Managed bean property not being set on commandButton - jsf

I have a p:dialog containing a p:dataTable; when a row gets selected I want to enable a p:commandButton and when clicked a textarea should be updated - but the textarea component appears af it was validated (red outlining) and the value is always null.
The textarea:
<c:set property="resolution" value="#{cc.attrs.resolution}" target="#{cc.attrs.bean}" />
...
<h:outputLabel for="resolution" value="#{text['task.action.resolution']}" />
<p:inputTextarea id="resolution"
rows="10"
value="#{cc.attrs.bean.resolution}"
required="true" requiredMessage="#{text['task.action.required.resolution']}"
/>
The dialog:
<p:dialog id="userNotesDialog"
widgetVar="userNotesDialogVar"
header="#{text['task.action.user_notes']}"
... >
<p:dataTable id="userNotesTable"
value="#{cc.attrs.bean.userNotesOptions}"
rendered="#{!cc.attrs.bean.userNotesOptions.isEmpty()}"
var="userNote"
selection="#{cc.attrs.bean.selectedUserNote}"
selectionMode="single" rowKey="#{userNote.id}">
<p:ajax event="rowSelect"
listener="#{cc.attrs.bean.onUserNoteSelect}"
update=":#{cc.clientId}:actionForm:chooseUserNote"
/>
<p:column>
Some content here
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
<p:commandButton id="chooseUserNote"
disabled="#{cc.attrs.bean.selectedUserNote == null}"
value="#{text['task.action.user_notes.select']}"
action="#{cc.attrs.bean.setResolutionWithUserNote}"
oncomplete="PF('userNotesDialogVar').hide()"
update=":#{cc.clientId}:actionForm:parentPanel :#{cc.clientId}:actionForm:resolution">
<f:setPropertyActionListener target="#{cc.attrs.bean.resolution}" value="#{cc.attrs.bean.selectedUserNote.noteText}" />
</p:commandButton>
</p:dialog>
Note: the whole code is enclosed by a form (actionForm).
When the dialog is closed, the resolution component is supposed to filled with the selected value, but it appears to be null - am I missing something?

It turned out to be a forgotten c:set that was reposting the initial value to the textarea component. The problem was solved when c:set was removed.

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Primefaces datatable update datatable

