Hi Michael,
If it defaults to @this no other fields are going to be processed, so I
would think you can
just use a regular validator attached to the field.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Manfred Riem
On 2/9/16, 11:31 AM, Michael Müller wrote:
> Hi Manfred,
>
> I don't understand you:
> If I omit the render attribute, it defaults to @this. Both fields are
> processed and validated well.
> Please explain, why you think, it wouldn't be processed.
>
> Herzliche Grüße - Best Regards,
>
> Michael Müller
> Brühl, Germany
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>
>
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> Am 09.02.2016 um 16:30 schrieb manfred riem:
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> If you do not make sure the input field are part of the execute they
>> won't get processed.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Manfred Riem
>>
>> On 2/8/16, 10:06 AM, Michael Müller wrote:
>>> Hi Manfred,
>>>
>>> Because I have some input fields nested in the f:ajax, every input
>>> triggers the partial request. Every field would be single validated.
>>> Can't we trigger the group validation (I prefer this to a whole bean
>>> validation) by the way?
>>>
>>> Or, if sombody likes to trigger the group validation independent
>>> from the single field trigger, then we need to define a special
>>> trigger condition. It shall not be triggered on submit of the form -
>>> this seems to be much too late. And not by hitting any button. Just
>>> when the user performed some input.
>>>
>>> Maybe
>>> <f:validationGroup group="..." trigger="...."/>
>>> A trigger condition might be "fieldA not empty and fieldB not empty"...
>>>
>>> To me, triggering the group validation togehter with the user input
>>> (ajaxified field) would fit.
>>>
>>> To my example: I just ried to wrap the whole thing into an f:ajax.
>>> Sine rendering tho whole div will destroy the focus, I prefer to
>>> ajaxify each single field:
>>>
>>> <="" h:inputtext=""> <="" h:inputtext=""> <h:message
>>> for="ageValidator"/>
>>> <h:inputText id="ageDays" value="#{grouper.ageDays}">
>>> <f:validateBean id="ageValidator"
>>> validationGroups="javax.validation.groups.Default,de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Age"/>
>>> <f:ajax render="msgAgeDays ageValidator"
>>> validate="de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Age"/>
>>> </h:inputText>
>>> <h:message id="msgAgeDays" for="ageDays"/>
>>>
>>> <h:inputText id="ageYears" value="#{grouper.ageYears}">
>>> <f:validateBean
>>> validationGroups="javax.validation.groups.Default,de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Age"/>
>>> <f:ajax render="msgAgeYears ageValidator"
>>> validate="de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Age"/>
>>> </h:inputText>
>>> <h:message id="msgAgeYears" for="ageYears"/>
>>>
>>> And writing down this example, I got the idea to add a validate
>>> attribute to the f:ajax. This way, the JSF user might trigger the
>>> multi field validation on his preferred place.
>>>
>>> Herzliche Grüße - Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Michael Müller
>>> Brühl, Germany
>>> blog.mueller-bruehl.de <http://blog.mueller-bruehl.de/>
>>> it-rezension.de <http://it-rezension.de/>
>>> @muellermi
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Am 08.02.2016 um 16:43 schrieb manfred riem:
>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>>
>>>> If you are using f:ajax you need to make sure you submit something.
>>>> You cannot just have f:ajax do a re-render.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Manfred Riem
>>>>
>>>> On 2/7/16, 6:58 AM, Michael Müller wrote:
>>>>> Hi experts,
>>>>>
>>>>> In a real worl application hospitals and people of the healthcare
>>>>> sector have to report comprehensiove information to a central
>>>>> institute. For each domain the user might fullfill a form - from a
>>>>> handfull of input fields up to a tabbed page with several
>>>>> hundresds of fields or lists. Usuall it takes some time to
>>>>> fullfill such a form. Thus, the user may store the data at any
>>>>> time and continue after a break. Once he has finished, he "sends"
>>>>> the data to the institute.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some requirements:
>>>>> - provide the user straight feedback
>>>>> - offer or hide conditional fields depending on the previous user
>>>>> input
>>>>> - check the input, thus it is compatible to the database at any time
>>>>> - check the whole form whnen the user clicks onto the send button
>>>>>
>>>>> I made some tests, how to solve this with our new multi field
>>>>> validation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Provide straight feedback and store at any time needs to use
>>>>> ajax: Every single field is pushed into the model to store an
>>>>> intermediate version.
