Execute commandButton-beanFunction in WEB-INF/page.xhtml coming from forward - jsf

I'm using Java EE for an enterprise application on Glassfish 4.1, I've the following components:
a Java Servlet:
protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");
this.setUser(um.getLoggedUser());
final String indexPath = "/Index.xhtml";
final String creatorPath = "/WEB-INF/HiddenPages/EventPageCreator.xhtml";
if(creator())
request.getRequestDispatcher("/WEB-INF/HiddenPages/Creator.xhtml").forward(request, response);
else
response.sendRedirect("/Index.xhtml");
}
The creator page that is under WEB-INF,is the page in which arises the problem:
It's related to a ManagedBean method.
<h:form><p:menubar>
<p:menuitem action="#{bean.logout()}" value="Logout" ajax="false">
</p:menuitem></p:menubar></h:form>
The bean:
#ManagedBean
#RequestScoped
public class Bean(){
public void logout(){
System.out.println("logout");
}
}
The problem is that the page Creator.xhtlm is rightly loaded with all the css and also the properties given by that bean. The problem is that once I click on the logout menuitem it doesn't call the related function and an 500 Internal Error occurs, java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot forward after response has been committed.

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Setting the header referrer on Primefaces action

This is a follow up to a previous question: Error using JSF protected views when opening a new tab
I am using faces-config protected views to protect against CSRF. I ran into problems earlier with links opened in a new tab that I resolved by adding
rel="noopener noreferrer"
to all new tab links.
But now I' running into the same issue with commandButtons.
I have
<p:commandButton value="Submit"
action="#{bean.submit}" />
And submit() returns a string with the new view. But I still get the following error:
javax.faces.application.ProtectedViewException: JSF1099: Referer [sic] header value http://.../updatestatus.xhtml?javax.faces.Token=1534516398157&cr=45309 does not appear to be a protected view. Preventing display of viewId /finance/commitmentregister/view.xhtml
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase.maybeTakeProtectedViewAction(Unknown Source)
Is there a way to set no referer or opener on the Primefaces commandbutton?
Edit:
Maybe not the answer I was looking for, but I got around the problem by adding a servlet request wrapper in a filter to return null when asked for the referer.
Further edit:
Adding the rough outline of how my code looks with the wrapper fix:
#WebFilter(filterName = "UserLoginFilter", urlPatterns = { "*.xhtml" })
public class UserLoginFilter implements Filter {
#Override
public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain)
throws IOException, ServletException {
HttpServletRequestWrapper wrapper = new HttpServletRequestWrapper(httpServletRequest) {
#Override
public String getHeader(String name) {
if (name.equalsIgnoreCase("referer")) {
return null;
} else {
return super.getHeader(name);
}
}
};
chain.doFilter(wrapper, response);
}
}