I have a problem with primefaces datatables. I have one datatable with some entries and a column with a button inside. If the button is pressed a popup is opened with another datatable. The entries in the second datatable are depending on the row in which the button is pressed.
<!-- first datatable -->
<h:form id="list">
<p:dataTable id="list1" var="item" value="#{bean1.itemlist}"
rowKey="#{item.id}" selection="#{bean1.selectedItem}"
selectionMode="single">
<p:column headerText="ID">
<h:outputText value="#{item.id}" />
</p:column>
...
<p:column headerText="Edit Entries">
<p:commandButton value="Edit Entries"
actionListener="#{bean2.updateEntries(item)}" ajax="true"
oncomplete="PF('edit_entries').show()" />
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
<!-- Second datatable in the popup -->
<p:dialog header="Edit Entries" widgetVar="edit_entries" modal="true"
resizable="false">
<p:dataTable id="list2" var="entry"
value="#{bean2.entriesList}" rowKey="#{entry.id}"
selection="#{bean2.selectedEntry}" selectionMode="single">
<p:column headerText="Entry Number">
<h:outputText value="#{entry.number}" />
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
<f:facet name="footer">
<p:commandButton value="Save" oncomplete="PF('edit_entries').hide()" />
</f:facet>
</p:dialog>
</form>
Bean2
public void updateEntries(Item selectedItem) {
this.entriesList = this.entriesQuery.getAllEntriesByItemID(selectedItem.getId());//db query could take some time
System.out.println("entrieslist size: " + this.entriesList.size()); //prints the correct size
}
The problem is that there are no entries listed in the popup datatable although there are some in the list after the db query.
Any ideas how to fix this bug?
Thanks in advance!
UPDATE 1:
<!-- first datatable -->
<h:form id="list">
<p:dataTable id="list1" var="item" value="#{bean1.itemlist}"
rowKey="#{item.id}" selection="#{bean1.selectedItem}"
selectionMode="single">
<p:column headerText="ID">
<h:outputText value="#{item.id}" />
</p:column>
...
<p:column headerText="Edit Entries">
<p:commandButton value="Edit Entries" update=":dialogUpdateEntries"
actionListener="#{bean2.updateEntries(item)}" ajax="true"
oncomplete="PF('edit_entries').show()" />
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
</h:form>
<!-- Second datatable in the popup -->
<p:dialog header="Edit Enries" id="dialogUpdateEntries" widgetVar="edit_entries" modal="true"
resizable="false">
<h:form id="formEntriesList">
<p:dataTable id="list2" var="entry"
value="#{bean2.entriesList}" rowKey="#{entry.id}"
selection="#{bean2.selectedEntry}" selectionMode="single">
<p:column headerText="Entry Number">
<h:outputText value="#{entry.number}" />
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
<f:facet name="footer">
<p:commandButton value="Save" oncomplete="PF('edit_entries').hide()" />
</f:facet>
</form>
</p:dialog>
You're indeed not updating the data table in the dialog. JSF doesn't automatically update the view on change of the model, you have to explicitly tell the view to do so. You can use the ajax action component's update attribute for this. This takes a JSF client ID which can be found by rules as outlined in this related answer: How to find out client ID of component for ajax update/render? Cannot find component with expression "foo" referenced from "bar".
Given the markup as shown in the question, that'll be
<p:commandButton ... update=":list:list2" />
However, there's another potential problem. You're using <p:dialog modal="true"> inside a form instead of giving the dialog its own form. This way the dialog may not be available in the HTML DOM tree as JavaScript (the one responsible for dealing with ajax stuff) would expect to find it. Giving the dialog its own form should fix this matter. It'll also fix the potential future problems with invoking actions from inside the dialog as handled in this related question: <p:commandbutton> action doesn't work inside <p:dialog>.
<h:form id="viewForm">
...
<p:commandButton ... update=":editDialog" />
...
</h:form>
<p:dialog id="editDialog" modal="true">
<h:form id="editForm">
...
</h:form>
</p:dialog>
Try adding update="list2" to Edit Entries command button (even update="#widgetVar(edit_entries)" should work).
If, because of page layout and structure, you can't target the second datatable using above suggestions, then add styleClass="tList2" to second table, and update it with update="#(.tList2)" on edit button.

use <p:commandbutton> in <p:datatable> to show a <p:dialog>

Hello I am trying to implement some primefaces commandbuttons in a p:datatable. My need is almost identical to this post:
f:setPropertyActionListener not invoked
Basically I need to have a column of buttons in a , click on one button will pass the object of the current row to the bean, and a dialog will pop out, showing some information of the chosen object.
The following is the relevant code:
<f:view>
<body>
<h:form id="theForm">
<p:dataTable id="testFailures" value="#{testDetails.report.failures}" var="failure"
styleClass="baseTable">
<p:column id="requestColumn">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="Request" id="requestHeaderText" />
</f:facet>
<p:commandButton value="Detail" update="requestDialog"
oncomplete="PF('dlg1').show();" type="button">
<f:setPropertyActionListener
target="#{testDetails.selectedFailure}" value="#{failure}" />
</p:commandButton>
<h:message for="requestDialog" />
<p:dialog id="requestDialog" header="Request Dialog"
widgetVar="dlg1" dynamic="true">
<h:outputText value="#{selectedFailure.request}" />
</p:dialog>
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
</h:form>
<h:message for="theForm" />
<h:message for="responseDialog" />
<p:dialog id="responseDialog" header="Request Dialog"
widgetVar="dlg2" dynamic="true">
<h:form>
<h:outputText value="#{selectedFailure.request}" />
</h:form>
</p:dialog>
</body>
</f:view>
I tried to put the dialog in different positions (see my "dlg1" and "dlg2"). But neither works. No dialog showing. does not show anything either. And I don't see any error message in the browser's console window. (I think there is a exclamation warning).
I have tried debug mode, and set method for the property "selectedFailure" is not called.
Try to remove type="button" from your commandButton and it should work. Also dialogs should not be placed inside dataTables so the position of "dlg2" is more correct.

