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// license-header java merge-point // Generated by andromda-jsf cartridge (controllers\Controller.java.vsl) DO NOT EDIT! package org.andromda.timetracker.web.timecardsearch; import java.io.Serializable; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Map; import javax.faces.application.FacesMessage; import javax.faces.component.UIComponent; import javax.faces.component.UIForm; import javax.faces.component.UIInput; import javax.faces.component.ValueHolder; import javax.faces.context.FacesContext; import javax.faces.event.ActionEvent; import javax.faces.event.FacesEvent; import javax.faces.event.ValueChangeEvent; import javax.faces.validator.ValidatorException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession; import org.andromda.presentation.gui.AdfFacesContextWrapper; import org.andromda.presentation.gui.FormPopulator; import org.andromda.presentation.gui.JsfUtils; import org.andromda.presentation.gui.Messages; import org.andromda.presentation.gui.PatternMatchingExceptionHandler; import org.andromda.timetracker.ServiceLocator; import org.andromda.timetracker.service.TimeTrackingService; import org.andromda.timetracker.service.UserService; import org.andromda.timetracker.web.timecarddetails.TimecardController; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils; import org.apache.commons.lang.exception.ExceptionUtils; import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; import org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXIterator; import org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.context.RequestContext; import org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.util.ComponentUtils; /** * TODO: Model Documentation for org.andromda.timetracker.web.timecardsearch.SearchController */ public abstract class SearchController implements Serializable { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(SearchController.class); /** * TODO: Model Documentation for * org.andromda.timetracker.web.timecardsearch.SearchController.populateSearchScreen * @param form * @throws Throwable */ public abstract void populateSearchScreen(PopulateSearchScreenForm form) throws Throwable; /** * TODO: Model Documentation for * org.andromda.timetracker.web.timecardsearch.SearchController.initializeTimecardId * @param form * @throws Throwable */ public abstract void initializeTimecardId(InitializeTimecardIdForm form) throws Throwable; /** * Resets all the "isSet" flags on the forms to false. */ protected void resetFormSetFlags() { // Resets all the "isSet" flags on the forms to false. this.getSearchTimecardsSearchForm().resetIsSetFlags(); this.getSearchTimecardsDetailsForm().resetIsSetFlags(); this.getSearchTimecardsForm().resetIsSetFlags(); } /** * Retrieves the {@link SearchTimecardsSearchFormImpl} form instance (normally you wont't * need to call this method explicitly, however this is here for times when you need to access the * <em>searchTimecardsSearchTimecardsSearchForm</em> instance outside of its assigned controller operation). * @return SearchTimecardsSearchFormImpl */ protected SearchTimecardsSearchFormImpl getSearchTimecardsSearchForm() { // - we do this in the case a button that submitted the form was set to immediate (this should be removed // when we found a better way to handle this). final UIForm uiForm = this.findForm(this.getContext().getViewRoot(), "searchTimecardsSearchTimecardsSearchForm"); this.populateComponentInputs(uiForm); return (SearchTimecardsSearchFormImpl) this.resolveVariable("searchTimecardsSearchTimecardsSearchForm"); } /** * TODO: Model Documentation for org.andromda.timetracker.web.timecardsearch.search * This method is called when 'search' is triggered in the view 'Search Timecards'. * It can be safely overridden in descendant classes. SearchTimecardsSearchFormImpl) * @param form */ protected void _searchTimecards_search(SearchTimecardsSearchFormImpl form) { //this method can be overridden } /** * @return searchTimecardsSearch */ public String searchTimecardsSearch() { return searchTimecardsSearch((FacesEvent) null); } /** * @param event */ public void searchTimecardsSearch(final ActionEvent event) { this.searchTimecardsSearch((FacesEvent) event); } /** * @param event */ public void searchTimecardsSearch(final ValueChangeEvent event) { this.searchTimecardsSearch((FacesEvent) event); } /** * @param event * @return searchTimecardsSearch */ @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" }) public String searchTimecardsSearch(final FacesEvent event) { String forward = null; final Object currentForm = this.resolveVariable("form"); try { final SearchTimecardsSearchFormImpl form = this.getSearchTimecardsSearchForm(); form.setEvent(event); this.setForm("form", form, true); // - pass any properties from the previous form along FormPopulator.populateForm(currentForm, form, false); // - populate the form with any event attributes that may match // IMPORTANT: it isn't possible to automatically populate any property named "id" since that // is a reserved name in JSF (the id of a component), therefore we have to unfortunately ignore any available "id" attribute FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMap(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), (Map) this.getRequestAttribute(ACTION_EVENT_ATTRIBUTES), new String[] { "id" }); if (event != null) { final Map eventProperties = new HashMap(); eventProperties.put(event.getComponent().getId(), event.getSource()); FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMapAssignableTypesOnly(form, null, eventProperties); FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMap(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), event.getComponent().getAttributes(), new String[] { "id" }); } // - populate the form with any request attributes that may match FormPopulator.populateFormFromRequestAttributes(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), false, true); // - populate the form with any request parameters that may match FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMap(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), this.getContext().getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap()); //trigger method execution _searchTimecards_search(form); forward = _populateSearchScreen(form); if ("search-timecards-search-timecards".equals(forward)) { forward = null; //the destination form is the same, stay on the current view } final FacesMessage.Severity messageSeverity = this.getMaximumMessageSeverity(); if (messageSeverity != null && FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR.getOrdinal() <= messageSeverity.getOrdinal()) { // - copy any messages to the 'currentForm' PropertyUtils.setProperty(currentForm, "jsfMessages", PropertyUtils.getProperty(form, "jsfMessages")); this.setForm("form", currentForm, false); } if (event != null) { SearchTimecardsViewPopulator.populateFormAndViewVariables(this.getContext(), form); } } catch (final Throwable throwable) { this.setForm("form", currentForm, false); // - set the forward to null so that we stay on the current view forward = null; try { // - the exception is re-thrown by the exception handler and handled by the catch below if it can't get a messageKey // (no reason to check for presence of messageKey) this.addErrorMessage( Messages.get(PatternMatchingExceptionHandler.instance().handleException(throwable), PatternMatchingExceptionHandler.instance().getMessageArguments(throwable))); } catch (Throwable exception) { logger.error(exception.getMessage(), exception); this.addExceptionMessage(exception); } } return forward; } /** * TODO: Model Documentation for org.andromda.timetracker.web.timecardsearch.Populate Search * Screen * @param form * @return forward * @throws Throwable */ protected String _populateSearchScreen(final SearchTimecardsSearchFormImpl form) throws Throwable { String forward = null; populateSearchScreen(form); forward = "search-timecards-search-timecards"; //update the viewRoot final UIComponent viewRoot = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot(); final RequestContext requestContext = RequestContext.getCurrentInstance(); updateTableValue(requestContext, viewRoot, "timecardSummaries", form.getTimecardSummaries()); return forward; } /** * Retrieves the {@link SearchTimecardsDetailsFormImpl} form instance (normally you wont't * need to call this method explicitly, however this is here for times when you need to access the * <em>searchTimecardsSearchTimecardsDetailsForm</em> instance outside of its assigned controller operation). * @return SearchTimecardsDetailsFormImpl */ protected SearchTimecardsDetailsFormImpl getSearchTimecardsDetailsForm() { // - we do this in the case a button that submitted the form was set to immediate (this should be removed // when we found a better way to handle this). final UIForm uiForm = this.findForm(this.getContext().getViewRoot(), "searchTimecardsSearchTimecardsDetailsForm"); this.populateComponentInputs(uiForm); return (SearchTimecardsDetailsFormImpl) this.resolveVariable("searchTimecardsSearchTimecardsDetailsForm"); } /** * TODO: Model Documentation for org.andromda.timetracker.web.timecardsearch.details * This method is called when 'details' is triggered in the view 'Search Timecards'. * It can be safely overridden in descendant classes. SearchTimecardsDetailsFormImpl) * @param form */ protected void _searchTimecards_details(SearchTimecardsDetailsFormImpl form) { //this method can be overridden } /** * @return searchTimecardsDetails */ public String searchTimecardsDetails() { return searchTimecardsDetails((FacesEvent) null); } /** * @param event */ public void searchTimecardsDetails(final ActionEvent event) { this.searchTimecardsDetails((FacesEvent) event); } /** * @param event */ public void searchTimecardsDetails(final ValueChangeEvent event) { this.searchTimecardsDetails((FacesEvent) event); } /** * @param event * @return searchTimecardsDetails */ @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" }) public String searchTimecardsDetails(final FacesEvent event) { String forward = null; final Object currentForm = this.resolveVariable("form"); try { final SearchTimecardsDetailsFormImpl form = this.getSearchTimecardsDetailsForm(); form.setEvent(event); this.setForm("form", form, true); // - pass any properties from the previous form along FormPopulator.populateForm(currentForm, form, false); // - populate the form with any event attributes that may match // IMPORTANT: it isn't possible to automatically populate any property named "id" since that // is a reserved name in JSF (the id of a component), therefore we have to unfortunately ignore any available "id" attribute FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMap(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), (Map) this.getRequestAttribute(ACTION_EVENT_ATTRIBUTES), new String[] { "id" }); if (event != null) { final Map eventProperties = new HashMap(); eventProperties.put(event.getComponent().getId(), event.getSource()); FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMapAssignableTypesOnly(form, null, eventProperties); FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMap(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), event.getComponent().getAttributes(), new String[] { "id" }); } // - populate the form with any request attributes that may match FormPopulator.populateFormFromRequestAttributes(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), false, true); // - populate the form with any request parameters that may match FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMap(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), this.getContext().getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap()); //trigger method execution _searchTimecards_details(form); forward = _initializeTimecardId(form); if ("search-timecards-search-timecards".equals(forward)) { forward = null; //the destination form is the same, stay on the current view } final FacesMessage.Severity messageSeverity = this.getMaximumMessageSeverity(); if (messageSeverity != null && FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR.getOrdinal() <= messageSeverity.getOrdinal()) { // - copy any messages to the 'currentForm' PropertyUtils.setProperty(currentForm, "jsfMessages", PropertyUtils.getProperty(form, "jsfMessages")); this.setForm("form", currentForm, false); } if (event != null) { SearchTimecardsViewPopulator.populateFormAndViewVariables(this.getContext(), form); } } catch (final Throwable throwable) { this.setForm("form", currentForm, false); // - set the forward to null so that we stay on the current view forward = null; try { // - the exception is re-thrown by the exception handler and handled by the catch below if it can't get a messageKey // (no reason to check for presence of messageKey) this.addErrorMessage( Messages.get(PatternMatchingExceptionHandler.instance().handleException(throwable), PatternMatchingExceptionHandler.instance().getMessageArguments(throwable))); } catch (Throwable exception) { logger.error(exception.getMessage(), exception); this.addExceptionMessage(exception); } } return forward; } /** * TODO: Model Documentation for org.andromda.timetracker.web.timecardsearch.Initialize Timecard * Id * @param form * @return forward * @throws Throwable */ protected String _initializeTimecardId(final SearchTimecardsDetailsFormImpl form) throws Throwable { String forward = null; initializeTimecardId(form); forward = ((TimecardController) this.resolveVariable("timecardController")).timecardDetails(); return forward; } /** * Retrieves the {@link SearchTimecardsFormImpl} form instance (normally you wont't * need to call this method explicitly, however this is here for times when you need to access the * <em>searchTimecardsSearchTimecardsForm</em> instance outside of its assigned controller operation). * @return SearchTimecardsFormImpl */ protected SearchTimecardsFormImpl getSearchTimecardsForm() { // - we do this in the case a button that submitted the form was set to immediate (this should be removed // when we found a better way to handle this). final UIForm uiForm = this.findForm(this.getContext().getViewRoot(), "searchTimecardsSearchTimecardsForm"); this.populateComponentInputs(uiForm); return (SearchTimecardsFormImpl) this.resolveVariable("searchTimecardsSearchTimecardsForm"); } /** * This method is called when the use case 'Search Timecards' starts. * It can be safely overridden in descendant classes. SearchTimecardsFormImpl) * @param form */ protected void _searchTimecards_started(SearchTimecardsFormImpl form) { //this method can be overridden } /** * @return searchTimecards */ public String searchTimecards() { return searchTimecards((FacesEvent) null); } /** * @param event */ public void searchTimecards(final ActionEvent event) { this.searchTimecards((FacesEvent) event); } /** * @param event */ public void searchTimecards(final ValueChangeEvent event) { this.searchTimecards((FacesEvent) event); } /** * @param event * @return searchTimecards */ @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" }) public String searchTimecards(final FacesEvent event) { String forward = null; final Object currentForm = this.resolveVariable("form"); try { final SearchTimecardsFormImpl form = this.getSearchTimecardsForm(); form.setEvent(event); this.setForm("form", form, true); // - pass any properties from the previous form along FormPopulator.populateForm(currentForm, form, false); // - populate the form with any event attributes that may match // IMPORTANT: it isn't possible to automatically populate any property named "id" since that // is a reserved name in JSF (the id of a component), therefore we have to unfortunately ignore any available "id" attribute FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMap(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), (Map) this.getRequestAttribute(ACTION_EVENT_ATTRIBUTES), new String[] { "id" }); if (event != null) { final Map eventProperties = new HashMap(); eventProperties.put(event.getComponent().getId(), event.getSource()); FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMapAssignableTypesOnly(form, null, eventProperties); FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMap(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), event.getComponent().getAttributes(), new String[] { "id" }); } // - populate the form with any request attributes that may match FormPopulator.populateFormFromRequestAttributes(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), false, true); // - populate the form with any request parameters that may match FormPopulator.populateFormFromPropertyMap(form, form.getDateTimeFormatters(), this.getContext().getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap()); //trigger method execution _searchTimecards_started(form); forward = _populateSearchScreen(form); final FacesMessage.Severity messageSeverity = this.getMaximumMessageSeverity(); if (messageSeverity != null && FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR.getOrdinal() <= messageSeverity.getOrdinal()) { // - copy any messages to the 'currentForm' PropertyUtils.setProperty(currentForm, "jsfMessages", PropertyUtils.getProperty(form, "jsfMessages")); this.setForm("form", currentForm, false); } if (event != null) { SearchTimecardsViewPopulator.populateFormAndViewVariables(this.getContext(), form); } } catch (final Throwable throwable) { this.setForm("form", currentForm, false); // - set the forward to null so that we stay on the current view forward = null; try { // - the exception is re-thrown by the exception handler and handled by the catch below if it can't get a messageKey // (no reason to check for presence of messageKey) this.addErrorMessage( Messages.get(PatternMatchingExceptionHandler.instance().handleException(throwable), PatternMatchingExceptionHandler.instance().getMessageArguments(throwable))); } catch (Throwable exception) { logger.error(exception.getMessage(), exception); this.addExceptionMessage(exception); } } return forward; } /** * TODO: Model Documentation for org.andromda.timetracker.web.timecardsearch.Populate Search * Screen * @param form * @return forward * @throws Throwable */ protected String _populateSearchScreen(final SearchTimecardsFormImpl form) throws Throwable { String forward = null; populateSearchScreen(form); forward = "search-timecards-search-timecards"; //update the viewRoot final UIComponent viewRoot = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot(); final RequestContext requestContext = RequestContext.getCurrentInstance(); updateTableValue(requestContext, viewRoot, "timecardSummaries", form.getTimecardSummaries()); return forward; } /** * Returns a reference to the userService back-end service. * @return ServiceLocator.instance().getUserService() */ protected final UserService getUserService() { try { return ServiceLocator.instance().getUserService(); } catch (final Throwable throwable) { throw new RuntimeException(throwable); } } /** * Returns a reference to the timeTrackingService back-end service. * @return ServiceLocator.instance().getTimeTrackingService() */ protected final TimeTrackingService getTimeTrackingService() { try { return ServiceLocator.instance().getTimeTrackingService(); } catch (final Throwable throwable) { throw new RuntimeException(throwable); } } /** * Gets the current faces context. This object is the point * from which to retrieve any request, session, etc information. * * @return the JSF faces context instance. */ public FacesContext getContext() { return FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); } /** * A helper method that gets the current request from the faces * context. * * @return the current request instance. */ protected HttpServletRequest getRequest() { return (HttpServletRequest) this.getContext().getExternalContext().getRequest(); } /** * A helper method that gets the current reponse from the faces * context. * * @return the current response instance. */ protected HttpServletResponse getResponse() { return (HttpServletResponse) this.getContext().getExternalContext().getResponse(); } /** * A helper method that gets the current session from the faces * context. * * @param create If the create parameter is true, create (if necessary) and