Another JSP Fragment bug (or JSF flaw?)

Question

My application has a search box and go button in a JSPF fragment. But data content is rendered in a JSP. To demonstrate the problem I am going to slightly modify the Person/Trip tutorial sample:
1. Create a new project
2. Add Trip rowset to page1
3. Set criteria perseonid = ?
4. Add data table and bind it to trip rowset
5. Add Integer PersonID property to the session bean
6. Add PersonID initialization code:
personID = new Integer(1);
5. Add Page1 initialization:
try {
dataTable1Model.setObject(1, getSessionBean1().getPersonID());
dataTable1Model.execute();
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new FacesException(e);
5. Add a new JSP Fragment above the table and name it Test.jspf
6. Place an edit field (Search) and a button to submit the search
7. Add process value change event to the edit box:
getSessionBean1().setPersonID(new Integer((String)vce.getNewValue()));
8. Add action handler to the button but keep it empty for now since we do not have inter-page navigation here really
Now start project and enter 2 into search field click on the button and see the table did not update. Enter 3 and see that the table now shows the records for the person id 2.
So why do tutorial samples work and this JSPF does not? The problem is that JSPF fragment does not have any knowledge about the table data model on the Page1.jsp so it cannot synchronize it in the value change event!!! However, tutorial samples do update data model because value change event is in the same Java class. In this case JSPF is a completely different class.
Now please tell me what am I supposed to do? Don't suggest me to access Page1.tableDataModel from the Test.jspf since my JSPF can be included in different pages.
My current workaround again is using this call in the button action event:
try { getExternalContext().redirect("Page1.jsp"); } catch (Exception e) {};
Now, you have to pay me something for all that hard QA work I have to do for your entire QA department. ;-)
Here is the codes: (just in case)
Page1.java:
* Page1.java
* Created on December 19, 2004, 10:59 AM
* Copyright ybaykshtis
package test9;
import javax.faces.*;
import com.sun.jsfcl.app.*;
import javax.faces.component.html.*;
import com.sun.sql.rowset.*;
import com.sun.jsfcl.data.*;
import javax.faces.component.*;
public class Page1 extends AbstractPageBean {
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Definition">
private int __placeholder;
private HtmlForm form1 = new HtmlForm();
public HtmlForm getForm1() {
return form1;
public void setForm1(HtmlForm hf) {
this.form1 = hf;
private JdbcRowSetXImpl tripRowSet = new JdbcRowSetXImpl();
public JdbcRowSetXImpl getTripRowSet() {
return tripRowSet;
public void setTripRowSet(JdbcRowSetXImpl jrsxi) {
this.tripRowSet = jrsxi;
private HtmlDataTable dataTable1 = new HtmlDataTable();
public HtmlDataTable getDataTable1() {
return dataTable1;
public void setDataTable1(HtmlDataTable hdt) {
this.dataTable1 = hdt;
private UIColumn column1 = new UIColumn();
public UIColumn getColumn1() {
return column1;
public void setColumn1(UIColumn uic) {
this.column1 = uic;
private HtmlOutputText outputText1 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText1() {
return outputText1;
public void setOutputText1(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText1 = hot;
private HtmlOutputText outputText2 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText2() {
return outputText2;
public void setOutputText2(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText2 = hot;
private UIColumn column2 = new UIColumn();
public UIColumn getColumn2() {
return column2;
public void setColumn2(UIColumn uic) {
this.column2 = uic;
private HtmlOutputText outputText3 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText3() {
return outputText3;
public void setOutputText3(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText3 = hot;
private HtmlOutputText outputText4 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText4() {
return outputText4;
public void setOutputText4(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText4 = hot;
private UIColumn column3 = new UIColumn();
public UIColumn getColumn3() {
return column3;
public void setColumn3(UIColumn uic) {
this.column3 = uic;
private HtmlOutputText outputText5 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText5() {
return outputText5;
public void setOutputText5(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText5 = hot;
