Adf bindings of an included page

Question

I'm using adf/jsf, jdev 10.1.3.4. I'm trying to use the af:menuBar component in conjunction with the af dialog/popup functionality. More specifically, when the user clicks a menu item to navigate, if there are changes to the data on the current page (transaction is dirty), I want the popup dialog to ask the user if they want to save the changes before navigating.
I've got this working from a simple command button on a jspx page. However, the first issue I'm having with trying to implement this from the menuBar component is that the menuBar is an included page. I use injection in the faces-config to inject the bindings into the backing bean associated with the 'master' page:
<managed-bean>
<managed-bean-name>backing_ApplSrch</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>view.backing.setup.applications.ApplSrch</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
<managed-property>
<property-name>bindings</property-name>
<value>#{bindings}</value>
</managed-property>
</managed-bean>
The code, which is in the backing bean for the page, that determines if the transaction is dirty looks like this:
protected boolean isDirty(){
Boolean b;
if (bindings == null){
return false;
b = ((Boolean) JSFUtils.resolveExpression("#{bindings.Commit.enabled}"));
// if there is no commit binding, the form is by definition not dirty
if (b == null){
return false;
return b.booleanValue();
My problem is that when this code checks the bindings value, it's always null. So, the tranaction is never dirty, even when i know it is. I assume this is due to the fact that the code is checking for any bindings in a pageDef behind the menuBar.jspx instead of checking the bindings in the pageDef behind the 'main' page.
Right now, the only solution I can think of would be not to include the menu jsp and instead add the code for it to every jsp page. However, from a reusability/maintenance standpoint, I'd rather not do it this way. Anyone have any ideas on how i can determine if transaction is dirty from an included page?

Answer 1

I figured out the solution to that particular problem. Thanks.