return a * session instance associated with the current request. If the create * parameter is false return any existing session instance associated with the * current request, or return null if there is no such session. * @return the current session instance. */ protected HttpSession getSession(final boolean create) { return (HttpSession) this.getContext().getExternalContext().getSession(create); } /** * Attempts to resolve the variable, given, the <code>name</code> of * the variable using the faces context variable resolver instance. * @param name * @return the resolved variable or null if not found. */ @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") protected Object resolveVariable(final String name) { RequestContext adfContext = RequestContext.getCurrentInstance(); Object variable = adfContext.getPageFlowScope().get(name); // - if we couldn't get the variable from the regular ADF context, see if // the session contains an ADF context with the variable if (variable == null) { final HttpSession session = this.getSession(false); if (session != null) { final AdfFacesContextWrapper contextWrapper = (AdfFacesContextWrapper) session .getAttribute("AndroMDAADFContext"); adfContext = contextWrapper != null ? contextWrapper.getCurrentInstance() : null; } variable = adfContext != null ? adfContext.getPageFlowScope().get(name) : null; } // - finally try resolving it in the standard JSF manner if (variable == null) { final FacesContext context = this.getContext(); variable = context != null ? context.getApplication().getVariableResolver().resolveVariable(context, name) : null; } return variable; } private void setForm(final String formKey, final Object form, boolean includeInSession) { final AdfFacesContextWrapper contextWrapper = new AdfFacesContextWrapper(); contextWrapper.getCurrentInstance().getPageFlowScope().put(formKey, form); if (includeInSession) { this.setSessionAttribute(formKey, form); // - add this temporary ADF context to the session so that we can retrieve from a view populator if required this.getSession(false).setAttribute("AndroMDAADFContext", contextWrapper); } } /** * Finds the root cause of the given <code>throwable</code> and * adds the message taken from that cause to the faces context messages. * * @param throwable the exception information to add. */ protected final void addExceptionMessage(Throwable throwable) { String message = null; final Throwable rootCause = ExceptionUtils.getRootCause(throwable); if (rootCause != null) { message = rootCause.toString(); } if (message == null || message.trim().length() == 0) { message = throwable.toString(); } this.addErrorMessage(message); } /** * Adds the given error <code>message</code> to the current faces context. * * @param message the message to add. */ protected void addErrorMessage(final String message) { this.addMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR, message); } /** * Adds the given warning <code>message</code> to the current faces context. * * @param message the message to add. */ protected void addWarningMessage(final String message) { this.addMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_WARN, message); } /** * Adds the given info <code>message</code> to the current faces context. * * @param message the message to add. */ protected void addInfoMessage(final String message) { this.addMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO, message); } /** * Adds the given fatal <code>message</code> to the current faces context. * * @param message the message to add. */ protected void addFatalMessage(final String message) { this.addMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_FATAL, message); } /** * Adds a message to the faces context (which will show up on your view when using the * lt;h:messages/gt; tag). * * @param severity the severity of the message * @param message the message to add. */ protected void addMessage(final FacesMessage.Severity severity, final String message) { final FacesMessage facesMessage = new FacesMessage(severity, message, message); final Object form = this.resolveVariable("form"); if (form != null) { try { final Method method = form.getClass().getMethod("addJsfMessages", new Class[] { FacesMessage.class }); method.invoke(form, new Object[] { facesMessage }); } catch (final Exception exception) { throw new RuntimeException(exception); } } } /** * Sets the messages title to use on the next view. * * @param messagesTitle the title to use. */ protected void setMessagesTitle(final String messagesTitle) { final Object form = this.resolveVariable("form"); if (form != null) { try { final Method method = form.getClass().getMethod("setJsfMessagesTitle", new Class[] { String.class }); method.invoke(form, new Object[] { messagesTitle }); } catch (final Exception exception) { throw new RuntimeException(exception); } } } /** * Gets the maximum severity of the messages stored in the current form. * * @return the maximum message severity. */ protected FacesMessage.Severity getMaximumMessageSeverity() { FacesMessage.Severity maximumSeverity = null; final