Replace JSF valueChangeListener Tag

[Dan Parsons]

I am using Tomcat and cant use JSF on our web container. With no JSF I cant use the JSF valueChangeListener Tag.

Please advise what I can substitute for the below valueChangeListener so I can get this to work for my dynamic drop downs:

<h:selectOneMenu value="#{Bean.selectedItem1}" valueChangeListener="#{Bean.myValueChangeListener}" onchange="submit();">
  <f:selectItems value="#{bean.list1}"
></h:selectOneMenu>
 
<h:selectOneMenu value="#{Bean.selectedItem2}">
  <f:selectItems value="#{bean.list2}"
></h:selectOneMenu>

Bean:

private String selectedItem1 = ""; //holds selected value from combo1
private String selectedItem2 = "";//holds selected value from combo2
 
private ArrayList list1 = null; //combo1 list
private ArrayList list2 = null; //combo2 list
 
public Bean(){
       list1 = new ArrayList();
       //add some SelectItems to list1
       //it can be done somwhere else than this constructor
       //
       list2 = new ArrayList();//leave empty, or add one row informing that you need to choose value from combo1 first
       //ie.
       list2.add(new SelectItem("","Choose combo1 value first 1));//
}
 
public void myValueChangeListener(ValueChangeEvent e) throws ... {
       selectedItem1 = e.getNewValue();
       
       fillList2(selectedItem1);
 
 
}
 
private void fillList2(String selectedItem1){
 //this method fills list2 
 //ie from query
 String query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE group_id="+selectedItem1;
 ...
 ...
 ...
 
}

[Bauke Scholtz]

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