ajax related issues

Question

hi all, i am using jsf and using the ibm ajax components in the same. i have 2 buttons on the screens. i have identifying the buttons with the help of the javascript and using the hidden fields to give values to them. when i first click the button i am getting the proper values in the constructor in getFacesContext().getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap().get("somevalue"); when i click the other button at that time also i am getting proper values, but again when i click the first button i am not getting the value as required and as set in the js. i have to do all this bcoz we are using odc:tabbedPanel in the page and my jsp is included in the same and i dont want to submit my page. thus using ajax. please provide a solution for the same. my jps code and constructor code is as below:

    <%-- tpl:metadata --%>
    <%-- jsf:pagecode language="java" location="/src/pagecode/view/assignee/EmergencyContacts.java" --%><%-- /jsf:pagecode --%>
<%-- /tpl:metadata --%><%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
    prefix="f"%><%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/portlet_2_0"
    prefix="portlet"%>
    <%@taglib uri="http://giams.com/jsf/GIAMSCustomJSF" prefix="giams"%><%@taglib
    uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/v6.1/portlet-client-model"
    prefix="portlet-client-model"%><%@taglib
    uri="http://www.ibm.com/jsf/html_extended" prefix="hx"%><%@taglib
    uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h"%><%@page language="java"
    contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8" session="false"%><portlet-client-model:init>
    <portlet-client-model:require module="ibm.portal.xml.*" />
    <portlet-client-model:require module="ibm.portal.portlet.*" />
</portlet-client-model:init>
<portlet:defineObjects />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" title="Style"
    href='<%=renderResponse.encodeURL(renderRequest.getContextPath()
                            + "/theme/stylesheet.css")%>'>

<f:loadBundle var="giamsBundle"
    basename="com.ibm.assignmentinitrequestportlet.nl.GIAMSResourceBundle" />
<script language="JavaScript"
    src='<%=renderResponse.encodeURL(renderRequest.getContextPath()
                            + "/js/common.js")%>'>              
</script>

<script>
    function myfunctionEmer(myobj){
        var formIndex;
        for(var i=0;i<document.forms.length;i++){
        var tempRowId=document.forms[i].id;     
        var tempForm=tempRowId.split(':');      

            if(tempForm.length>1){
                if(tempForm[1]=="form1"){
                    formIndex=i;
            }           
        }
    }   
        //alert(myobj.id);
        document.getElementById(document.forms[formIndex].id+':subview5:inputRowVal').value = myobj.id;
    }

    function viewClicked(viewBtn)
    {

        var formIndex;
        for(var i=0;i<document.forms.length;i++){
        var tempRowId=document.forms[i].id;     
        var tempForm=tempRowId.split(':');      

            if(tempForm.length>1){
                if(tempForm[1]=="form1"){
                    formIndex=i;
            }           
        }
    }   

        //alert(viewBtn.id);
        document.getElementById(document.forms[formIndex].id+':subview5:saveBtnEmer').value = null;
        document.getElementById(document.forms[formIndex].id+':subview5:viewBtnEmer').value = "viewBtnEmer";
    }

    function saveClicked(saveBtn)
    {
        var formIndex;
        for(var i=0;i<document.forms.length;i++){
            var tempRowId=document.forms[i].id;     
            var tempForm=tempRowId.split(':');      

                if(tempForm.length>1){
                    if(tempForm[1]=="form1"){
                        formIndex=i;
                }           
            }
        }   

        //alert(saveBtn.id);
        document.getElementById(document.forms[formIndex].id+':subview5:viewBtnEmer').value=null;
        document.getElementById(document.forms[formIndex].id+':subview5:saveBtnEmer').value = "saveBtnEmer";
    }
</script>


<h:inputHidden id="inputRowVal" />
<h:inputHidden id="viewBtnEmer" />
<h:inputHidden id="saveBtnEmer" />

<h:panelGrid columns="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" width="100%">
    <h:outputText id="titleContactInfoEmer" styleClass="outputText"
        value="#{giamsBundle['title.emergency.contacts']}" escape="false"></h:outputText>


    <h:messages style="font-weight:bold;color:red;" layout="table"></h:messages>

    <h:outputText styleClass="outputText" id="msgMandatoryEmer"
        value="#{giamsBundle['msg.fields.mandatory']}" />
    <h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />
    <h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />
    <h:outputText styleClass="outputText" id="msgContactsEmer"
        value="#{giamsBundle['msg.contacts']}" />
    <h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />
    <h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />
    <h:messages style="font-weight:bold;color:red;" layout="table"></h:messages>
    <h:outputText style="font-weight:bold;color:red;"
        rendered="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.showNoRecordError}"
        value="#{giamsBundle['err.select.record']}" escape="false" />
    <h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />
    <h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />



    <h:panelGroup id="tableExEmer">
        <hx:dataTableEx border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"
            columnClasses="columnClass1" headerClass="headerClass"
            footerClass="footerClass" rowClasses="rowClass1, rowClass2"
            styleClass="dataTableEx" id="dtContacts"
            value="#{business_air_assignee.emergencyContactList}" var="contact"
            width="100%">

