Bind menu bar to a menu model

Question

Hello,
I'm trying to bind my menu bar (af:menubar) to a menu model.
I created the menu model from my main unbounded task flow (adfc-config.xml) : right click -> "Create ADF Menu Model..." giving me root_menu.xml.
My menu bar is currently defined in a page fragment mainMenu.jsff used in my pages.
According to the 11g r2 documentation it is possible using the value attribute of the menubar component : Working with Navigation Components
But I can't find how to do this in 11g r1 as there is no value attribute...
Any idea ?
I'm using JDeveloper 11.1.1.7.0.
Thanks.
Yann.

Answer 1

So obviously it seems it is not possible ?
I have tried using an iterator to generate menu items in my menu bar (mainMenu.jsff):
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<jsp:root xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page" version="2.1"
          xmlns:af="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/faces/rich">
  <af:menuBar id="mb1" styleClass="mainMenu" stretchId="stretch1">
    <af:iterator var="myMenu" id="i1" value="#{root_menu}" rows="2">
      <af:commandMenuItem text="#{myMenu.label}" id="cmi1" icon="#{myMenu.icon}"
                          action="#{myMenu.doAction}"/>
    </af:iterator>
    <af:spacer id="stretch1" clientComponent="true"/>
  </af:menuBar>
</jsp:root>
Here is my menu definition (root_menu.xml):
<?bxml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<menu xmlns="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad/menu">
  <itemNode id="itemNode_home"
            label="#{adfBundle['testapp.view.TranslatedText'].MAIN_MENU_HOME}"
            action="menu_home" focusViewId="/home"
            icon="/images/icon_home.png"/>
  <itemNode id="itemNode_employees"
            label="#{adfBundle['testapp.view.TranslatedText'].MAIN_MENU_EMPLOYEE_MANAGEMENT}"
            action="menu_employees" focusViewId="/employees"
            icon="/images/icon_user.png"/>
</menu>
My adfc-config.xml :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<adfc-config xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/controller" version="1.2">
  <view id="home">
    <page>/home.jspx</page>
  </view>
  <task-flow-call id="tf-employees">
    <task-flow-reference>
      <document>/WEB-INF/tf-employees.xml</document>
      <id>tf-employees</id>
    </task-flow-reference>
  </task-flow-call>
  <control-flow-rule id="__1">
    <from-activity-id id="__2">*</from-activity-id>
    <control-flow-case id="__4">
      <from-outcome id="__5">menu_home</from-outcome>
      <to-activity-id id="__3">home</to-activity-id>
    </control-flow-case>
    <control-flow-case id="__6">
      <from-outcome id="__8">menu_employees</from-outcome>
      <to-activity-id id="__7">tf-employees</to-activity-id>
    </control-flow-case>
  </control-flow-rule>
</adfc-config>
Then I include the menu fragment (mainMenu.jsff) in my pages home.jspx, employees.jspx and editEmployee.jspx.
Menu items are generated correctly (labels, icons) even if I have warnings (reference myMenu.xxx not found) but only the employees menu item from the home page is working... others don't do anything in all pages.
Did I missed something ?
Can anyone test this ?
Thanks.
Yann.