HtmlCommandLink in a custom component

[Florian Fogl]

Hi everybody,

seems like I got stuck with this Problem here: I am trying to create HtmlCommandLink within my custom component that points to a method via method binding. My code looks as follows:

ResponseWriter writer = context.getResponseWriter();
HtmlForm htmlForm = new HtmlForm();
htmlForm.encodeBegin(getFacesContext());
HtmlCommandLink htmlCommandLink = new HtmlCommandLink();
htmlCommandLink.setParent(htmlForm);
MethodBinding methodBinding = getFacesContext().getApplication().createMethodBinding("#{TestAction.defaultAction}", null);
htmlCommandLink.setAction(methodBinding);
htmlCommandLink.encodeBegin(getFacesContext());
writer.write("Link");
htmlCommandLink.encodeEnd(getFacesContext());
htmlForm.encodeEnd(getFacesContext());

The Link is created in the page and I can click on it but the method is not invoked. I can invoke it in the code manually which means the reference to the method is working. Am I missing something here?

Any help appreciated

Florian

[Varun Khanna]

Originally posted by Florian Fogl:
Hi everybody,

seems like I got stuck with this Problem here: I am trying to create HtmlCommandLink within my custom component that points to a method via method binding. My code looks as follows:

ResponseWriter writer = context.getResponseWriter();
HtmlForm htmlForm = new HtmlForm();
htmlForm.encodeBegin(getFacesContext());
HtmlCommandLink htmlCommandLink = new HtmlCommandLink();
htmlCommandLink.setParent(htmlForm);
MethodBinding methodBinding = getFacesContext().getApplication().createMethodBinding("#{TestAction.defaultAction}", null);
htmlCommandLink.setAction(methodBinding);
htmlCommandLink.encodeBegin(getFacesContext());
writer.write("Link");
htmlCommandLink.encodeEnd(getFacesContext());
htmlForm.encodeEnd(getFacesContext());

The Link is created in the page and I can click on it but the method is not invoked. I can invoke it in the code manually which means the reference to the method is working. Am I missing something here?

Any help appreciated

Florian

I guess u r missing one line:
htmlCommandLink.setId("put any id here");

For component created programatically, JSF doesn't create the id automatically, you will have to set it up on ur own.

[Florian Fogl]

Originally posted by K Varun:


I guess u r missing one line:
htmlCommandLink.setId("put any id here");

For component created programatically, JSF doesn't create the id automatically, you will have to set it up on ur own.

Thanks K Varun for your reply! Alas, it didn't do the trick! The ID is created even if I don't set it manually. Any other ideas?

[Varun Khanna]

Can you show me the log? ... README file contains the procedure of turning the logging on.

- Varun

[Florian Fogl]

Hi K Varun,

I thin I know what the problem is. I create the compononent within the method "encodeBegin" of my custom component and it gets never registered with the current FacesContext. So, there is no broadcast to the default action listener and therefore the method is not invoked.

I think I am missing something here! How can I tell my custom component to create a link that acts like a command link and invokes a method? That's what I'm trying to do!

Thanks!

[Varun Khanna]

Instead of using "writer.write("Link");"
why are you not using the method setValue("Link") on HtmlCommandLink ?