locale can't be changed - jsf-2

I'm trying to change Locale using primefaces in vain, here's my bean code :
// more imports here
#ManagedBean
#SessionScoped
public class DateBean implements Serializable{
private Date startDate, endDate;
private Locale locale = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot().getLocale();
public void setLocale(Locale locale) {
this.locale = locale;
}
public Locale getLocale(){
return locale;
}
public void changeLocale(String loc){
FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
locale = new Locale(loc);
context.getViewRoot().setLocale(locale);
}
}
facelet :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core">
<f:view locale="#{dateBean.locale}">
<h:head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<title>Insert title here</title>
<h:outputScript library="scripts" name="#{dateBean.locale}.js"></h:outputScript>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:form>
<p:commandButton value="de" action="#{dateBean.changeLocale('de')}" >
<p:ajax update="#form" process="#form"></p:ajax>
</p:commandButton>
<p:calendar id="cc" value="#{dateBean.startDate}" required="true" showOn="both"
requiredMessage="Start date required"/>
<p:message for="cc"></p:message>
</h:form>
</h:body>
</f:view>
</html>
Calendar locale does not change to deutsch when i click on the locale button, and i got no exception .
However it's like a breeze doing this task using old JSF2.* CommandButton component this way :
<h:commandButton value="portugal" action="#{dateBean.changeLocale('pt')}" >
<f:ajax render="#form"></f:ajax>
</h:commandButton>
May you guys help me figure it out please ?

Primefaces library doesn't provide German translation for its components. You need to download the javascript piece and attach it to your code. Then, make the calendar use the locale you want. Take a look at this site and here you have more info about your issue.
You also are including a Javascript file depending on your locale (<h:outputScript library="scripts" name="#{dateBean.locale}.js">) that makes the javascript file to be included dinamically depending on your locale. Since you're only refreshing the h:form part with your ajax request, you could get in trouble with that, since this tag is rendered with the whole view, so your translation file is not available for your locale at the moment. Appropiate solution: just include all the javascript files you need since the begining.

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JSF Bookmarkable URL to update ui:decorate value

Need help here. I'm trying to make my current project bookmarkable. My current design can basically be summed up in this code snippet:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui"
xmlns:f="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/core">
<f:metadata>
<f:viewParam name="contentUrl" value="#{navigationBean.contentUrl}"/>
</f:metadata>
<h:body>
<ui:composition template="/views/template/template.xhtml">
<ui:define name="leftpane">
<ui:include src="/views/admin/menu_administrator.xhtml"/>
</ui:define>
<ui:define name="rightpane">
<p:growl showDetail="true" sticky="false" />
<ui:decorate template="/views/admin/content/#{navigationBean.contentUrl}.xhtml"/>
</ui:define>
</ui:composition>
</h:body>
</html>
So I have this template to make the site 30/70 look having the "leftpane" contain the menu and the "rightpane" to display the output content. What I want is to be able to change the output in the "rightpane" depending on the URL sent:
www.mysite.com/projectitle/views/admin/Administrator.xhtml?faces-redirect=true&contentUrl=cont_admin_rapptmnttype
Whatever will be constructed in this url: /views/admin/content/#{navigationBean.contentUrl}.xhtml on the "rightpane" also has a corresponding backing bean to generate the needed output
I'm using Primefaces3.5, MyFaces2.0, WAS8.5
Hope someone could help me out on this. Thanks.
UPDATE:
I am using a p:menuitem to set the contentUrl like
<p:menuitem value="Appointment Type" id="cont_admin_rapptmnttype"
ajax="false" outcome="#{navigationBean.currentMode}" >
<f:param name="contentUrl" value="cont_admin_rapptmnttype"/>
</p:menuitem>
But when I click on the menuitem I get a Stackoverflow exception which, as it turns, is caused by:
<ui:decorate template="/views/admin/content/#{navigationBean.contentUrl}.xhtml"/>
Which is the one I'm trying to update.
Here is the recurring exception in the stacktrace:
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.DecorateHandler.apply(DecorateHandler.java:137)
at javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:51)
at javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.applyNextHandler(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:59)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentTagHandlerDelegate.apply(ComponentTagHandlerDelegate.java:324)
at javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.apply(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:54)
at javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:51)
at javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.applyNextHandler(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:59)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentTagHandlerDelegate.apply(ComponentTagHandlerDelegate.java:324)
at javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.apply(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:54)
at javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:51)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:150)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:57)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:45)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:322)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:369)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:347)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeFacelet(DefaultFaceletContext.java:215)

How to keep JSF flash scope parameters on page reload?