            <hx:columnEx>
                <f:facet name="header">
                </f:facet>
                <hx:inputRowSelect styleClass="inputRowSelect" id="rowSelect1Emer"
                    onclick="myfunctionEmer(this)" selectOne="true"
                    value="#{contact.selected}"></hx:inputRowSelect>

            </hx:columnEx>
            <hx:columnEx>
                <f:facet name="header">
                    <h:outputText value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.loc']}" />
                </f:facet>
                <h:outputText id="loc" value="#{contact.location}"></h:outputText>

                <h:inputHidden id="location" value="#{contact.location}" />


            </hx:columnEx>
            <hx:columnEx>
                <f:facet name="header">
                    <h:outputText value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.type']}" />
                </f:facet>
                <h:outputText value="Primary" rendered="#{contact.contactType}" />
                <h:outputText value="Secondary"
                    rendered="#{!contact.contactType && contact.contactType!=null}" />
                <h:outputText value="-" rendered="#{contact.contactType==null}" />
            </hx:columnEx>
            <hx:columnEx>
                <f:facet name="header">
                    <h:outputText value="#{giamsBundle['title.relationship']}" />
                </f:facet>
                <h:outputText value="#{contact.relationShip}" />
                <h:outputText value="-" rendered="#{contact.relationShip==null}" />

            </hx:columnEx>
            <hx:columnEx>
                <f:facet name="header">
                    <h:outputText value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.contact.name']}" />
                </f:facet>
                <h:outputText value="#{contact.firstName}&nbsp;&nbsp;"
                    escape="false" />
                <h:outputText value="#{contact.lastName}" />
                <h:outputText value="-" rendered="#{contact.firstName==null}" />
            </hx:columnEx>
            <hx:columnEx>
                <f:facet name="header">
                    <h:outputText value="#{giamsBundle['title.mobile.phone']}" />
                </f:facet>

                <hx:dataTableEx border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
                    columnClasses="columnClass1" headerClass="headerClass"
                    footerClass="footerClass" rowClasses="rowClass1, rowClass2"
                    styleClass="dataTableEx" id="dtTele"
                    value="#{contact.telephoneAddressList}" var="tele" width="100%">

                    <hx:columnEx>
                        <h:outputText value="#{tele.telephoneNumber}"
                            rendered="#{tele.telephoneTypeCode=='CELL'}"></h:outputText>

                    </hx:columnEx>

                </hx:dataTableEx>

            </hx:columnEx>

        </hx:dataTableEx>
    </h:panelGroup>
    <hx:ajaxRefreshRequest target="tableExEmer" id="ajaxRefreshRequest2Emer" ></hx:ajaxRefreshRequest>



    <h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />
    <h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />

        <h:panelGrid columns="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" width="100%">

            <h:column>
                <h:panelGroup>
                    <hx:commandExButton type="button" onclick="viewClicked(this)"
                        value="#{giamsBundle['btn.view.edit']}" styleClass="commandExButton"
                        id="btnViewEditEmer" action="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.doViewEditAction}"
                        tabindex="1">
                        <hx:behavior event="onclick" id="behavior1EmerView" behaviorAction="get"
                            targetAction="ViewSectionEmer"></hx:behavior>
                    </hx:commandExButton>
                </h:panelGroup>

            </h:column>
        </h:panelGrid>

    <h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />
    <h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />

    <h:panelGroup id="ViewSectionEmer">
        <hx:panelSection styleClass="panelSection"
            rendered="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.showForm}"
            id="pSectionContactDetails" initClosed="false"
            style="border-width: thin; border-style: groove">


            <hx:panelFormBox helpPosition="over" labelPosition="left"
                styleClass="panelFormBox" id="formBox1Emer">
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemAccType"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.contact.type']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <giams:referenceDataSelectOneMenu
                                styleClass="referenceDataSelectOneMenu"
                                id="ddContactType" refdataCode="CONTACT_TYPE"
                                value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.contactType}">
                    </giams:referenceDataSelectOneMenu>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemRelationship"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.dependents.relationship.colon']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <giams:referenceDataSelectOneMenu
                                styleClass="referenceDataSelectOneMenu"
                                id="ddContactRelation" refdataCode="DEPENDENT_RELATION"
                                value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.relationShip}">
                    </giams:referenceDataSelectOneMenu>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemName"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.name']}" escape="false"
                    showHelp="none">
                    <h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="txtFirstName"
                        maxlength="40" required="true" tabindex="4"
                        value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.firstName}">
                        <hx:validateConstraint regex="#{pc_Formatter.nameFormat}" />
                    </h:inputText>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemPhone"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.phone.number']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="txtPhoneNumber"
                        required="true" tabindex="5"
                        value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.phoneNumber}">
                        <hx:validateConstraint regex="#{pc_Formatter.numericOnlyFormat }" />
                    </h:inputText>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemMobilePhone"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.mobile.phone.colon']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="txtMobilePhone"
                        tabindex="6" value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.mobileNumber}">
                        <hx:validateConstraint regex="#{pc_Formatter.numericOnlyFormat }" />
                    </h:inputText>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemEmailAdd"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.email.colon']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="txtEmailAddress"
                        maxlength="50" tabindex="7"
                        value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.currentEmailAddress.emailAddress}">
                        <hx:validateConstraint regex="#{pc_Formatter.emailFormat}" />
                    </h:inputText>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemAddLine1"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.address.line1.emercontacts']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="txtAddressLine1"
                        maxlength="40" tabindex="8"
                        value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.contactAddress.addressLine1}"></h:inputText>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemAddLine2"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.address.line2']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="txtAddressLine2"
                        maxlength="40" tabindex="9"
                        value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.contactAddress.addressLine2}"></h:inputText>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemAddLine3"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.address.line3']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="txtAddressLine3"
                        maxlength="40" tabindex="10"
                        value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.contactAddress.addressLine3}"></h:inputText>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemCity"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.city.emercontacts']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="txtCity" maxlength="40"
                        tabindex="11"
                        value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.contactAddress.cityName}"></h:inputText>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemStateProvince"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.state.province.dep']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">