Object form = this.resolveVariable("form"); if (form != null) { try { final Method method = form.getClass().getMethod("getMaximumMessageSeverity", (Class[]) null); maximumSeverity = (FacesMessage.Severity) method.invoke(form, (Object[]) null); } catch (final Exception exception) { throw new RuntimeException(exception); } } return maximumSeverity; } /** * Copies all matching properties from the <code>fromForm</code> to the given * <code>toForm</code> overriding any previously set values. * @param fromForm * @param toForm */ protected void copyForm(final Object fromForm, final Object toForm) { FormPopulator.populateForm(fromForm, toForm, true); } /** * Finds the form (if one is present) on the given <code>component</code> having the given * <code>id</code>. * * @param component the component to search. * @param id the id of the form. * @return the form or null if none was found. */ private UIForm findForm(UIComponent component, String id) { UIForm foundForm = null; if (component != null) { for (final Iterator<UIComponent> iterator = component.getFacetsAndChildren(); iterator.hasNext();) { final UIComponent uiComponent = iterator.next(); if (uiComponent instanceof UIForm) { final UIForm form = (UIForm) uiComponent; if (form.getId().equals(id)) { foundForm = form; break; } } foundForm = this.findForm(uiComponent, id); if (foundForm != null) { break; } } } return foundForm; } /** * If the given <code>component</code> has an child input elements, this method finds * them all and populates them. This is to get around the fact that when immediate is set to true * on a button that submits the form that the form isn't populated. * * @param component the component to populate. */ private void populateComponentInputs(UIComponent component) { if (component != null) { for (final Iterator<UIComponent> iterator = component.getFacetsAndChildren(); iterator.hasNext();) { final UIComponent uiComponent = iterator.next(); if (uiComponent instanceof UIInput) { try { final UIInput input = (UIInput) uiComponent; input.validate(this.getContext()); input.updateModel(this.getContext()); } catch (ValidatorException exception) { // - ignore, no value is set (validate will be called by the regular // JSF lifecycle processing anyway, this is just called to populate the // local value } } else { this.populateComponentInputs(uiComponent); } } } } /** * Retrieves the current action form while making sure the form is of the given * <code>type</code>. If the action form is found, but not of the given type, null will * be returned. * * @param type the type of form to retrieve. * @return the found form. */ protected Object getCurrentActionForm(final Class<?> type) { Object form = this.getCurrentActionForm(); if (!type.isInstance(form)) { form = null; } return form; } /** * Retrieves the current action form instance. * * @return the current action form instance. */ protected Object getCurrentActionForm() { return this.resolveVariable("form"); } /** * The name of the request attribute that stores the attributes from the current action event. */ private static final String ACTION_EVENT_ATTRIBUTES = "actionEventAttributes"; /** * This method just captures the event attributes and sets them into the request * so that we can retrieve in controller action operation and use to populate form. * * @param event the action event. */ public void action(ActionEvent event) { this.setRequestAttribute(ACTION_EVENT_ATTRIBUTES, event.getComponent().getAttributes()); } /** * @param name * @param object */ protected void setRequestAttribute(final String name, final Object object) { JsfUtils.setAttribute(this.getContext().getExternalContext().getRequest(), name, object); } /** * @param name * @return RequestAttribute */ protected Object getRequestAttribute(final String name) { return JsfUtils.getAttribute(this.getContext().getExternalContext().getRequest(), name); } /** * @param name * @param object */ protected void setSessionAttribute(final String name, final Object object) { JsfUtils.setAttribute(this.getContext().getExternalContext().getSession(false), name, object); } /** * @param name * @return SessionAttribute */ protected Object getSessionAttribute(final String name) { return JsfUtils.getAttribute(this.getContext().getExternalContext().getSession(false), name); } /** * Updates the component value in the view root. */ @SuppressWarnings("unused") private void updateComponentValue(RequestContext requestContext, UIComponent viewRoot, String id, Object value) { UIComponent component = ComponentUtils.findRelativeComponent(viewRoot, id); if (component instanceof ValueHolder)//just in case the view was changed { ((ValueHolder) component).setValue(value); } } /** * Updates the table value in the view root. */ @SuppressWarnings("unused") private void updateTableValue(RequestContext requestContext, UIComponent viewRoot, String id, Object value) { UIComponent component = ComponentUtils.findRelativeComponent(viewRoot, id); if (component instanceof UIXIterator)//just in case the view was changed { ((UIXIterator) component).setValue(value); } } }