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Identity ‘signupBean’ does not reference a MethodExpression instance

Sep 9

Posted by smartman in java, JSF | No Comments

Problem itself is simple. JSF h:commandButton or h:commadLink is pressed and error below happens.

javax.el.ELException: /index.xhtml @12,78 action="#{signupBean}": Identity 'signupBean' does not reference a MethodExpression instance, returned type: com.project.beans.SignupBean

If you see something similar then you have typo in your code. In your commandButton/commandLink is missing bean method specification.

<h:commandButton value="Login with gmail" action="#{signupBean}"></h:commandButton>

must be replaced with

<h:commandButton value="Login with gmail" action="#{signupBean.signup}"></h:commandButton>

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Get callback working in Scribe and OAuth

Aug 3

Posted by smartman in java, JSF, oauth | 1 Comment

I was developing LinkedIn API and had some trouble getting callback working after getting user authentication from LinkedIn. I even had configured “OAuth Redirect URL:” in application settings, adding oauth_callback to redirect when asking user authorization did not help either. I kept getting OOB eg out-of-band style authentication where user must manually type in the security code. Examples in scribe website did not help to fix the problem.

In JSF bean i used following code

OAuthService service=new ServiceBuilder().provider(LinkedInApi.class).apiKey("apikey").apiSecret("apisecret").build();
Token requestToken = service.getRequestToken();
String authUrl=service.getAuthorizationUrl(requestToken);
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().redirect(authUrl);

Problem was fixed by adding .callback to ServiceBuilder when building service.

OAuthService service=new ServiceBuilder().provider(LinkedInApi.class).apiKey("apikey").apiSecret("apisecret").callback("http://localhost:8084/WebApplication1/authenticated.jsf").build();
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Which JSF AJAX framework to use.

Jan 22

Posted by smartman in Ajax, JSF, OpenFaces, richfaces | No Comments

There are tens AJAX frameworks available. I have noticed more RichFaces, OpenFaces and PrimeFaces.

RichFaces seems to be more used than others but what is currently missing is proper JSF 2.0 support.

My second choice of JSF 2.0 compatible frameworks was OpenFaces. Works fine but it is lacking some essential components like periodic updates.

Finally i found PrimeFaces, which has loads of components, and just works. Also PrimeFaces is tied into TouchFaces which helps you to build good mobile device UI-s

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Ajax menu navigation in JSF with OpenFaces

Jan 3

Posted by smartman in Ajax, java, JSF, OpenFaces | No Comments

Problem: Webpage must change body contents fast without reloading whole page when user clicks link in menu.

Solution: It can be achieved using OpenFaces o:layeredPane component.

In menu can be used commandLinks surrounded with form. Commandlinks include f:param which sends to server what contents must be displayed. When clicking link then browser sends ajax request to server and bean action method is performed.

        <h:form>
            <h:panelGrid columns="1">
                <h:commandLink value="#{msgs.frontpagelink}" action="#{frontPageBean.changeBody}">
                    <f:param name="pageViewId" value="0"/>
                    <f:ajax render=":fbody"></f:ajax>
                </h:commandLink>
                <h:commandLink value="#{msgs.contactlink}" action="#{frontPageBean.changeBody}">
                    <f:param name="pageViewId" value="1"/>
                    <f:ajax render=":fbody"></f:ajax>
                </h:commandLink>
            </h:panelGrid>
        </h:form>

Bean contains following method that extracts request parameter and assigns it to bean parameter.

    public String changeBody() {
        FacesContext fc = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
        String includedPage = fc.getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap().get("pageViewId");
        setFrontpageBody(includedPage);
        return null;
    }

In body part is OpenFaces o:layeredPane where are defined all possible o:subPanels

        <ui:define name="body">
              <o:layeredPane id="fbody"
                           selectedIndex="#{frontPageBean.frontPageBody}">
                <o:subPanel>
                    <ui:include src="mainpage.xhtml"></ui:include>
                </o:subPanel>
                <o:subPanel>
                    <ui:include src="contact.xhtml"></ui:include>
                </o:subPanel>
            </o:layeredPane>
        </ui:define>

As a conclusion when clicking menu link then request parameter with page index is sent to server with ajax. Server updates correct page index and when rerendering o:layeredPane then correct page is included into webpage contents.

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f:ajax not working in JSF

Dec 29

Posted by smartman in Ajax, java, JSF | 5 Comments

Problem is that in JavaServer Faces application ajax request are just not working. o:ajax in openfaces nor f:ajax in plain JSF 2.0 is not sending any requests to server. For testing can be used simple echo application.

<h:form>
<h:inputText value="#{ajaxTestBean.testValue}" >
  <f:ajax event="keyup" render="text"/>
</h:inputText>
<h:outputText id="text" value="#{ajaxTestBean.testValue}" />
</h:form>

Normally this should work without problems but there is little catch. <h:head></h:head> tag must be included in order for ajax to work properly. Definind h:head includes some more needed javascripts to complete everything. Try this code below to get it working:
index.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:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core">
<f:view>
<h:head>
  <title>AjaxTest</title>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:form>
<h:inputText value="#{ajaxTestBean.testValue}" >
  <f:ajax event="keyup" render="text"/>
</h:inputText>
<h:outputText id="text" value="#{ajaxTestBean.testValue}" />
</h:form>
</h:body>
</f:view>
</html>

AjaxTestBean.java

package com.ajaxtest; 

import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped; 

@ManagedBean(name = "ajaxTestBean")
@SessionScoped
public class AjaxTestBean {
private String testValue = "default";

public String getTestValue() {
  return testValue;
} 

public void setTestValue(String testValue) {
   this.testValue = testValue;
 }
}
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