Create a new FlowScoped bean when other one was not finished

I am working whith JSF (Primeface) and j2ee on weblogic.
So, i have two different flows in my application:
Flow configuration:
public class RequestFlow implements Serializable {
#Produces
#FlowDefinition
public Flow defineFlow(#FlowBuilderParameter FlowBuilder flowBuilder) {
String flowId = "requestFlow";
flowBuilder.id("", flowId);
flowBuilder.viewNode(flowId, "/inside/customer/request/flow/requestFlow.xhtml").markAsStartNode();
flowBuilder.viewNode("requestFlowCart", "/inside/customer/request/flow/requestFlowCart.xhtml");
flowBuilder.viewNode("requestFlowCheckout", "/inside/customer/request/flow/requestFlowCheckout.xhtml");
flowBuilder.returnNode("finishRequest").fromOutcome("/inside/customer/request/requests.xhtml");
return flowBuilder.getFlow();
}
}
CDI's flow bean:
#Named
#FlowScoped("requestFlow")
public class RequestFlowBean implements Serializable {
//some logic
}
Second configuration:
public class OrderFlow implements Serializable {
#Produces
#FlowDefinition
public Flow defineFlow(#FlowBuilderParameter FlowBuilder flowBuilder) {
String flowId = "orderFlow";
flowBuilder.id("", flowId);
flowBuilder.viewNode(flowId, "/inside/customer/order/flow/orderFlow.xhtml").markAsStartNode();
flowBuilder.viewNode("orderFlowSelectRequests", "/inside/customer/order/flow/orderFlowSelectRequests.xhtml");
flowBuilder.viewNode("orderFlowReviewRequests", "/inside/customer/order/flow/orderFlowReviewRequests.xhtml");
flowBuilder.viewNode("orderFlowCheckoutOrder", "/inside/customer/order/flow/orderFlowCheckoutOrder.xhtml");
flowBuilder.returnNode("finishOrder").fromOutcome("/inside/customer/order/orders.xhtml");
return flowBuilder.getFlow();
}
}
CDI's flow bean:
#Named
#FlowScoped("orderFlow")
public class OrderFlowBean implements Serializable {
//some logic
}
My Case:
User opens page where by clicking h:button starts the "requestFlow" (doesn't finish it!)
Using menu navigates to another page, by clicking h:button tries to start the "orderFlow".
Problem:
"OrderFlow" wasn't start without any error in console! And the first flow still in memory, but according documentation it have to be destroyed.
So, I want to be able create a new FlowScoped bean when other one was not finished.
Any suggestions?
So, exactly in 2 month i found the answer.
The trick is how you start your flow. If you want to run new JSF flow, while didn't finish other one, you have to remove from JSF context previous instances of any flow. In order to do it, you have add method in controller:
public String initFlow() {
FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
FlowHandler handler = context.getApplication().getFlowHandler();
ExternalContext extContext = context.getExternalContext();
String sessionKey = extContext.getClientWindow().getId() + "_flowStack";
Map<String, Object> sessionMap = extContext.getSessionMap();
if (sessionMap.containsKey(sessionKey)) {
sessionMap.remove(sessionKey);
}
handler.transition(context, null, handler.getFlow(context, "", getFlowName()), null, "");
return getFlowName();
}
And start flow page in the next way:
<p:commandButton value="Start Flow"
action="#{controller.initFlow}"/>
</p:panelGrid>

