ADF Bounded Task Flow

Question

I have created a bounded task flow which has the following activities: Method Call (default activity and it calls a custom method in a request scoped backing bean), a controlFlow to a jsf page, a controlFlow to a Task Flow Return.
Here is the xml code for the Bounded Task Flow:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<adfc-config xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/controller" version="1.2">
<task-flow-definition id="fromviewprojlist-task-flow">
<default-activity>retrieveProjInfo</default-activity>
<managed-bean id="__5">
<managed-bean-name>backing_ViewProjList</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>com.dairynet.pts.controller.backing_ViewProjList</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>
<method-call id="retrieveProjInfo">
<method>#{backing_ViewProjList.retrieveSingleProjData}</method>
<outcome>
<fixed-outcome>toSummary</fixed-outcome>
</outcome>
</method-call>
<view id="summary">
<page>/projectRequest/projSummary.jsf</page>
</view>
<task-flow-return id="tfrViewProjList">
<outcome>
<name>tfrViewProjList</name>
</outcome>
</task-flow-return>
<control-flow-rule id="__1">
<from-activity-id>retrieveProjInfo</from-activity-id>
<control-flow-case id="__2">
<from-outcome>toSummary</from-outcome>
<to-activity-id>summary</to-activity-id>
</control-flow-case>
</control-flow-rule>
<control-flow-rule id="__3">
<from-activity-id>summary</from-activity-id>
<control-flow-case id="__4">
<from-outcome>toViewProjList</from-outcome>
<to-activity-id>tfrViewProjList</to-activity-id>
</control-flow-case>
</control-flow-rule>
</task-flow-definition>
</adfc-config>
I am calling this bounded task flow from a commandLink that is in an ADF table (partial code of the jsf page that has the commandLink):
<af:table value="#{bindings.VProjectlistQryVO1.collectionModel}" var="row"
rows="#{bindings.VProjectlistQryVO1.rangeSize}"
emptyText="#{bindings.VProjectlistQryVO1.viewable ? 'No data to display.' : 'Access Denied.'}"
fetchSize="#{bindings.VProjectlistQryVO1.rangeSize}" rowBandingInterval="0"
filterModel="#{bindings.ImplicitViewCriteriaQuery.queryDescriptor}"
queryListener="#{bindings.ImplicitViewCriteriaQuery.processQuery}"
filterVisible="true" varStatus="vs"
selectedRowKeys="#{bindings.VProjectlistQryVO1.collectionModel.selectedRow}"
selectionListener="#{bindings.VProjectlistQryVO1.collectionModel.makeCurrent}"
id="resId1" width="100%">
<af:column sortProperty="#{bindings.VProjectlistQryVO1.hints.ProjShortDesc.name}"
filterable="true" sortable="true" width="169"
headerText="#{bindings.VProjectlistQryVO1.hints.ProjShortDesc.label}"
id="resId1c1">
<af:commandLink action="fromviewprojlist-task-flow" id="cl1"
text="#{row.ProjShortDesc}"/>
Here is my code in the adfc-config.xml file related to the page calling the bounded task flow and the bounded task flow:
<control-flow-rule id="__7">
<from-activity-id>masterList</from-activity-id>
<control-flow-case id="__5">
<from-outcome>fromviewprojlist-task-flow</from-outcome>
<to-activity-id>fromviewprojlist-task-flow</to-activity-id>
</control-flow-case>
</control-flow-rule>
<control-flow-rule id="__6">
<from-activity-id>fromviewprojlist-task-flow</from-activity-id>
<control-flow-case id="__9">
<from-outcome>tfrViewProjList</from-outcome>
<to-activity-id>masterList</to-activity-id>
</control-flow-case>
</control-flow-rule>
When I click the commandLink where the action is the bounded task flow (fromviewprojlist-task-flow), it does not go into the method I am specifying in the Method Call activitiy (the default activity) within the task flow. It does not error out, but it does not go anywhere. My objective is to go to the custom backing bean method so I can get some value of the row in the table I clicked on, then use this value to successfully load the projSummary.jsf page
I am new to this, and I can't figure out what I'm missing. I appreciate any ideas you may have to help me resolve this.
Thanks!

Answer 1

I did as you suggested, but I see nothing in the console that indicates it's trying to run the bounded task flow. It's like it ignores it. No error, just redisplays the page I'm calling the bounded task flow from.
Previously, in another application, I created a bounded task flow with the default activity which was a Method Call activity, but I dragged and dropped a createInsert operation onto the Method Call activity from the Data Control. This worked fine (for creating an inputForm).
With this bounded task flow that is giving me problems, I'm not referencing the Data Control at all, I'm just referencing the method in the request-scoped backing bean. Is there something I don't have "wired up" correctly so that it's not even finding the bounded task flow the action attribute of my commandLink is referencing?
I'm not referencing the model (or an application module) at all, but should this matter? It seems like it should just find my backing bean method, run it, and carry on!