JSF hide form or disable command buttons

[malik ge]

Hi,
I am using primefaces and here is the code for my register.xhtml page.

  <h:body>
      <h:form id="form">
        <p:panel id="panel" header="User Sign Up Form" style="margin-bottom:10px;" >

          <h:panelGrid columns="3">

            <h:outputLabel for="firstname" value="First Name: *" />
            <p:inputText id="firstname" value="#{register.firstName}" required="true" label="Firstname">
              <f:validateLength minimum="2" />
            </p:inputText>
            <p:message for="firstname" />

            <h:outputLabel for="surname" value="Sur Name: *" />
            <p:inputText id="surname" value="#{register.surName}" required="true" label="Surname"/>
            <p:message for="surname" />

          </h:panelGrid>

          <h3>
            <p:messages id="messages" />
          </h3>
        </p:panel>

        <p:commandButton value="Submit" id="ajax" actionListener="#{register.registerUser}" update="msg" ajax="false"/>
        <p:commandButton value="Reset" type="reset" ajax="false" />

      </h:form>
  </h:body>

Managed Bean:

@ManagedBean
@RequestScoped
public class Register
{
   //setters and getters

   public void registerUser() throws IOException 
  {
    // code for inserting data into database.

    clear();    
    FacesMessage facesMessage = new FacesMessage("You are successfully registered");
    FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, facesMessage);    
  }
    public void clear()
  {
    setFirstName(null);
    setSurName(null);
}

}

What I want to know if there is a way, that after the Submit button is clicked either:
Disable the command button so that it can't be clicked again.
or
Hide the form after the form is submitted.

Thanks

[Tim Holloway]

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