private HtmlOutputText outputText6 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText6() {
return outputText6;
public void setOutputText6(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText6 = hot;
private UIColumn column4 = new UIColumn();
public UIColumn getColumn4() {
return column4;
public void setColumn4(UIColumn uic) {
this.column4 = uic;
private HtmlOutputText outputText7 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText7() {
return outputText7;
public void setOutputText7(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText7 = hot;
private HtmlOutputText outputText8 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText8() {
return outputText8;
public void setOutputText8(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText8 = hot;
private UIColumn column5 = new UIColumn();
public UIColumn getColumn5() {
return column5;
public void setColumn5(UIColumn uic) {
this.column5 = uic;
private HtmlOutputText outputText9 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText9() {
return outputText9;
public void setOutputText9(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText9 = hot;
private HtmlOutputText outputText10 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText10() {
return outputText10;
public void setOutputText10(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText10 = hot;
private UIColumn column6 = new UIColumn();
public UIColumn getColumn6() {
return column6;
public void setColumn6(UIColumn uic) {
this.column6 = uic;
private HtmlOutputText outputText11 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText11() {
return outputText11;
public void setOutputText11(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText11 = hot;
private HtmlOutputText outputText12 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText12() {
return outputText12;
public void setOutputText12(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText12 = hot;
private RowSetDataModel dataTable1Model = new RowSetDataModel();
public RowSetDataModel getDataTable1Model() {
return dataTable1Model;
public void setDataTable1Model(RowSetDataModel rsdm) {
this.dataTable1Model = rsdm;
// </editor-fold>
public Page1() {
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Initialization">
try {
tripRowSet.setDataSourceName("java:comp/env/jdbc/Travel");
tripRowSet.setCommand("SELECT ALL TRAVEL.TRIP.TRIPID, TRAVEL.TRIP.PERSONID, TRAVEL.TRIP.DEPDATE, TRAVEL.TRIP.DEPCITY, TRAVEL.TRIP.DESTCITY, TRAVEL.TRIP.TRIPTYPEID FROM TRAVEL.TRIP WHERE TRAVEL.TRIP.PERSONID=?");
dataTable1Model.setDataCacheKey("com.sun.datacache.Page1.tripRowSet");
dataTable1Model.setRowSet(tripRowSet);
dataTable1Model.setSchemaName("TRAVEL");
dataTable1Model.setTableName("TRIP");
} catch (Exception e) {
log("Page1 Initialization Failure", e);
throw e instanceof FacesException ? (FacesException) e: new FacesException(e);
// </editor-fold>
// Additional user provided initialization code
try {
dataTable1Model.setObject(1, getSessionBean1().getPersonID());
dataTable1Model.execute();
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new FacesException(e);
protected test9.ApplicationBean1 getApplicationBean1() {
return (test9.ApplicationBean1)getBean("ApplicationBean1");
protected test9.SessionBean1 getSessionBean1() {
return (test9.SessionBean1)getBean("SessionBean1");
* Bean cleanup.
protected void afterRenderResponse() {
tripRowSet.close();
Page1.jsp
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jsp:root version="1.2" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page">
<jsp:directive.page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"/>
<f:view><![CDATA[
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
]]><html
lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-US">
<head>
<meta content="no-cache" http-equiv="Cache-Control"/>
<meta content="no-cache" http-equiv="Pragma"/>
<title>Page1 Title</title>
<link href="resources/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
</head>
<body style="-rave-layout: grid">
<h:form binding="#{Page1.form1}" id="form1">
<h:dataTable binding="#{Page1.dataTable1}" headerClass="list-header" id="dataTable1" rowClasses="list-row-even,list-row-odd"
style="left: 24px; top: 168px; position: absolute" value="#{Page1.dataTable1Model}" var="currentRow">
<h:column binding="#{Page1.column1}" id="column1">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText1}" id="outputText1" value="#{currentRow['TRIPID']}"/>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText2}" id="outputText2" value="TRIPID"/>
</f:facet>
</h:column>
