Command Link attribute is returning null.

Question

Hi all,
I have a pojo iterator with me. I have to generate command link for a attribute from that iterator. I generated them using a ForEach loop as below and put address of employee as an attribute of that tag. Now in the Action Listener i am fetching this attribute using actionEvent as below : -
    public void displayUploadAttachment(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
       System.out.println("Content Id:- "+actionEvent.getComponent().getAttributes().get("adr"));
My action Listener returns it as NULL. I am not getting why it is doing this.
<af:forEach items="#{bindings.myEmpIterator.children}"
                              var="emp">
                    <af:commandLink text="#{emp.firstName}" partialSubmit="true" id="cl22"
                                    actionListener="#{viewScope.empBean.displayEmpAddress}">
                    <f:attribute name="adr" value="#{emp.address}"/>
                    </af:commandLink>
                  </af:forEach>
J dev version
Studio Edition Version 11.1.1.6.0

Answer 1

Hi,
Couple of things to check.
1. Check if the address is really null (instead of #{emp.firstName} as text for the commandLink, try with #{emp.address}).
2. Instead of
System.out.println("Content Id:- "+actionEvent.getComponent().getAttributes().get("adr"));
try
System.out.println("Content Id:- "+((RichCommandLink)actionEvent.getSource()).getAttributes().get("adr"));
-Arun