Primefaces DataTable - deleting with dialog deletes wrong entry

I have a table in a form. One of the columns in the table displays a row of buttons to edit and delete the table entries. When I delete an entry callign the controller from a button's action attribute, it works as expected.
But once I have added a dialog to let the user confirm the deletion, a wrong entry is deleted. It is always the last entry in the current table. I have no idea what the reason could be - I am using the same DataTable var for the button and for the dialog.
I am working with JSF 2 (Mojarra 2.1.6) and Primefaces 3.5 deploying on JBoss 7.1.1 on a Suse 12.2 machine.
The form:
<h:form id="downloads">
<ui:include src="components/table.xhtml"/>
</h:form>
The table:
<ui:composition>
<p:dataTable value="#{controller.currentLevelResources}"
var="download" id="downloadTable" scrollHeight="120" rows="10">
<p:column sortBy="#{download.name}">
<f:facet name="header">Name</f:facet>
<h:outputText id="downloadName" value="#{download.name}" title="#{download.description}" />
</p:column>
...
<p:column>
<ui:include src="menuBar.xhtml"></ui:include>
</p:column>
The menu bar:
<ui:composition>
<p:commandButton id="edit"
action="#{downloadEditController.editResource(download)}"
icon="ui-icon-gear" title="Edit" oncomplete="updateStyles()"
update=":downloads" />
<p:commandButton id="delete" onclick="deletedDlg.show();"
icon="ui-icon-trash" title="Delete" oncomplete="updateStyles()" />
<p:dialog header="Delete confirmation" widgetVar="deletedDlg"
resizable="false">
<h:panelGroup layout="block" style="padding:5px;">
<h:outputText
value="The Resource #{download} will be deleted. Proceed?" />
</h:panelGroup>
<p:commandButton id="deleteBtn" value="Delete"
oncomplete="deletedDlg.hide(); updateStyles(); "
action="#{downloadEditController.deleteResource(download)}"
process="#this" update=":downloads">
</p:commandButton>
<p:commandButton value="Cancel" type="button"
onclick="deletedDlg.hide();" />
</p:dialog>
If I replace the dialog with this, everything works:
<p:commandButton id="delete" icon="ui-icon-trash" title="Delete"
action="#{downloadEditController.deleteResource(download)}"
oncomplete="updateStyles()" update=":downloads" />
Creating a <p:dialog> for every row is not a good idea.
For starters you had better create a single <p:dialog> outside your <p:dataTable>.
Next thing that I would do is to set the id or the row var in your bean upon delete button click and in case of confirmation in dialog use that id or the row var from bean to delete.
This is how your delete button could look like, set the download var in prepareDataForDeletion action and show the dialog...
<p:commandButton id="deleteConfirmation" icon="ui-icon-trash" title="Delete"
action="#{downloadEditController.prepareDataForDeletion(download)}"
onsucess="deletedDlg.show();"/>
Regarding your current anomaly: it's because all your dialogs have the same widgetVar and each next one is overriding the previously declared one all the way until the last one. You could dynamically give them a different widget names like so widgetVar="deleteDlg_#{someIndex}", but this makes no sense if you can have just only one reusable dialog whose content is updated before opening.