<h:column binding="#{Page1.column2}" id="column2">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText3}" id="outputText3" value="#{currentRow['PERSONID']}"/>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText4}" id="outputText4" value="PERSONID"/>
</f:facet>
</h:column>
<h:column binding="#{Page1.column3}" id="column3">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText5}" id="outputText5" value="#{currentRow['DEPDATE']}"/>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText6}" id="outputText6" value="DEPDATE"/>
</f:facet>
</h:column>
<h:column binding="#{Page1.column4}" id="column4">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText7}" id="outputText7" value="#{currentRow['DEPCITY']}"/>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText8}" id="outputText8" value="DEPCITY"/>
</f:facet>
</h:column>
<h:column binding="#{Page1.column5}" id="column5">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText9}" id="outputText9" value="#{currentRow['DESTCITY']}"/>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText10}" id="outputText10" value="DESTCITY"/>
</f:facet>
</h:column>
<h:column binding="#{Page1.column6}" id="column6">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText11}" id="outputText11" value="#{currentRow['TRIPTYPEID']}"/>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText binding="#{Page1.outputText12}" id="outputText12" value="TRIPTYPEID"/>
</f:facet>
</h:column>
</h:dataTable>
<div style="left: 48px; top: 72px; position: absolute">
<jsp:directive.include file="Test.jspf"/>
</div>
</h:form>
</body>
</html>
</f:view>
</jsp:root>
Test.java
* Test.java
* Created on December 19, 2004, 11:01 AM
* Copyright ybaykshtis
package test9;
import javax.faces.*;
import com.sun.jsfcl.app.*;
import javax.faces.component.html.*;
import com.sun.jsfcl.data.*;
import javax.faces.component.*;
import com.sun.sql.rowset.*;
import javax.faces.convert.*;
import javax.faces.event.*;
public class Test extends AbstractPageBean {
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Definition">
private int __placeholder;
private JdbcRowSetXImpl personRowSet = new JdbcRowSetXImpl();
public JdbcRowSetXImpl getPersonRowSet() {
return personRowSet;
public void setPersonRowSet(JdbcRowSetXImpl jrsxi) {
this.personRowSet = jrsxi;
private HtmlInputText textField1 = new HtmlInputText();
public HtmlInputText getTextField1() {
return textField1;
public void setTextField1(HtmlInputText hit) {
this.textField1 = hit;
private HtmlCommandButton button1 = new HtmlCommandButton();
public HtmlCommandButton getButton1() {
return button1;
public void setButton1(HtmlCommandButton hcb) {
this.button1 = hcb;
// </editor-fold>
public Test() {
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Initialization">
try {
personRowSet.setDataSourceName("java:comp/env/jdbc/Travel");
personRowSet.setCommand("SELECT * FROM TRAVEL.PERSON");
} catch (Exception e) {
log("Test Initialization Failure", e);
throw e instanceof javax.faces.FacesException ? (FacesException) e: new FacesException(e);
// </editor-fold>
// Additional user provided initialization code
protected test9.ApplicationBean1 getApplicationBean1() {
return (test9.ApplicationBean1)getBean("ApplicationBean1");
protected test9.SessionBean1 getSessionBean1() {
return (test9.SessionBean1)getBean("SessionBean1");
* Bean cleanup.
protected void afterRenderResponse() {
personRowSet.close();
public String button1_action() {
// User event code here...
//try { getExternalContext().redirect("Page1.jsp"); } catch (Exception e) {};
return null;
public void textField1_processValueChange(ValueChangeEvent vce) {
// User event code here...
getSessionBean1().setPersonID(new Integer((String)vce.getNewValue()));
Test.jspf
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<div style="-rave-layout: grid" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html">
<p>Included Content Here</p>
<h:inputText binding="#{Test.textField1}" id="textField1" style="left: 48px; top: 48px; position: absolute" valueChangeListener="#{Test.textField1_processValueChange}"/>
<h:commandButton action="#{Test.button1_action}" binding="#{Test.button1}" id="button1" style="left: 240px; top: 48px; position: absolute" value="Submit"/>
</div>

Answer 1

Hi ,
Thanks for your valuable observations and feedback. I could observe that the workaround seems to be working fine. Thanks for providing the workaround.
The problem you are facing without the workaround is a known issue and our engineers are currently working on it.
Regards.
Creator Team.