ModalPanel using RichFaces - jsf-2

Question

I'm trying to create a ModalPanel from a dataTable (RichFaces 4.5.1, MyFaces 2.2.6, Spring 3.1.1, Tomcat 7.0.27) but I can't.
The modalPanel has values ​​to be displayed based on the selected row in the table. When I click in a commandLink, trigger a actionListener should feed these values (localidadeMB.carregarColecoes()), but it does't work, because the reference to attributes of bean is null (has not been set by the f:setPropertyActionListener located in commandLink).
What was missing?
*page.xhtml
(...)
<f:view>
<h:form id="formConsulta">
<rich:dataTable id="tabela"
value="#{localidadeMB.getLocalidadesPorPalavra()}" var="loc"
rowKeyVar="row" rows="20" width="800px" render="scroller">
<rich:column>
(...)
</rich:column>
<rich:column>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value=""/>
</f:facet>
<a4j:commandLink id="editlink" ajaxSingle="true"
oncomplete="#rich:component('modalEditarLocalidade')}.show()"
actionListener="#{localidadeMB.carregarColecoes}"
render="modalEditarLocalidade">
<h:graphicImage value="/img/edit.png"/>
<f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{loc}" target="#{localidadeMB.localidade}" />
</a4j:commandLink>
</rich:column>
</rich:dataTable>
</h:form>
<ui:include src="modalPanel.xhtml" />
*modalPanel.xhtml
<ui:composition>
<rich:popupPanel id="modalEditarLocalidade" autosized="true"
modal="false" resizable="false">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="Alterar localidade" />
</f:facet>
<f:facet name="controls">
<h:graphicImage id="modalClosePNG2" value="/img/close1.png"
style="cursor:default;"
onclick="Richfaces.hideModalPanel('modalEditarLocalidade')" />
</f:facet>
<h:form>
<h:outputLabel value="Nome da localidade:" for="nomeLocalidade" />
<h:inputText id="nomeLocalidade"
value="#{localidadeMB.localidade.nome}" required="true"
immediate="true"/>
</h:inputText>
</h:form>
</rich:popupPanel>
</ui:composition>
*ManagedBean
private Localidade localidade;
public void setLocalidade(Localidade l){
this.localidade = l;
}
public void carregarColecoes(ActionEvent action){
System.out.println(localidade.getNome());
***** print NULL *****
}

Answer 1

If you want to set up a variable first and then execute a method you have to use #action for that method, actionListeners are executed first but since both of your methods are actionListeners the localidadeMB.carregarColecoes is executed before the variable is set. (And btw. h:commandLink has no "ajaxSingle" or "oncomplete" attributes.)

Answer 2

With the suggestion of Makhiel and this link I decided.
The xhtml looked like this:
<a4j:commandLink id="editlink" ajaxSingle="true"
oncomplete="#{rich:component('modalEditarLocalidade')}.show()"
action="#{localidadeMB.carregarColecoes}"
render="modalEditarLocalidade">
<h:graphicImage value="/img/edit.png"/>
<f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{loc}"
target="#{localidadeMB.localidade}" />
</a4j:commandLink>
and ManagedBean like this:
public String carregarColecoes(){
(....)
}