Primefaces commandButton only working on first entry of a carousel component

I use a Primefaces carousel component to display a list of items. What i would like to do is show a commandButton on every carousel item which triggers a method on the bean to confirm or decline the entry.
Now it works only for the first entry of the carousel. Clicking on another entry does not invoke the action confirmResource. I guess it has something to do with the IDs but i can't figure it out.
Here's the form:
<h:form id="form" prependId="false">
<p:carousel id="resourceCarousel" value="#{resourceRatingBean.resourceProposalList}" var="var" rows="1" itemStyle="width:500px; height: 400px; text-align:center;" circular="true">
<p:column>
<h:panelGrid columns="1" cellpadding="3">
<p:graphicImage value="/cache/images/#{var.imagePath}" width="100"/>
<h:outputText value="#{var.imagePath}" />
<h:outputText value="#{var.name}" />
<h:outputText value="#{var.description}" />
</h:panelGrid>
<p:commandButton value="confirm" action="#{resourceRatingBean.confirmResource}" process="#this">
<f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{var}" target="#{resourceRatingBean.ratedResource}" />
</p:commandButton>
</p:column>
</p:carousel>
</h:form>
I see two likely problems here:
The process="#this" is likely an issue as this will only invoke the process of the invoke the action of the commandButton and not the changes in the carousel component. Try setting this attribute to resourceCarousel or #form instead.
If you are still having issues and using JSF 2 + EL 2.2, then instead of depending on setPropertyActionListener to set the value of a managed property, then instead you can pass the argument var to an actionListener method through an EL expression.
Here is an example:
<p:commandButton value="confirm" actionListener="${resourceRatingBean.confirmResourceListener(var)}"
this="resourceCarousel" />

JSF render is not working for form element

I have a composite displayed inside a dialog. I have an edit button that get the current bean #SessionScoped (item in a data table) and then update the UI. My app is very similar to a simple CRUD app like http://balusc.blogspot.com/2010/06/benefits-and-pitfalls-of-viewscoped.html.
The problem is that the UI is updated correctly when using <h:outputText/> but not when using a form element.
<h:inputTextarea value="#{cc.attrs.managedBean.assertionStatement}" />
<h:inputText value="#{cc.attrs.managedBean.assertionStatement}" />
<h:outputText value="#{cc.attrs.managedBean.assertionStatement}"/>
The UI shows an empty textarea and input but the outputText renders the correct value. The getAssertionStatement() is called 3 times which seems to be the correct behavior.
When I close the dialog and reopen it, everything (form element) is populated.
The dialog call (ag namespace is for composite component):
<p:dialog widgetVar="DataValueRuleDialog" modal="true" height="600" width="800">
<p:outputPanel id="DataValueRulePanel">
<ag:DataValueAssertion managedBean="#{dataValueAssertionController}" id="DataValueComposite" />
</p:outputPanel>
</p:dialog>
The composite that calls another composite:
<h:form id="DataValueForm">
<ag:assertionMetadataComponent
managedBean="#{cc.attrs.managedBean.dataValueAssertionBean.assertionMetadataBean}"
assertionStatementRows="5" />
<p:dataTable value="#{cc.attrs.managedBean.model}" var="item">
<p:column>
<f:facet name="header">Assertion Statement</f:facet>
<h:outputText rendered="#{item.profileBean.profileLocation == cc.attrs.managedBean.selectedComformanceProfile.name}" value="#{item.assertionMetadataBean.assertionStatement}" />
</p:column>
<p:column>
<p:commandButton rendered="#{item.profileBean.profileLocation == cc.attrs.managedBean.selectedComformanceProfile.name}" value="edit" immediate="true"
actionListener="#{cc.attrs.managedBean.editDataValueAssertion}" update=":DataValueComposite:DataValueForm">
</p:commandButton>
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
</h:form>
When I remove the immediate=true the form is validated and since one of the required field (supposed to be populated) is missing, I got a validation error. This is why I have immediate=true but it should be necessary since all the items in the data table should be valid.

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