Error implementing Auto Suggest Behaviour (JDeveloper Tutorial)

Question

Hi,
I'm using JDev 11g R2 on Mac OSX. In the JDeveloper Tutorial "Developing Rich Web Applications with Oracle ADF", Part 3, Step 3, I don't get the "Insert Auto Suggest Behavior dialog box", so I used the property inspector to enter "#{bindings.JobId.suggestedItems}" in the "SuggestedItems" property.
When I run the application, and type a value in the JobId, I get the error:
suggestedItems="#{bindings.JobId.suggestedItems}": Method not found: 0.suggestedItems(java.lang.String)
I checked the bindings in "query.jsf", and they're all set.
Does anyone have an idea what could be wrong?
Kind regards,
Philip

Answer 1

The tutorial (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18941_01/tutorials/jdtut_11r2_55/jdtut_11r2_55_3.html) suggests that you can drag and drop the auto suggest behavior onto the JobId. But you cannot.
By default, the JobId item is not created as an element that can accept an auto suggest behavior. The source for the item should resemble:
            <af:inputComboboxListOfValues id="jobId1Id"
                                          popupTitle="Search and Select: #{bindings.JobId1.hints.label}"
                                          value="#{bindings.JobId1.inputValue}"
                                          label="#{bindings.JobId1.hints.label}"
                                          model="#{bindings.JobId1.listOfValuesModel}"
                                          required="#{bindings.JobId1.hints.mandatory}"
                                          columns="#{bindings.JobId1.hints.displayWidth}"
                                          shortDesc="#{bindings.JobId1.hints.tooltip}">
                <f:validator binding="#{bindings.JobId1.validator}"/>
                <af:autoSuggestBehavior suggestedItems="#{bindings.JobId1.suggestedItems}"/>
            </af:inputComboboxListOfValues>However, when the form itself is dropped onto the page, the JobId is created as a selectOneChoice.
This seems to be an error with the tutorial (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18941_01/tutorials/jdtut_11r2_55/jdtut_11r2_55_2.html).
Edited by: Dolphin on Sep 29, 2012 2:37 PM