Sorry, my mistake. What's the stacktrace on your validation error?
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Scott Carter <[email protected]>wrote:
> I am not sure I follow, what setter are you looking for? Below is the
> method that creates the array, and this is the code on the jsf page:
>
> <tr><td><h:outputText value="#{assessment.currentQuestionText}"
> /></td></tr>
> <tr><td><h:selectOneRadio id="q3answers"
> value="#{assessment.q3}" layout="spread">
> <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}" layout="spread">
> <f:selectItems id="q4list"
> value="#{assessment.*currentQuestionAnswers*}"/>
> </h:selectOneRadio>
> <br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> Thank you for the help, just really lost as to why this would not work if
> there is more than one question on a page.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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