Af:poll timeout is not working

Question

I loved this article about auto-dismissing a popup using a one-time poll:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/adf/learnmore/105-autohidepopup-1881092.pdf
However, when I implement the idea, the poll doesn't timeout. Here is what I have:
        <af:popup binding="#{backingBeanScope.backing_action.successPopup}"
                  id="successPopup" childCreation="deferred"
                  autoCancel="enabled">
          <af:poll binding="#{backingBeanScope.backing_action.p4}" id="p4"
                   timeout="2100"
                   pollListener="#{backingBeanScope.backing_action.closeOnPoll}"
                   partialTriggers="#{backingBeanScope.backing_action.successPopup}"
                   interval="2000"/>
          <af:dialog binding="#{backingBeanScope.backing_action.d5}" id="d5"
                     type="ok" title="#{mesviewcontrollerBundle.SUCCESS}"
                     closeIconVisible="false"
                     dialogListener="#{backingBeanScope.backing_action.closeSuccessPopup}">
            <af:panelGroupLayout binding="#{backingBeanScope.backing_action.pgl7}"
                                 id="pgl7">
              <af:outputFormatted value="#{mesviewcontrollerBundle.TRAN_SUCCESS}"
                                  binding="#{backingBeanScope.backing_action.of3}"
                                  id="of3"/>
            </af:panelGroupLayout>
          </af:dialog>
        </af:popup>Could it be JDev/ADF Version? I know the tutorial is in 11.1.2.3?
I am at: Oracle JDeveloper 11g Release 1 11.1.1.6.0
Or could it possibly be that the tutorial is a .jsf, and I have a .jspx?
Thanks,
Arie

Answer 1

Arie, I took a second look at it and you are right, the poll doesn't time out after the timeout interval is reached. Looks like a bug to me (using 11.1.1.6, not tested it using 11.1.2.3).
I implemented a fix for this, which I upload as soon as the sample side is back online. Looks like they are working on it at the moment.
The fix is to set the interval to -1 after you hide the popup and set it to the interval (5000) when the popup is fetched the next time. I've implemented this in a generic way in the bean as
    public void handleClosePopup(PollEvent pollEvent) {
        UIComponent uic = pollEvent.getComponent();
        while (uic != null && !(uic instanceof RichPopup)) {
            uic = uic.getParent();
        if (uic != null) {
            String popupid = ((RichPopup)uic).getId();
            ((RichPopup)uic).hide();
            ((RichPoll)pollEvent.getComponent()).setInterval(-1);
            AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(pollEvent.getComponent());
            if (logger.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
                StringBuilder logMsg = new StringBuilder("Timer Popup id:" + popupid + " canceld");
                logger.info(logMsg.toString());
    public void popupFetch(PopupFetchEvent popupFetchEvent) {
        RichPopup popup = (RichPopup)popupFetchEvent.getSource();
        ClientListenerSet clientListenerSet = popup.getClientListeners();
        RichPoll poll = findPollComponent(popup);
        if (poll != null) {
            poll.setInterval(5000);
            AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(poll);
            if (logger.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
                StringBuilder logMsg = new StringBuilder("Set interval to 5000 for popup id:" + popup.getId());
                logger.info(logMsg.toString());
    private RichPoll findPollComponent(UIComponent start) {
        if (start == null)
            return null;
        if (start instanceof RichPoll)
            return (RichPoll)start;
        List<UIComponent> children = start.getChildren();
        for (UIComponent ui : children) {
            if (ui instanceof RichPoll)
                return (RichPoll)ui;
            RichPoll rp = findPollComponent(ui);
            if (rp != null)
                return rp;
        return null;
    }As sonn as I managed to upload hte new sample I come back.
Timo