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Hi Mr. Steve,
I am using your example from your blog "Optional Required Fields" and i have noticed the following behaviour.
You have a table with 4 columns, Id, RowType, ValueA and ValueB.
Id and RowType is mandatory and ValueA and ValueB are not (they are forced to be mandatory by the selection of the RowType.
I created a sequence ("Test_Seq") so to populate the Id. I overriden the create method in the TestEntityImpl.java to populate the Id automatically:
protected void create(AttributeList attributeList) {
super.create(attributeList);
SequenceImpl sequence = new SequenceImpl("TEST_SEQ", getDBTransaction());
this.setId(sequence.getSequenceNumber());
I then create a jspx and dragged the TestEntities View as an ADF Creation Form.
I deleted the RowType and dragged it again as a selectOneRadio, with two static values (A and B).
In the valueChange listener i created a bean and incuded the following code so that it will not force the validate method before a selection is made:
public void RowTypeChanged(ValueChangeEvent valueChangeEvent) {
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequestMap().put("RowTypeChanged","x");
I then opened the Page Definition xml file for my page and inside the binding i created an attribute value for the RowType that i have deleted earlier.
In the controller class i specified the "view.util.ConditionalValidationPageController".
By the way, i dragged your updateTest() method onto my submit button to commit the transaction.
When i run the page, everything works fine. Conditional validation works.
However, i don't want to have the Id input text enabled, so i disabled it (becuase it is populated automatically by the sequence).
When i run the page, and select a value for RowType and have the other fields empty (ValueA and ValueB), instead of showing me the error, the form goes into edit mode, bringing the last record. VERY STRANGE.
Can you please give me a solution into how i can overcome this?
Thank you
Antonis

Answer 1

Please email me a JAR file of the version of my demo that reproduces the problem along with the exact steps to reproduce the problem. I don't have time this week to reproduce the issue myself from scratch, but you if can help me out by doing that, it will make it easier to diagnose.
** Please remove the two large *.jar files from ./ViewController/public_html/WEB-INF/lib to make the JAR file you send me smaller.
Thanks.