Setter of application scoped bean fails to set value

I'm making page using Primefaces with form with ability to ajax-upload image and preview it before submitting whole form.
To achieve this I made dialog outside main form:
<p:dialog id="imageDlg" header="Load Image" modal="true"
widgetVar="imageUploadWidget">
<h:form id="imageForm" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p:fileUpload mode="advanced" auto="true" sizeLimit="9999999"
allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(gif|jpe?g|png)$/"
fileUploadListener="#{pageBean.imageUploadHandler}">
</p:fileUpload>
</h:form>
</p:dialog>
Inside main form there is p:graphicImage component to display just uploaded image and button to show dialog. Page is backed by view scoped bean (PageBean), but to pass StreamedContent to p:graphicImage value bean should be session or application scoped (because method called multiply times). So I made second application scoped bean (ImageBean) only for this purpose.
<p:graphicImage value="#{imageBean.imageStreamedContent()}"/>
<p:commandButton value="Choose image" type="button"
onclick="imageUploadWidget.show();"/>
Code of ImageBean:
#ApplicationScoped
#ManagedBean
public class ImagesBean implements Serializable {
private byte[] image;
//getter & setter
public StreamedContent imageStreamedContent() {
FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
if (context.getCurrentPhaseId() == PhaseId.RENDER_RESPONSE) {
return new DefaultStreamedContent();
} else {
return new DefaultStreamedContent(new ByteArrayInputStream(getImage()));
}
}
}
The next part is fileUploadListener. Idea is simple — set corresponding fields of PageBean (to save it later on form submit) of ImageBean (to show it after partial refresh) and update part of main form:
#ManagedBean
#ViewScoped
public class PageBean implements Serializable {
#ManagedProperty(value="#{imageBean}")
ImagesBean imagesBean;
...
public void imageUploadHandler(FileUploadEvent event) {
getImagesBean().setImage(event.getFile().getContents());
RequestContext.getCurrentInstance().update("form:tabPanel1");
}
Here comes strange thing. Inside setImage() method everything is OK - field is set, getter works fine. But then page refresh, imageBean.getImage() inside imageBean.imageStreamedContent() returns null.
More accurate — it returns old value, as if setter was never called or was called on another instance of bean. I checked it on another String field: initialized it in ImageBean constructor, in handler invoked setter with another value and refreshed part of main form. Same thing: old value from constructor.
I think, that I'm missing something about bean life cycle or scope specific. Or maybe there is less complicated way to implement this task?
There is a problem with using StreamedContent in Primefaces for p:graphicImage and p:media.
You can see Cagatay Civici 's comments on this topic in Primefaces forum here.
In my experience, when I had the slimier(more or less) problem This and This answers by BalusC helped me.
I used a saperate Servlet instead of Managedbean to stream the dynamic content to p:media (in mycase).
Here is my code for your reference(if you need any):
PreviewFileServlet.java
#WebServlet("/PreviewFile")
public class PreviewFileServlet extends HttpServlet {
public PreviewFileServlet() {
super();
}
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
ServletContext context = request.getServletContext();
String path = request.getParameter("PREVIEW_FILE_PATH");
logger.info("Received pathe for Preview:"+path);
try{
if(null!=path){
java.io.File f = new java.io.File(path);
if(f.exists()){
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(f);
byte b[] = new byte[(int)f.length()];
fin.read(b);
response.setContentLength(b.length);
response.setContentType(context.getMimeType(path));
response.getOutputStream().write(b);
response.getOutputStream().close();
logger.info("File sent successfully for Preview.");
}
else{
logger.warn("File sepecified by path:-"+path+"-:, NOT found");
}
}
}catch(Exception e){
}
}
/**
* #see HttpServlet#doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
*/
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
doGet(request, response);
}
}
Facelet Code
<p:media value="/PreviewFile?PREVIEW_FILE_PATH=#{fileManager.previewFilePath}" />
Hope this helps.
And there are lot of questions on this topic of StreamedContent in stackoverflow itself, go through them once.

