Naming containers confusion

[Marco Noronha]

Hello...

I am in a puzzle with those naming containers...

The problem is that I want to update by ajax components that are inside composite components.
I have it working for one case, but I want to add another function and I can´t figure out what is the path I should update.

I Have the composite components: filter.xhtml, datatable.xhtml, and confirmDelete.xhtml

I created another that is: crud.xhtml that has all three of those...

This case, IT WORKs. Because this is the deal:

		<po:crud id="crud" entityLabel="#{msg['entity.acao']}" controller="#{acaoController}">

I have the ID crud for that comp.
And inside the Filter, for eg I update like this:

:crud:filterForm

or the data table (remember, it is inside another datatable):

:crud:mainForm:datatable:table

Pretty easy...


But now I want to use the filter and datatable for another function, witch is LOOK UP.

The idea is: I have a lookup.xhtml that has two fields and one button.
First field is a text so the person types the ID of the entity...
Secound field is a disable just to show the entity name, eg.
The third is a button that opens up a dialog so the person can use the filter and datatable and select one entity.

So, lets look at the lookup component:

<cc:implementation>
<h:panelGrid columns="3" styleClass="table_form">
	<p:outputLabel for="#{cc.attrs.fieldId}" value="#{cc.attrs.fieldLabel}"/>					  
	<p:inputText id="#{cc.attrs.fieldId}" disabled="true" value="#{cc.attrs.targetValue.nome}" />  
	
	<p:commandButton id="btn_search" icon="ui-icon-search" onclick="lookupDialog.show()"/>	                       
    </h:panelGrid>

<p:confirmDialog id="selectDialog" showEffect="bounce" hideEffect="explode" severity="alert" 
                          widgetVar="lookupDialog" appendToBody="true">
	<h:form id="filterForm" style="padding-right: 10px;">	
	        <po:filter id="filter" updateFilterForm="#{cc.attrs.clientId}Lookup:filterForm" 
                fileName="#{cc.attrs.fieldLabel}" controller="#{cc.attrs.lookupController}"
               lookup="true" />		       				   			
	</h:form>
        	        
		<h:form id="mainForm">
			<po:datatable id="datatable" controller="#{cc.attrs.controller}" lookup="true">
				<ui:include src="#{cc.attrs.lookupController.colunas}" />
				<p:column>
					<p:commandButton id="selectButton" icon="ui-icon-check" 
                                        oncomplete="lookupDialog.hide();" update="#{cc.clientId}:#{cc.attrs.fieldId}">
						<f:setPropertyActionListener target="#{cc.attrs.targetValue}" value="#{entity}" />
					</p:commandButton>
				</p:column>
			</po:datatable>
		</h:form>
	</p:confirmDialog>
</cc:implementation>

Well, I´m trying, but I got:

javax.faces.FacesException: Cannot find component with identifier "responsavelLookup:filterForm"
referenced from "mainForm:responsavelLookup:filterForm:filter:addFilterBtn".

And I tryed passing ":responsavelLookup:filterForm" "mainForm:responsavelLookup:filterForm" or ":mainForm:responsavelLookup:filterForm"..

All same errors

Maybe this is an easy thing for advanced JSF developers, but it is very hard for me.
Sorry ...

Thanks in advanced for the help!

[Tim Holloway]

I don't know about PrimeFaces, but the basic JSF h:inputText tag cannot accept an EL expression for the id= attribute, only a String constant.

[Marco Noronha]

Tim Holloway wrote:I don't know about PrimeFaces, but the basic JSF h:inputText tag cannot accept an EL expression for the id= attribute, only a String constant.

Thanks for the answer, but I don´t think that is the problem.