Refresh jsf validator component on rerender

[Steven De Groote]

Hi,

I have an issue with the attributes values of a validator component.
Apparently the validator is created when I first visit a page.

Please see my code below:

<h:inputText value="#{qsetting.value}" rendered="#{qsetting.dataType=='Double'}">
	<mw:validateRange min="#{qsetting.minValue}" max="#{qsetting.maxValue}" />
</h:inputText>

The inputText component is rerendered through ajax but apparently, including the value that is displayed.
Unfortunately, the qsetting.minValue and qsetting.maxValue are not refreshed, causing my validator to not work correctly.

Is there a possibility to refresh the validator, to make sure it re-retrieves its attributes or to just create a new instance of the validator?
The validator class itself is currently implementing "Validator, Serializable".
Also, I'm using jsf1.2 with facelets...

Thanks,
Steven

[Tim Holloway]

Not all attributes are dynamic. Usually a JSP or JSP tag's documentation will include a column indicating whether dynamic EL expressions are allowable.

[Steven De Groote]

In facelets they are.

The problem I'm having is that the min and max value setter methods are only called upon page load, not when I perform a reRender or an action function to the same page.

[Tim Holloway]

Steven De Groote wrote:In facelets they are.

The problem I'm having is that the min and max value setter methods are only called upon page load, not when I perform a reRender or an action function to the same page.

I don't think that Facelets is entitled to override the abilities of components that aren't part of the Facelets tagset. However, Facelets does have an irritating habit of taking things that would be fatal on a non-facelets page and silently ignoring them.

Incidentally, I ran into the same problem you have about a month or 2 back. I don't think I came up with an easy solution.