JSF 2 Global exception handling, navigation to error page not happening

I am developing a JSF 2.0 based web application. I am trying to implement a global exception handler which will redirect the user to a generic error page whenever any exception occurs (e.g. NullPointerException,ServletException,ViewExpiredException etc.)
Whenever a NPE occurs in my app, My customnavhandler breakpoint is hit and NavigationHandler code is executed, but somehow redirection to error page is not happening, the requested page remains partially rendered. Any idea what could be wrong here ? One info is that I am throwing an NPE deliberately on the requested page (which was partiallyu rendered after NPE)
My faces-config.xml entry
<factory>
<exception-handler-factory>
com.common.exceptions.CustomExceptionHandlerFactory
</exception-handler-factory>
</factory>
My CustomNavHandler
public class CustomExceptionHandler extends ExceptionHandlerWrapper {
private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("com.gbdreports.common.exception.CustomExceptionHandler");
private final ExceptionHandler wrapped;
public CustomExceptionHandler(ExceptionHandler wrapped) {
this.wrapped = wrapped;
}
#Override
public ExceptionHandler getWrapped() {
return this.wrapped;
}
public void handle() throws FacesException {
final Iterator<ExceptionQueuedEvent> i = getUnhandledExceptionQueuedEvents().iterator();
while (i.hasNext()) {
ExceptionQueuedEvent event = i.next();
ExceptionQueuedEventContext context =
(ExceptionQueuedEventContext) event.getSource();
// get the exception from context
Throwable t = context.getException();
final FacesContext fc = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
final ExternalContext externalContext = fc.getExternalContext();
final Map<String, Object> requestMap = fc.getExternalContext().getRequestMap();
final ConfigurableNavigationHandler nav = (ConfigurableNavigationHandler) fc.getApplication().getNavigationHandler();
//here you do what ever you want with exception
try {
//log error ?
logger.error("Severe Exception Occured");
//log.log(Level.SEVERE, "Critical Exception!", t);
//redirect error page
requestMap.put("exceptionMessage", t.getMessage());
nav.performNavigation("/TestPRoject/error.xhtml");
fc.renderResponse();
// remove the comment below if you want to report the error in a jsf error message
//JsfUtil.addErrorMessage(t.getMessage());
}
finally {
//remove it from queue
i.remove(); }
}
//parent hanle
getWrapped().handle();
}
}
My customNavhandler factory
public class CustomExceptionHandlerFactory extends ExceptionHandlerFactory {
private ExceptionHandlerFactory parent;
public CustomExceptionHandlerFactory(ExceptionHandlerFactory parent) {
this.parent = parent;
}
#Override
public ExceptionHandler getExceptionHandler() {
return new CustomExceptionHandler (parent.getExceptionHandler());
}
}
It's most likely because the current request is an ajax (asynchronous) request. The exception handler which you've there is designed for regular (synchronous) requests.
The proper way to change the view in case of an ajax exception is as follows:
String viewId = "/error.xhtml";
ViewHandler viewHandler = context.getApplication().getViewHandler();
context.setViewRoot(viewHandler.createView(context, viewId));
context.getPartialViewContext().setRenderAll(true);
context.renderResponse();
This is however somewhat naive. This won't work if the ajax exception is been thrown in midst of rendering of a ajax response.
I'd suggest to not reinvent the wheel. The JSF utility library OmniFaces has a complete working solution in flavor of FullAjaxExceptionHandler. You can find the full source code here and the showcase example here. It makes use of standard servlet API <error-page> declarations in web.xml. This way the error pages are also reusable for synchronous requests, with a little help of FacesExceptionFilter, also provided by OmniFaces.
See also:
using ExternalContext.dispatch in JSF error handler causes corrupt page rendering
What is the correct way to deal with JSF 2.0 exceptions for AJAXified components?
Unified way to handle both ajax and non ajax requests exception could be done simplifying your code. Instead of
requestMap.put("exceptionMessage", t.getMessage());
nav.performNavigation("/TestPRoject/error.xhtml");
fc.renderResponse();
is enough to use:
fc.getExternalContext().redirect("/TestPRoject/error.xhtml");