>>>>>
>>>>> And to provide straight feedback on conditional fields or
>>>>> interacting fields requires an immediate multi field validation.
>>>>> It seems (unless I did not understand it right), that we can't use
>>>>> validateWholeBean for this. As the name states, it validates the
>>>>> whole bean and not a single group. As a workarround I split the
>>>>> data and used multiple backing beans for a single form. I tried to
>>>>> validate just after the input using ajax. Sadly,
>>>>> validateWholeBeans became active only after clicking the submit
>>>>> button.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here an excerpt of the form:
>>>>>
>>>>> <div jsf:id="age">
>>>>> <f:ajax render="age">
>>>>> <h:message for="ageValidator"/>
>>>>> <h:inputText id="ageDays" value="#{grouper.ageDays}">
>>>>> <f:validateBean id="ageValidator"
>>>>> validationGroups="javax.validation.groups.Default,de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Age"/>
>>>>> </h:inputText>
>>>>> <h:message for="ageDays"/>
>>>>>
>>>>> <h:inputText id="ageYears" value="#{grouper.ageYears}">
>>>>> <f:validateBean
>>>>> validationGroups="javax.validation.groups.Default,de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Age"/>
>>>>> </h:inputText>
>>>>> <h:message for="ageYears"/>
>>>>> <f:validateWholeBean value="#{grouper}"
>>>>> validationGroups="de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Age" id="ageValidator"/>
>>>>> </f:ajax>
>>>>> </div>
>>>>>
>>>>> <div jsf:id="email">
>>>>> <f:ajax render="emailValidator">
>>>>> <h:message for="ageValidator"/>
>>>>> <h:inputText value="#{emailBean.email1}">
>>>>> <f:validateBean
>>>>> validationGroups="javax.validation.groups.Default,de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Email"/>
>>>>> </h:inputText>
>>>>>
>>>>> <h:inputText value="#{emailBean.email2}">
>>>>> <f:validateBean
>>>>> validationGroups="javax.validation.groups.Default,de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Email"/>
>>>>> </h:inputText>
>>>>>
>>>>> <f:validateWholeBean value="#{emailBean}"
>>>>> validationGroups="de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Email" id="emailValidator"/>
>>>>> </f:ajax>
>>>>> </div>
>>>>>
>>>>> <h:commandButton value="submit"/>
>>>>>
>>>>> No matter, whether I include the f:validateWholeBean into the
>>>>> f:ajax, it it validated on submit only.
>>>>>
>>>>> I propose to enhance the multi field validation:
>>>>>
>>>>> - let the user define a couple of multi field validation
>>>>> (f:validateWholeBean or a new tag like f:validateGroup)
>>>>> - if a single field of this group is validated, validate the whole
>>>>> group too (no matter whether the validateWholeBean is place into a
>>>>> f:ajax)
>>>>>
>>>>> or
>>>>> - add an attribute validateGroup="someGroup" to the f:validateBean
>>>>> tag, e.g.
>>>>> <f:validateBean
>>>>> validationGroups="javax.validation.groups.Default,de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Email"
>>>>> validateGroup="de.muellerbruehl.jsf23.Email"/>
>>>>> - on a partial request (in case of ajax), if validateGroup is
>>>>> declared, create a temp. copy of the bean and perform a group
>>>>> validation for the declared group.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think about this?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Herzliche Grüße - Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael Müller
>>>>> Brühl, Germany
>>>>> blog.mueller-bruehl.de <http://blog.mueller-bruehl.de/>
>>>>> it-rezension.de <http://it-rezension.de/>
>>>>> @muellermi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Read my books
>>>>> "Web Development with Java and JSF": https://leanpub.com/jsf
>>>>> "Java Lambdas und (parallel) Streams" Deutsche Ausgabe:
>>>>> https://leanpub.com/lambdas-de
>>>>> "Java Lambdas and (parallel) Streams" English edition:
>>>>> https://leanpub.com/lambdas
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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