I use flash scope to pass a setting object between #viewscoped contollers. But if I make a page reload on one of them, then the flash map is empty and the setting object is not initialized. Is it possible to keep flash scope on page reload?
My source code to store/retrieve settings:
FistPage.xhtml
...
<p:commandButton value="next"
action="#{firstPageController.transferConfig}"
process="#this" />
...
FirstPageController.java
#ManagedBean(name = "firstPageController")
#ViewScoped
public class FirstPageController {
...
public String transferConfig() {
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getFlash().put("searchConfig", searchConfig);
return "/secondPage.xhtml?faces-redirect=true";
}
...
}
SecondPage.xhtml
...
<h:outputLabel value="value">
<f:event type="preRenderComponent" listener="#{secondPageController.onPageLoad()}"/>
</h:outputLabel>
...
SecondPageController.java
#ManagedBean(name = "secondPageController")
#ViewScoped
public class SecondPageController {
...
public void onPageLoad()
{
flash = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getFlash();
searchConfig = ((SearchFilterConfig) flash.get("searchConfig"));
flash.putNow("searchConfig", searchConfig);
flash.keep("searchConfig");
}
...
}
I use Mojarra 2.1.29
Thanks
I just did some tests in my playground project and realized it's actually possible to keep the state of the flash parameters even if you GET the page again, using {flash.keep}. That's how the JSF docs explain it:
The implementation must ensure the proper behaviour of the flash is preserved even in the case of a <navigation-case> that contains a <redirect />. The implementation must ensure the proper behavior of the flash is preserved even in the case of adjacent GET requests on the same session. This allows Faces applications to fully utilize the Post/Redirect/Get design pattern.
Here you've got a nice basic test case:
page1.xhtml
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html"
xmlns:c="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core">
<h:head />
<h:body>
<h:form>
<h:button id="nextButton" value="Next (button)" outcome="page2.xhtml" />
<c:set target="#{flash}" property="foo" value="bar" />
</h:form>
</h:body>
</html>
page2.xhtml
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html">
<head />
<body>foo = #{flash.keep.foo}
</body>
</html>
Just open the first page and click on the button which will redirect you to the second one. Then refresh the second page as many times as you want and you'll find the parameter persisting.
Tested in Mojarra 2.2.6

