with <jsp:include/>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> subview tags go around the <jsp:include> in your page i.e .
     >>
     >> <f:subview id="subviewID">
     >>     <jsp:include page=" f.jsp"/>
     >> </f:subview>
     >>
     >> Then f.jsp just needs to contains the content you would like to
    render.
     >>
     >> HTH
     >>
     >> On 9/11/06, *Jordan Laughlin* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
     >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote:
     >>
     >> I can confirm I have experienced this problem as well. Page
    experienced
     >> VERY weird behavior when using multiple <jsp:include> statements.
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> You might want to consider using <%@ include %> if you can't find a
     >> solution.
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> -JL
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> ----- Original Message -----
     >>
     >>     *From:* Bieringer, Dominik
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
    <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
     >>
     >>     *To:* [email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>>
     >>
     >>     *Sent:* Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:37 PM
     >>
     >>     *Subject:* Problem with <jsp:include/>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     Hi!
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     I have a problem with using <jsp:include> on my JSF pages. I am
     >>     sorry for having created an JIRA issue () before asking here
    on the
     >>     user mailing list (I've not known about this mailing list).
    Okay, so
     >>     here is my problem:
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     I am having many pages, with one master page (in this example
     >>     test.jsp). In my real world application, the master page is
     >>     including other JSF pages. The page to include is determined
    by a
     >>     String property of a session bean. So, when a user clicks on
    a link
     >>     in the navigation menu, a property in a session bean is set
    and the
     >>     next time the page is loaded, this page get's included,
    rendered,
     >>     and sent to the client. (In my example I am including 2
    different
     >>     pages 0.jsp and 1.jsp depending on Math.random() to simulate
    what I
     >>     want to do in my real world application).
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     This worked fine for some time, but in the last weeks I've
    watched
     >>     some strange behavior. Some elements (like <h:outputText/>,
    ?) have
     >>     been rendered twice, or in the wrong order, ? and sometimes
    there
     >>     was a duplicate_id exception? So I tried to figure out what
    is going
     >>     wrong and realized, that there is something about the
    <jsp:include>.
     >>     If I use JSP include for one page? (for example 1.jsp) ? and
    in the
     >>     next request I am including the same page, and in the next
    request
     >>     the same page, and so on? everything works as expected, but
    when I
     >>     include another page, this strange behaviour occurs?
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     I am not sure about what the problem is and I've read the JSF
     >>     Reference implementation and I think I've done everything like
     >>     described there. I've attached a very very simple example of
    what I
     >>     am trying to do. You have to click on the button some times,
    until
     >>     another page gets rendered, and you can see, that the BEFORE and
     >>     AFTER label are positioned wrong ! (The MMMMMM label has to be
     >>     between them). I've removed the libraries in my example to
    keep it
     >>     small. I've used Sun RI because it's the same problem that I
    have
     >>     when using MyFaces (In my real world application I am using
    MyFaces
     >>     (And I really like it!!!)).
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     Okay, I hope you can help me, because I am already very
    frustrated?.
     >>
     >>     Thanks for your help in advance, (If you need anything,
    please let
     >>     me know)
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     Dominik
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     Because I was not able to attach my file, here are the files
    and
     >>     there contents:
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     ---
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     Test.jsp (This is the first page)
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=Cp1252" %>
     >>
     >>     <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html
     >>     <http://java.sun.com/jsf/html>" prefix="h"%>
     >>
     >>     <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core
     >>     <http://java.sun.com/jsf/core>" prefix="f"%>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <%       long i = Math.round(Math.random());  %>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <html>
     >>
     >>                 <head><title>test_ri</title></head>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>                 <body>
     >>
     >>                             <f:view>
     >>
     >>                                         <h:panelGrid width="100%"
     >>     columns="1">
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <jsp:include page='<%= "" + (i++) + ".jsp" %>'/>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <h:outputText value="before"/>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <jsp:include page='f.jsp'/>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <h:outputText value="after"/>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>                                         </h:panelGrid>
     >>
     >>                             </f:view>
     >>
     >>                 </body>
     >>
     >>     </html>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     ---
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     f.jsp
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <%@ taglib uri=" http://java.sun.com/jsf/html
     >>     <http://java.sun.com/jsf/html>" prefix="h"%>
     >>
     >>     <%@ taglib uri=" http://java.sun.com/jsf/core
     >>     <http://java.sun.com/jsf/core>" prefix="f"%>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <f:subview id="pagef">
     >>
     >>                 <h:panelGrid columns="1" width="100%">
     >>
     >>                             <h:outputText
    value="MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM"/>
     >>
     >>                 </h:panelGrid>
     >>
     >>     </f:subview>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     ---
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     1.jsp
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html
     >>     <http://java.sun.com/jsf/html
    <http://java.sun.com/jsf/html>>" prefix="h"%>
     >>
     >>     <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core
     >>     < http://java.sun.com/jsf/core>" prefix="f"%>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <f:subview id="page1">
     >>
     >>                 <h:panelGrid>
     >>
     >>                             <h:outputText value="hi 1"/>
     >>
     >>                             <h:form>
     >>
     >>                                         <h:commandButton
    value="hi"/>
     >>
     >>                             </h:form>
     >>
     >>                             <h:outputText value="hi 2"/>
     >>
     >>                             <h:outputText value="hi 3"/>
     >>
     >>                             <h:outputText value="hi 4"/>
     >>
     >>                             <h:outputText value="hi 5"/>
     >>
     >>                 </h:panelGrid>
     >>
     >>     </f:subview>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     ---
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     0.jsp
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <%@ taglib uri=" http://java.sun.com/jsf/html
     >>     <http://java.sun.com/jsf/html>" prefix="h"%>
     >>
     >>     <%@ taglib uri=" http://java.sun.com/jsf/core
     >>     <http://java.sun.com/jsf/core>" prefix="f"%>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>     <f:subview id="page0">
     >>
     >>                 <h:panelGrid>
     >>
     >>                             <h:outputText value="ZERS asdfasdf"/>
     >>
     >>                             <h:form>
     >>
     >>                                         <h:commandButton
    value="hi"/>
     >>
     >>                             </h:form>
     >>
     >>                 </h:panelGrid>
     >>
     >>     </f:subview>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >
     >
     >
     >
     >
     >
     >
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