ADFFaces: returnFromDialog fails to invoke return listener after 5 attempts

Question

I am having an issue populating a text field using a selection from a pop-up dialog.
The dialog is launched like the following:
<af:commandLink action="dialog:search" useWindow="true" returnListener="somelistener"
i have a returnListener defined in my backing bean and an ActionListener called from the dialog.
The action listener method calls AdfFaces.getCurrentInstance().returnFromDialog(obj, null);
This works fine in the beginning but after 5 or 6 attempts, it fails to populate the text field . Using the debugger I found that the return listener is no longer called after 5 attempts. But, it is called in the first few attempts.
Has anyone else seen this behavior?
Paul

Answer 1

Hi Paul,
I have reported this bug to Oracle (bug#6013033). You'll have to wait for the 11.1 release for the fix or ask for a merge on the 10.1.3.x branch through Metalink although support told me it would be very difficult to do so...
You can find a workaround I posted here : [SOLVED] Re: ADFFaces: returnFromDialog fails to invoke return listener aft
Other workarounds given through Metalink :
Workaround steps
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1) Use a higher number for oracle.adf.view.faces.CLIENT_STATE_MAX_TOKENS
In web.xml add the following
<context-param>
<param-name>oracle.adf.view.faces.CLIENT_STATE_MAX_TOKENS</param-name>
<param-value>30</param-value>
</context-param>
This will not eliminate the issue. But if the dialog could be designed in such a way that we don't need that many requests (say increase range size), we could tackle the issue.
2) Don't use token method.
<context-param>
<param-name>oracle.adf.view.faces.CLIENT_STATE_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>all</param-value>
</context-param>
This matches the client-side state saving behavior of JSF 1.1 as explained in the link specified above.
3) Use server side state management.
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>server</param-value>
</context-param>
Seb.