How to return multiple values from dialog popup

Question

hi all
I'm using ADF 10g. I have a requirement that I have to return multiple values from a dialog.
I have a page containing a table with a button which calls the dialog. The dialog contains a multi-select table where i want to select multiple records and add them to the table in the calling page.
In the backing bean of the calling page, I have the returnListener method.
I am thinking that I have to store the selected rows from dialog in an array and return that array to the returnListener...but I don't know how to go about it with the code.
Can someone help me out with it?
thanks

Answer 1

Hi Frank,
I'm trying to implement your suggestion but getting comfused.
AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance().returnFromDialog(null, hashMap) is called in ActionListener method, from what I understood.
ReturnListener method already calls it, so no need to call explicitly.
Okay here's what i'm doing.
command button launches the dialog on the calling page.
In the dialog page, there is a button "select", which when i click, closes the dialog and returns to calling page. I put a af:returnActionListener on this button, which logically should have a corresponding ReturnListener() in the calling page backing bean.
Now I have 3 questions:
1. do i have to use ActionListener or ReturnListener?
2. where do I create the hashMap? Is it in the backing bean of the dialog or in the one of calling page?
3. how do I retrieve the keys n values from hashmap?
please help! thanks
This is found in the backing bean of calling page:
package mu.gcc.dms.view.bean.backing;
import com.sun.java.util.collections.ArrayList;
import com.sun.java.util.collections.HashMap;
import com.sun.java.util.collections.List;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.faces.application.Application;
import javax.faces.application.ViewHandler;
import javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.el.ValueBinding;
import javax.faces.event.ActionEvent;
import mu.gcc.dms.model.services.DMSServiceImpl;
import mu.gcc.dms.model.views.SiteCompaniesImpl;
import mu.gcc.dms.model.views.SiteCompaniesRowImpl;
import mu.gcc.dms.model.views.lookup.LkpGlobalCompaniesImpl;
import mu.gcc.util.ADFUtils;
import mu.gcc.util.JSFUtils;
import oracle.adf.model.BindingContext;
import oracle.adf.model.binding.DCBindingContainer;
import oracle.adf.model.binding.DCIteratorBinding;
import oracle.adf.view.faces.context.AdfFacesContext;
import oracle.adf.view.faces.event.ReturnEvent;
import oracle.adf.view.faces.model.RowKeySet;
import oracle.binding.AttributeBinding;
import oracle.binding.BindingContainer;
import oracle.binding.OperationBinding;
import oracle.jbo.AttributeDef;
import oracle.jbo.Key;
import oracle.jbo.Row;
import oracle.jbo.RowIterator;
import oracle.jbo.RowSetIterator;
import oracle.jbo.domain.Number;
import oracle.jbo.server.java.util.Iterator;
public class CompanyList {
private BindingContainer bindings;
private Map hashMap;
DMSServiceImpl service =(DMSServiceImpl)ADFUtils.getDataControlApplicationModule("DMSServiceDataControl");
SiteCompaniesImpl siteCompanyList = service.getSiteCompanies();
LkpGlobalCompaniesImpl globalCompanyList = service.getLkpGlobalCompanies();
public CompanyList() {
public BindingContainer getBindings() {
return this.bindings;
public void setBindings(BindingContainer bindings) {
this.bindings = bindings;
*public void setHashMap(Map hashMap) {*
*// hashMap = (Map)new HashMap();*
this.hashMap = hashMap;
*public Map getHashMap() {*
return hashMap;
public String searchCompanyButton_action() {
BindingContainer bindings = getBindings();
OperationBinding operationBinding =
bindings.getOperationBinding("Execute");
Object result = operationBinding.execute();
if (!operationBinding.getErrors().isEmpty()) {
return null;
return null;
*public void addCompanyActionListener(ActionEvent actionEvent){*
AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance().returnFromDialog(null, hashMap);
public void addCompanyReturnListener(ReturnEvent returnEvent){
//how to get hashmap from here??
public String addCompanyButton_action() {
return "dialog:globalLovCompanies";
}