Session Scoped Managed Bean constructor being called on each page refresh

I am using a session scoped managed bean for handling login in a Java EE application. After I authenticate the user, the user object is saved in this session bean. However, after I refresh the page, the session bean values are gone.
I was debugging the code and it results that the constructor of the session scoped managed bean is called again on page refresh, therefore initializing the user object with a new user. I guess this is not a normal behavior since it should be preserved on the session shouldn't it?
I am posting some parts of the login managed bean including the parameters and the login method. Basically the enteredEmail and enteredPassword stand for the entered data on the login form. If the authentication succeeds, the loggedIn boolean is turned to true and the logged in user object is stored in the checkedUser variable.
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped;
#ManagedBean
#SessionScoped
public class LoginController implements Serializable {
#EJB
private LoginSessionBean loginSessionBean;
#EJB
private LecturerFacade lecturerFacade;
private Lecturer checkedUser;
private String enteredEmail;
private String enteredPassword;
private boolean loggedIn;
/** Creates a new instance of loginController */
public LoginController() {
loggedIn = false;
checkedUser = new Lecturer();
}
public String login(){
RequestContext context = RequestContext.getCurrentInstance();
FacesMessage msg = null;
this.setCheckedUser(lecturerFacade.findLecturerByEmail(enteredEmail));
if(loginSessionBean.checkPassword(checkedUser, enteredPassword))
{
loggedIn = true;
msg = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO, "Welcome", checkedUser.getFirstName()+ " " + checkedUser.getLastName());
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);
context.addCallbackParam("loggedIn", loggedIn);
}
return "Index";
I am also posting the two EJBs that the above managed bean uses. The lecturerFacade retrieves the user object with the entered email, while the loginSessionBean checks the password.
#Stateless
public class LecturerFacade extends AbstractFacade<Lecturer> {
#PersistenceContext(unitName = "EffectinetWebPU")
private EntityManager em;
Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("MyLog");
FileHandler fh;
protected EntityManager getEntityManager() {
return em;
}
public LecturerFacade() {
super(Lecturer.class);
}
public Lecturer findLecturerByEmail(String email) {
try {
return (Lecturer) this.getEntityManager().createQuery("SELECT l FROM Lecturer l WHERE l.email = :email").setParameter("email", email).getSingleResult();
} catch (NoResultException e) {
System.err.println("Caught NOResultException: "+ e.getMessage());
return null;
} catch (NonUniqueResultException e) {
System.err.println("Caught NonUniqueResultException: "+ e.getMessage());
return null;
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
System.err.println("Caught IllegalStateException: "+ e.getMessage());
return null;
}
}
_
#Stateless
public class LoginSessionBean {
// Add business logic below. (Right-click in editor and choose
// "Insert Code > Add Business Method")
#PersistenceContext(unitName = "EffectinetWebPU")
private EntityManager em;
protected EntityManager getEntityManager() {
return em;
}
public void setEntityManager(EntityManager em) {
this.em = em;
}
public boolean checkPassword(Lecturer user, final String enteredPassword) {
if (user.getPassword().equals(enteredPassword)) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
Please if someone has any suggestion of what is going wrong, please tell me
Im using glassfish 3.1 as application server and Primefaces as JSF library. Also, I have checked and the imported the sessionScoped annotation from the right package and not from javax.enterprise...
Your problem is thus here:
<p:menuitem value="Logout" ... onclick="#{loginController.logout()}"/>
The onclick attribute should represent a JavaScript handler function which is to be executed in the webbrowser when the enduser clicks the element. Something like
onclick="alert('You have clicked this element!')"
The onclick attribute also accepts a ValueExpression, so you can even let JSF/EL autogenerate its value accordingly:
onclick="#{bean.onclickFunction}"
with
public String getOnclickFunction() {
return "alert('You have clicked this element!')";
}
All the EL is thus evaluated when the page is rendered. In your particular case, the logout() method is called everytime the EL is evaluated and thus you're invalidating the session everytime the page is rendered!
You need to bind it to an attribute which takes a MethodExpression like <h:commandLink action>, <h:commandButton action> and in this particular case <p:menuitem action>.
<p:menuitem value="Logout" ... action="#{loginController.logout()}"/>
This can be understood by understanding basic HTML and JavaScript concepts and keeping in mind that JSF ultimately produces HTML/CSS/JS. Open the JSF page in webbrowser, rightclick and View Source to realize it.
Well I managed to solve it today. This was the problem, although I cannot explain why:
I was using Primefaces 3.2 as JSF library so this was the main menu of the index page.
<h:form>
<p:menubar >
<p:menuitem id="registerLink" value="Register" rendered="#{!loginController.loggedIn}" onclick="registerDialog.show()" />
<p:menuitem id="loginLink" value="Login" rendered="#{!loginController.loggedIn}" onclick="loginDialog.show()" />
<p:submenu label="Units" rendered="true">
<p:menuitem id="addNew" value="Add New" onclick="createUnitDialog.show()" />
<p:menuitem id="myUnits" value="My Units" onclick="" />
</p:submenu>
<p:menuitem id="results" value="Results/Statistics" rendered="#{loginController.loggedIn}" onclick=""/>
<p:menuitem id="profile" value="My Profile" rendered="#{loginController.loggedIn}" onclick=""/>
<p:menuitem id="logout" value="Logout" rendered="#{loginController.loggedIn}" onclick="#{loginController.logout()}"/>
</p:menubar>
</h:form>
After setting breakpoints to the whole code I discovered that the logout() method, which is supposed to destroy the managed bean, was called on every page refresh. I don't know why this happened as it should be called when the logout menuitem was clicked.
However, after changing the onclick="#{loginController.logout()} with action="#{loginController.logout()} the problem was solved.
I checked the documentation of Primefaces but nowhere this behavior was explained

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