Updating p:graphicImage every n seconds

I was wondering if someone could either explain or point me to a good resource that will help me understand how to update a p:graphicImage in Primefaces 5.0. What I'm trying to do is pretty simple.
<p:graphicImage value="myImage.png"/>
The filename never changes, but it will be updated every n seconds. I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to update that image every n seconds. In this case we'll say every 5.
tyia
Update:
I've tried the suggestions below but poll isn't updating. I've tested this in IE, FF, and Chrome. I'm using the sample code on the prime faces. Here's my bean:
#ManagedBean
#ViewScoped
public class CounterView implements Serializable {
private int number;
public int getNumber() {
return number;
}
public void increment() {
System.out.println("test");
number++;
}
}
I'm outputting to the console to see if increment() is ever executed, which it isn't.
Here's my xhtml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">
<h:head>
<title></title>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:form>
<p>Welcome, #{loginBean.uname}</p>
<p:commandButton action="#{loginBean.logout}" value="Logout" ajax="false"></p:commandButton>
<br/>
<h:form>
<h:outputText id="txt_count" value="#{counterView.number}" />
<p:poll interval="3" listener="#{counterView.increment}" update="txt_count" />
</h:form>
</h:form>
</h:body>
</html>
The above is the page that I'm redirecting to after a successful login. All output is correct except for txt_count....it stays at 0. I took the image out to get this working before applying it to the image update.
Update 2:
Got the int counter working
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">
<h:head>
<title></title>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:form>
<p>Welcome, #{loginBean.uname}</p>
<p:commandButton action="#{loginBean.logout}" value="Logout" ajax="false"></p:commandButton>
<br/>
<h:outputText id="txt_count" value="#{counterView.number}" />
<p:poll interval="3" listener="#{counterView.increment}" update="txt_count" />
</h:form>
</h:body>
</html>
You might use a poll component with a listener method that changes the image.
<p:poll interval="3" listener="#{your_method_to_change_the_image()}" update="myImage" />
<p:graphicImage id="myImage" value="myImage.png"/>
Disclaimer : Not tested.
According to Primefaces user guide p. 247 you can use a p:imageSwitch for a slideshow. For example:
p:imageSwitch effect="FlyIn">
<p:graphicImage value="/images/nature1.jpg" />
<p:graphicImage value="/images/nature2.jpg" />
<p:graphicImage value="/images/nature3.jpg" />
<p:graphicImage value="/images/nature4.jpg" />
</p:imageSwitch>
You can also set the speed. If I understand you correctly and you change the image serverside I guess you can just alternate between 2 images with the same url. If the browser reads the cached image instead of the updated one I think you can append the current date to the url.

PrimeFaces tags not recognised

I am new to JSF and Primefaces and have created a project with JSF2.0, Glassfish v3.0 and Jdk 6.0.Now want to use Primefaces tags instead of JSF tags.
I have downloaded primefaces-3.5.jar and added it into WEB-INF/lib folder and it well recognized into my *.xhtml pages.
But when I try to run the application it does not recognizes the PrimeFaces tags.
for Example:
if I insert:
<p:inputText id="username" validator="#{regBean.username}" required="true" requiredMessage="Please enter Username"/>
instead of:
<h:inputText id="username" value="#{regBean.username}" required="true" requiredMessage="Please enter Username!"/>
it does not show the input box in the Web Application.
Do I need to include any configuration details in web.xml file?
please suggest!!
Try something like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">
<h:head>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:form>
<p:editor></p:editor>
</h:form>
</h:body>
</html>
Also make sure you have primefaces.jar in your path.

Obtaining the clientId of the parent of a JSF2 composite component

I've got the following code:
<h:dataTable id="dt" value="#{somelist}" var="entry">
<h:column>
#{entry.title}
</h:column>
<h:column>
<h:commandLink id="lnk">
<mycomp:doSomething id="dummy" />
</h:commandLink>
</h:column>
</h:dataTable>
My composite component (mycomp:doSomething) looks like this:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:composite="http://java.sun.com/jsf/composite">
<composite:interface>
</composite:interface>
<composite:implementation >
<script type="text/javascript">
// #{component.parent.clientId}
</script>
</composite:implementation>
</html>
I would expect the output (#{component.parent.clientId}) to be something similar to this: dt:0:lnk but instead it returns dt:0:dummy i.e. the client ID of the composite component.
How do I get the ID of the real parent tag?
Use #{cc.parent.clientId} instead. All content inside composite:implementation is inside a UIPanel that is on a facelet inside the composite component base instance, which usually is a NamingContainer.
UPDATE: Checking the code, cc.parent resolves the parent composite component instead of the immediate parent. It seems to be an old implementation detail, but it is not mentioned in the spec. The solution proposed in this answer does not work :(.
See http://lists.jboss.org/pipermail/jsr-314-open-mirror/2010-February/002474.html
You can bypass the resolution of cc.parent, providing a custom component class extending UINamingContainer and adding this:
<composite:interface componentType="my.custom.ComponentBaseClass">
then add a getter like
public UIComponent getImmediateParent()
{
return getParent();
}
and finally use #{cc.immediateParent.clientId}. It should work in this way.

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