Commandbutton not invoking method

[Michael Bahr]

Hey guys,

i'm kinda desperate with this problem:

We have a dialog with that the user should enter a comment.When i try to submit the comment, the bean-method is not invoked. Could you help me with this? Please keep in mind that im very new to jsf. We're using primefaces.

Here's the code of the xhtml

<p:dialog id="kommentar" modal="false" header="Kommentare" widgetVar="kommentar" appendToBody="true" position="50,100"> <h:form> <h:panelGrid columns="2" style="margin-bottom:10px"> <h:inputTextarea value="#{processController.remark}" autoResize="true" rows="10" cols="50" /> <h:commandButton id="speichern" value="#{tm['button.speichern']}" action="#{processController.updateRemarkInDB}" ajax="false"/> </h:panelGrid> </h:form> </p:dialog>

and the bean

	public String updateRemarkInDB() {
		
		logger.debug("Methode updateRemarkInDB() wird aufgerufen"); 

		DBAccess db = new DBAccess();
		List<ProcessBean>			selectProcessList			= new ArrayList<ProcessBean>();
		
		try {
			
			for (ProcessBean processBean : processData) {
				if (processBean.isSelected() != false)
				{
					selectProcessList.add(processBean);
					logger.trace("Found Item to Update");
				}
			}
			{
				db.updateRemark(selectProcessList, getRemark());
			}
				

		} catch (Exception e) {
			logger.trace("Aktion konnte nicht ausgeführt werden: " + e.getMessage());
		}
		
		return "some page";

	}

[Tim Holloway]

Welcome to the JavaRanch, Michael!

I fixed your code tags. They were just close enough to working that they got boxed in tiny little boxes and most of the code couldn't be read.

I issue my standard disclaimer: JSF is Mode/View/Controller, but backing beans are not Controllers. In JSF the Controllers are almost always pre-supplied as part of JSF itself. You only have to develop the View templates and Models. So naming a backing bean "xxxxController" is improper.

The most common reasons for an action method not to fire is either because the name was mis-coded (or mis-capitalized), the code signature of the action method isn't valid (yours is, however), or that one or more of the form control values failed validation on submit.

The first 2 problems require inspection and comparison of your code definitions and references. The validation problems may be illuminated if you add an <h:messages/> element to your view template.