I guess I know what the problem is.
The EL expression that I have used is: #{msg['breadcrumb.label.reminders']}
This expression refers to a key (breadcrumb.label.reminders) in the
message bundle(Messages.properties)
When this value goes to the updateActionListener tag's doStartTag method
it tries to create a ValueBinding out of this EL expression. This is
where it returns null as the value binding cannot be created.
To circumvent this problem in the setter method for displayText I added
the following:
...
...
ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle(resourceBundleName,
locale, getCurrentClassLoader(params));
this.displayText= Bundle.getString(key);
In the JSP I pass:
<t:updateActionListener
property="#{breadCrumbNavigatorBean.displayText}"
value="breadcrumb.label.reminders"/>
*Now it works!!*
I guess you cannot pass a EL that references a message bundle as a value
for t:updateActionListener.
The only thing that I cannot understand is -
I have <f:loadBundle basename="com.bingo.tringo.bundle.Messages"
var="msg"/> in the Jsp.
The same EL expression works when given as a value to <t:outputLabel>
component but then it does not work when given as a value to
<t:updateActionListener>
If someone can throw some light then that will be great.
Regards,
madhav
-----Original Message-----
From: Madhav Bhargava [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 1:36 PM
To: MyFaces Discussion
Subject: RE: how do you pass/set parameters upon ActionListener
execution?-puzzled
Thanks a lot Simon for all the help. I will have to debug the component.
If I find something interesting then I will share with the list.
Cheers,
madhav
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Kitching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 1:07 PM
> To: MyFaces Discussion
> Subject: Re: how do you pass/set parameters upon ActionListener
> execution?-puzzled
>
> Madhav,
>
> Well, people here seem to be quite sure that the
t:updateActionListener
> is correct; I certainly don't *see* any problems with it, nor do I
> *experience* any problems.
>
> If you are going to say "It should not be a problem with getter and
> setter" then I'm not sure that this list can be much more help. Looks
> like you'll have to step through the updateActionListener with a
> debugger - or build your own custom version with extra logging in it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon
>
> Madhav Bhargava wrote:
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> > The version of Myfaces that I am using is from a nightly build
version
> > 1.1.5.
> > Tomahawk version is 1.1.5 as well (some nightly build)
> >
> > displayText is a String property and getter and setter have been
> > generated using Eclipse so I am sure that there is no problem with
the
> > signature.
> >
> > It should not be a problem with getter and setter as literal String
> > values are getting set properly in the backing bean.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Madhav
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Simon Kitching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:35 PM
> >> To: MyFaces Discussion
> >> Subject: Re: how do you pass/set parameters upon ActionListener
> >> execution?-puzzled
> >>
> >> Sorry I didn't read the whole mail.
> >>
> >> How exactly is "msg" defined?
> >>
> >> I don't see here what version of Tomahawk you are working with. For
> >> version 1.1.3 (which is what I have at hand) the value is fetched
just
> >> using a standard call to "getValue()", so there's nothing special
> > there.
> >> However afterwards it tries to do some type-conversion:
> >>
> >> Object v = getValue();
> >> if (v != null &&
> >> v instanceof String)
> >> {
> >> Class type = updateBinding.getType(context);
> >> ....
> >> }
> >> updateBinding.setValue(context, v);
> >>
> >> If expression breadCrumbNavigatorBean.displayText doesn't reference
a
> >> String property then there might be a conversion problem. Note that
> >> exactly what defines a javabean "property" is slightly more complex
> > than
> >> just having a setter method. For example, the setter must not be
> > static,
> >> and there must not be a getter method with a conflicting signature.
> > You
> >> could check by using java.bean.Introspector on this class and
verify
> >> that it does agree that there is indeed a writeable String property
> >> "displayText". Ok, it's not likely that this is wrong but
> >> t:updateActionListener is in wide use and there are no known
problems
> >> with it so something odd is going on..
