Initial request

[gerry mundo]

Hi Guys

JSF newbie here! Can anyone help me with this one?
I have an app that can get 3 types of request: create, update, read
I need to get the params off the request and display the appropriate page.
Currently I am doing this in a scriplet in index.jsp.
code looks like:

String action = request.getParameter("prospectAction");
 
//default action
if (action == null) {
response.sendRedirect("addProspectCustomer.jsf");
}

if (action.equals("create")) {
response.sendRedirect("addProspectCustomer.jsf");
}
 
if (action.equals("update")) {
response.sendRedirect("updateProspect.jsf");
}

if (action.equals("view")) {
response.sendRedirect("viewProspectCustomer.jsf");
}
 

This is no good (probably for a number of reasons) mainly because I can't test it. I had envisaged using a managed bean and UrlParameterListener.

I have that declared in faces-config.xml and configured in
url-parameter-configuration.xml. I have a bean with an action method thus:

public String processAction(ActionEvent event) {

HttpServletRequest request=(HttpServletRequest)FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequest();
String value = request.getParameter(ACTION);
String id = request.getParameter(CUSTOMERID);

if (value != null) {
if (value.equals(CREATE)) {
return CREATE;
}

if (value.equals(UPDATE)) {
return UPDATE;
}

if (value.equals(VIEW)) {
return VIEW;
}
}
return FAIL;
}
    

When I sent a request localhost:8888/Customer?action=update&customerid=1298
I get a blank page, index.jsp which has no content.

Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong??

thanks and regards

Gerry16

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