There is not a stack trace shown in the log. The see the errors on the page
from the <h:messages> tag. The errors on the page look like the following:
- mainForm:q1answers: Validation Error: Value is not valid
- mainForm:q4answers: Validation Error: Value is not valid
- mainForm:q5answers: Validation Error: Value is not valid
I changed the method to return a list instead of an array and got the same
result. Any other ideas on what this could be? Here is the new method
which returns the list:
public List<SelectItem> getCurrentQuestionAnswers()
{
Question currentQuestion = this.questionList.get(questionCount);
int qWeight = currentQuestion.getQuestionWeight();
List<SelectItem> answers = new ArrayList<SelectItem>();
answers.add(new SelectItem(Integer.toString(qWeight) , "SA"));
answers.add(new SelectItem(Integer.toString(qWeight - (qWeight / 5))
, "A"));
answers.add(new SelectItem(Integer.toString(qWeight - ((qWeight / 5)
* 2)), "N"));
answers.add(new SelectItem(Integer.toString(qWeight - ((qWeight / 5)
* 3)) , "D"));
answers.add(new SelectItem(Integer.toString(qWeight - ((qWeight / 5)
* 4)) , "SD"));
this.questionCount++;
return answers;
}
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just for kicks, could you change your getter to return a List<SelectItem>
> instead of SelectItem[]?
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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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