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Simon
> >>
> >>
> >> Madhav Bhargava wrote:
> >>> As I mentioned in point number 2 it works. displayText property in
> > the
> >>> backing bean will get populated with "dummyValue"
> >>>
> >>> The immediate inference of this result was that there is something
> > wrong
> >>> with my EL expression. But then when I used <t:outputLabel> tag
with
> > the
> >>> same EL expression it outputted the correct value.
> >>>
> >>> This means that there is nothing wrong with the EL expression. The
> > key
> >>> is properly defined in the Messages.properties file as well.
> >>>
> >>> ~madhav
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Simon Kitching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:20 PM
> >>>> To: MyFaces Discussion
> >>>> Subject: Re: how do you pass/set parameters upon ActionListener
> >>>> execution?- puzzled
> >>>>
> >>>> What happens if you do this?
> >>>> <t:updateActionListener
> >>>> property="#{breadCrumbNavigatorBean.displayText}"
> >>>> value="dummyValue"/>
> >>>>
> >>>> Madhav Bhargava wrote:
> >>>>> Hi Werner,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I double checked the jsp and the backing bean but it just
refuses
> > to
> >>>>> parse the EL expression.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This is what I have done:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *Jsp Code:*
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <t:commandLink value="Add Reminders" styleClass="linkClass"
> >>>>> action="#{reminderController.getExistingRemindersList}"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> actionListener="#{breadCrumbNavigatorBean.updateBreadCrumb}"
> >>>>> rendered="#{!physicianHomeController.showRemindersMoreLink}">
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <t:updateActionListener
> >>>>> property="#{breadCrumbNavigatorBean.displayText}"
> >>>>> value="#{msg['breadcrumb.label.reminders']}"/>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> </t:commandLink>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In the* backing bean* I just defined a String property with the
> > name
> >>>>> displayText.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> */Following is the observation:/*
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 1. The displayText in the backing bean is null. In other words
the
> >>> EL
> >>>>> expression does not get parsed resulting in a null value.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2. If a literal string is given in place of an EL expression
then
> >>> the
> >>>>> value is correctly populated in the backing bean.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 3. Based on the result from point number 2 - I tried just
> > outputting
> >>> the
> >>>>> value of the EL expression using: <t:outputLabel
> >>>>> value="#{msg['breadcrumb.label.reminders']}"
> >>>>> styleClass="outputLabelText"/> The same expression is now parsed
> >>>>> properly and the value appears on the page. This means that
there
> > is
> >>>>> nothing wrong with the EL expression.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am not sure what is going on? Why will
<t:updateActionListener>
> >>> refuse
> >>>>> to parse an EL expression that references a message bundle?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Madhav
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Werner
Punz
> >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 4:10 PM
> >>>>>> To: [email protected]
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: how do you pass/set parameters upon
ActionListener
> >>>> execution?
> >>>>>> I had similar usescases (although not using
> > internationalisation)
> >>>>>> in my current up a dozend times, the mechanism itself works,
> >>>>>> I can only guess here,
> >>>>>> first of all which myfaces version do you use and which
tomahawk
> >>>> version.
> >>>>>> I can recommend to go to the latest 1.1.5 stable and use the
> >>> tomahawk
> >>>>>> and sandbox nightlies.
> >>>>>> Secondly check for typos nav.msg.remiders seems like one
> >>>>>> there is an "n" missing in reminders typowise, which could
> >>>>>> be the cause for an empty string issued.
> >>>>>> Werner
> >>>>>> Madhav Bhargava schrieb:
> >>>>>> > Hi Werner,
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> > Yes, you are right. But I still cannot get the values in my
> >>> backing
> >>>>>> bean.
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> > *Jsp code:*
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> > <t:commandLink value="Add Reminders" styleClass="linkClass"
> >>>>>> > action="#{reminderController.showAddReminderScreen}"
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> > actionListener="#{breadCrumbNavigatorBean.updateBreadCrumb}"
> >>>>>> >
rendered="#{!physicianHomeController.showRemindersMoreLink}">
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> > <t:updateActionListener
> >>>>>> >
property="#{breadCrumbNavigatorBean.participant.displayText}"
> >>>>>> > value="#{msg['nav.msg.remiders']}"/>
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> > </t:commandLink>
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