Mutiple ComboBoxes using c:forEach

[SaurabhRc Jain]

I want to create mutiple ComboBoxes from a Map containing label for the box as key and an object having [possible values, selected value] as Value (id=bundleItemDecoration).
This map is updated on value change of another ComboBox (id=bundleType).
Code works fine when rendered for the first time, but behaves wierd when re-rendered.
When I change the value in ComboBox (id=bundleType), Map is updated and labels (id=bundleItemDecoration) are displayed correctly on the Page but possible values in their corresponding ComboBoxes (id=bundleItemDecoration) are not changed.
Please help.

<s:decorate id="bundleTypeDecoration" template="../layout/edit.xhtml">
    <ui:define name="label">Bundle Type:</ui:define>

    <rich:comboBox id="bundleType" selectFirstOnUpdate="true"
        converter="#{bundleCodeConverter}"
        value="#{createBundle.bundleTypeSelectedCd}"
        defaultLabel="Select Bundle Type"
        required="true"
        suggestionValues="#{context.bundleCategoryList}"
        directInputSuggestions="true">

        <a4j:support event="onchange"
            action="#{bundleCategoryBillingDealList.setBillingDealRestrictions()}"
            reRender="billingInfoDecoration, bundleItemDecoration, billingDealRender, createBundleErrors"
            eventQueue="default" />

    </rich:comboBox>
</s:decorate>

<s:decorate id="bundleItemDecoration">

    <c:forEach var="bundleItem" items="#{createBundle.billingServIdDisplayNmSOList}">

        <s:decorate id="#{bundleItem.key}#{createBundle.bundleTypeSelectedCd}" template="../layout/edit.xhtml">
            <ui:define name="label">#{bundleItem.key}:</ui:define>
            <rich:comboBox
                selectFirstOnUpdate="true"
                value="#{bundleItem.value.selectedSOName}"
                defaultLabel="Select Service Offering"
                required="false"
                suggestionValues="#{bundleItem.value.soSuggestionList}"
                directInputSuggestions="true">

            </rich:comboBox>
        </s:decorate>

    </c:forEach>
</s:decorate>

[Tim Holloway]

Sorry, "Invincible Virus", you've been Detected.

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Normally I don't offer advice until after people have cleaned up their act, but I will say one thing in the mean time: DON'T use JSTL with JSF. It doesn't work very well, and there's nothing JSTL can do that straight JSF can't do.

[SaurabhRc Jain]

The issue is now solved. Rootcause was the usage of Map to hold the data.
Combobox once rendered on the UI keeps refering to same data pointer e.g.

suggestionValues="#{bundleItem.value.soSuggestionList}

or

suggestionValues="#{createBundle.billingServIdDisplayNmSOList.get(bundleItem.key).soSuggestionList}"

will keep on pointing to the soSuggestionList of same key in the HashMap even if c:forEach has rerendered the UI component.

Solution is to use List instead of map. On re-rendering the UI component, we will actually change the binding data to the suggestionValues property of rich:comboBox.

Final working piece of code (with few more modifications) -

<s:decorate id="billingDealRender">
    <h:panelGroup rendered="#{createBundle.showBillingDetails}">
        <div>
            <s:decorate id="billingDeal1" template="../layout/edit.xhtml">
                <ui:define name="label">Billing Deal:</ui:define>

                <rich:comboBox id="billingDeal" selectFirstOnUpdate="true"
                    converter="#{billingDealConverter}"
                    value="#{createBundle.bundleInfo.bundleBillingDealNm}"
                    defaultLabel="Select Billing Deal"
                    required="true"
                    suggestionValues="#{bundleCategoryBillingDealList.billingDealList}"
                    directInputSuggestions="true">

                <a4j:support event="onselect" ajaxSingle="true"
                    reRender="billingDealRender"
                    eventQueue="default" />
                </rich:comboBox>
            </s:decorate>
            <br class="clear" />
        </div>
    </h:panelGroup>
</s:decorate>

P.S. Thanks to Peter for the help.
http://community.jboss.org/thread/174919?tstart=0

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

Tim Holloway wrote:DON'T use JSTL with JSF. It doesn't work very well, and there's nothing JSTL can do that straight JSF can't do.

Indeed. I involved a JSF project 4 months back... and i noticed this...