How about the setter?
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Scott Carter <[email protected]>wrote:
> So here is the method that returns the selectItem list. Each time it
> creates a new array. Do you still think this might be the issue? I am
> really lost on this one:
>
> public SelectItem[] getCurrentQuestionAnswers()
> {
> Question currentQuestion = this.questionList.get(questionCount);
>
> int qWeight = currentQuestion.getQuestionWeight();
>
> SelectItem[] answers = new SelectItem[5];
> answers[0] = new SelectItem(Integer.toString(qWeight) , "SA");
> answers[1] = new SelectItem(Integer.toString(qWeight - (qWeight /
> 5)) , "A");
> answers[2] = new SelectItem(Integer.toString(qWeight - ((qWeight /
> 5) * 2)), "N");
> answers[3] = new SelectItem(Integer.toString(qWeight - ((qWeight /
> 5) * 3)) , "D");
> answers[4] = new SelectItem(Integer.toString(qWeight - ((qWeight /
> 5) * 4)) , "SD");
>
>
>
> this.questionCount++;
> return answers;
> }
>
> This method does declare a new array each time
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I think you may need to use different methods in the backing bean to
>> return the selectitems. Each question should have it's own instance of the
>> selectItemList. You can use a factory to return the different instances of
>> the same list.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Scott Carter
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> I have a jsf page which has a series of questions on it, each with radio
>>> select for the answers. Each of the questions uses the same set of answers
>>> ( Agree . Disagree, Neutral ). Since so many of the possible answer sets
>>> repeat themselves I just put a method in the backing bean that returns an
>>> array of SelectItem with the choices in it.
>>>
>>> This approach only works if the user only answers one question. If more
>>> than one question is answered (the user selects a radio button for more than
>>> one question) then a validation error occurs. Each of the
>>> <h:selectOneRadio> tags has a unique id. Also each of the <f:selectItem>
>>> tags have a unique id, even though they call back to the same backing method
>>> for the choices. In the backing bean method a new array is created and
>>> returned each time for the choices. I even tested creating a new method
>>> that returns an array of of SelectItem for the choices and had exactly the
>>> same issue.
>>>
>>> If I change the code and put the <f:selectItem> tags directly inline in
>>> the code instead of calling the backing bean for an array of selectItems ,
>>> then everything works like it should. I am very lost as to why I can not
>>> use the <f:selectItems> functionality more than once in a page. Here is a
>>> piece of the code:
>>>
>>> <tr><td><h:outputText value="#{assessment.currentQuestionText}"
>>> /></td></tr>
>>> <tr><td><h:selectOneRadio id="q3answers"
>>> value="#{assessment.q3}">
>>> <f:selectItems id="q3list"
>>> value="#{assessment.currentQuestionAnswers}"/>
>>> </h:selectOneRadio>
>>> <br>
>>> </td>
>>> </tr>
>>>
>>> <tr><td><h:outputText
>>> value="#{assessment.currentQuestionText}" /></td></tr>
>>> <tr><td><h:selectOneRadio id="q4answers"
>>> value="#{assessment.q4}">
>>> <f:selectItems id="q4list"
>>> value="#{assessment.currentQuestionAnswers}"/>
>>> </h:selectOneRadio>
>>> <br>
>>> </td>
>>> </tr>
>>>
>>> You can see that each time I want a list of answers I call the
>>> currentQuestionAnswers method of the backing bean. The page displays
>>> correctly, and like stated above, the user can select an answer to one of
>>> the questions, but if the user answers both questions there is a validation
>>> error everytime. Any ideas? Help is greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>> - Scott
>>>
>>
>>
>
