call a action method with h:commandButton

[Mihai Radulescu]

Hi

I have a simple problem, I try to call a bean action with a h:commandButton
the code looks like :

<h:commandButton value="Submit" action="#{tagit.router.submit}"/>              

but this is not working - but if I add the button in to a fromular then it works, after this the code looks like :

<h:form>
    <h:commandButton value="Submit" action="#{tagit.router.submit}"/>              
</h:form>

My question is why do I need to use a form ?

Regards,
M

[Amir Iqbal]

in my opinion we need a form to perform action. if you do not mention the form then it will not work.

[Mihai Radulescu]

Hi Amir,

That is exactly my question :

Why I need a form to perform action ?

Regards
M

[Tim Holloway]

Because the commandButton builds on the HTML Submit button object and HTML submits can only be done in conjunction with an HTML Form object that contains it. That's specified by the RFCs that define HTML and the HTTP protocol.

As a secondary reason, JSF doesn't simply fire off an event - there's a whole lot of extra information that goes down to the server as well, so a full-blown POST request has to be made.

[Bauke Scholtz]

Webbrowsers only understand HTML.
JSF just renders HTML (alongside some other client side stuff like JS/CSS).
Open a JSF page in your favourite browser and view source. Do you see?

Well, to understand what JSF renders, you need to understand HTML. If you are new to HTML as well, I highly recommend you to go through this tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/html/ Forms are covered here: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp
[ December 15, 2008: Message edited by: Bauke Scholtz ]

[Mihai Radulescu]

Thanks fro your help.
M

[Bauke Scholtz]

You're welcome.