                    <h:selectOneMenu styleClass="selectOneMenu" id="ddStateProvince"
                        tabindex="12"
                        value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.contactAddress.stateCode}">
                        <f:selectItems value="#{pc_referenceData.stateProvinceList}" />
                    </h:selectOneMenu>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemCountry"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.country.emercontacts']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <giams:referenceDataSelectOneMenu
                                styleClass="referenceDataSelectOneMenu"
                                id="ddCountry" refdataCode="COUNTRY"
                                value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.contactAddress.countryCode}">
                    </giams:referenceDataSelectOneMenu>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemZipCode"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.zip.postal.code.emercontacts']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="txtZipPostalCode"
                        tabindex="14"
                        value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.contactAddress.postalCode}">
                        <hx:validateConstraint regex="#{pc_Formatter.zipFormat}" />
                    </h:inputText>
                </hx:formItem>
                <hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmItemComments"
                    label="&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#{giamsBundle['lbl.comments']}"
                    escape="false" showHelp="none">
                    <h:inputTextarea styleClass="inputTextarea" id="txtarComments"
                        tabindex="15"
                        value="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.contactDetail.comments}" />
                </hx:formItem>
            </hx:panelFormBox>


            <f:facet name="closed">
                <hx:jspPanel id="jspPanel21">
                    <hx:graphicImageEx id="imageEx21" styleClass="graphicImageEx"
                        align="middle" value="/theme/img/menu_bar.GIF" width="100%"
                        height="10"></hx:graphicImageEx>
                    <hx:graphicImageEx id="imageExClosed2" styleClass="graphicImageEx"
                        align="middle" value="/theme/img/icon-link-expand-dark.gif"></hx:graphicImageEx>
                    <h:outputText id="text5" styleClass="outputText"
                        value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.contact.details']}"></h:outputText>
                </hx:jspPanel>
            </f:facet>
            <f:facet name="opened">
                <hx:jspPanel id="jspPanel22">
                    <hx:graphicImageEx id="imageEx22" styleClass="graphicImageEx"
                        align="middle" value="/theme/img/menu_bar.GIF" width="100%"
                        height="10"></hx:graphicImageEx>
                    <hx:graphicImageEx id="imageExOpen2" styleClass="graphicImageEx"
                        align="middle" value="/theme/img/icon-list-close.gif"></hx:graphicImageEx>
                    <h:outputText id="text6" styleClass="outputText"
                        value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.contact.details']}"></h:outputText>
                </hx:jspPanel>
            </f:facet>
        </hx:panelSection>
    </h:panelGroup>
    <hx:ajaxRefreshRequest id="ajaxRefreshRequest1Emer" target="ViewSectionEmer"
        params="viewBtnEmer;saveBtnEmer;inputRowVal;txtFirstName;txtCity;ddContactType;ddContactRelation;txtPhoneNumber;txtMobilePhone;txtEmailAddress;txtAddressLine1;txtAddressLine2;txtAddressLine3;ddStateProvince;ddCountry;txtZipPostalCode;txtarComments"></hx:ajaxRefreshRequest>


    <h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />

    <h:panelGroup id="saveBtnPnlGrpEmer">



                <hx:commandExButton type="button" value="#{giamsBundle['btn.save']}"
                    styleClass="commandExButton" id="btnSaveEmer" onclick="saveClicked(this)"
                    action="#{pc_EmergencyContacts.doSaveAction}" tabindex="16">

                    <hx:behavior event="onclick" id="behaviorEmerSave" behaviorAction="get;get"
                        targetAction="ViewSectionEmer;tableExEmer"></hx:behavior>
                </hx:commandExButton>


    </h:panelGroup>



</h:panelGrid>

constuctor snippet:

String viewBtnValue = (String) getFacesContext().getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap().get("viewBtnEmer");
        if (viewBtnValue!=null && viewBtnValue.equals("viewBtnEmer")) {
            doViewEditAction(row);
        } 

        String saveBtnValue = (String) getFacesContext().getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap().get("saveBtnEmer");
        if (saveBtnValue!=null && saveBtnValue.equals("saveBtnEmer")) {
            doSaveAction(row);
        }