JSF IceFaces basic problem with redisplaying input value

Question

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm using IceFaces and I have simple managed bean:

public class TestingController {
    private String name;

    public String submit() {
        setName("newName");
        return null;
    }

    public void setName(String name) { 
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
}

and view:

<ice:inputText value="#{testController.name}" />
<ice:commandButton value="submit" action="#{testController.submit}" />

When I submit the form after first displaying the page, the input is redisplayed with "newName". When I clear the input field and submit the form again, the name is not redisplayed with "newName" as I would expect, but it's still empty.

How is this caused and how can I solve this?

Answer 1

Hello,

What are you trying to do exactly?

In addition, what is the scope (request, session...) of TestingController?

Answer 2

Worked for me. After clicking submit, the input box became "newName" regardless of what was in the box previously.

test.jspx

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- 
    Document   : test
    Created on : Feb 17, 2009, 2:35:12 PM
    Author     : drew
-->
<jsp:root xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
   xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
   xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page"
   xmlns:ice="http://www.icesoft.com/icefaces/component"
          version="2.0">
   <f:view>
      <ice:form>
         <ice:inputText id="inp" value="#{TestController.name}" /> <br/>
         <ice:commandButton id="submit" value="SUBMIT" action="#{TestController.submit}" />
      </ice:form>
   </f:view>
</jsp:root>

TestController.java

public class TestController {

   /** Creates a new instance of TestController */
   public TestController() {
   }
   private String name;

   public String submit() {
      setName("newName");
      return null;
   }

   public void setName(String name) {
      this.name = name;
   }

   public String getName() {
      return name;
   }

}

faces-config.xml

<managed-bean>
   <managed-bean-name>TestController</managed-bean-name>
   <managed-bean-class>com.evi.web.viewdata.TestController</managed-bean-class>
   <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>

Could you give us any more information?

Answer 3

Try to use actionListener. because if you use action the page send the info and reload the page, but if you use actionListener only fired the event.

<ice:commandButton id="submit" value="SUBMIT" actionListener="#{testController.submit}" />

And in the backing bean:

public class TestingController {

private String name;

public void submit(ActionEvent event) {
setName("newName");

}

Answer 4

But shouldn't it work even for action?