How to call backing bean method when user tabs out of af:inputListOfValues field

Question

Hi,
I am using jdev 11.1.2.4.
I want to call a backing bean method based on the value selected in the af:inputListOfValues field.
The requirement is similar as Frank Nimphius-Oracle has demonstrated here  https://blogs.oracle.com/jdevotnharvest/entry/how_to_notify_the_server but with Input List of Values component.
The fields I want to call method from is
<af:inputListOfValues id="appealNameId"
                      popupTitle="Search and Select: #{bindings.AppealName.hints.label}"
                      value="#{bindings.AppealName.inputValue}"
                      label="#{bindings.AppealName.hints.label}"
                      model="#{bindings.AppealName.listOfValuesModel}"
                      required="#{bindings.AppealName.hints.mandatory}"
                      columns="#{bindings.AppealName.hints.displayWidth}"
                      shortDesc="#{bindings.AppealName.hints.tooltip}"
                      binding="#{backingBeanScope.backing_Donation.appealNameId}"
                      autoSubmit="true" clientComponent="false">
                      <f:validator binding="#{bindings.AppealName.validator}"/>
                      <af:autoSuggestBehavior suggestedItems="#{backingBeanScope.backing_Donation.onSuggestAppeal}"/>
                      <af:clientListener method="onBlurTxtField" type="blur"/>
</af:inputListOfValues>
<af:serverListener type="onBlurNotifyServer"
                   method="#{backingBeanScope.backing_Donation.onBlurNotify}"/>
as you can see,  af:serverListener is outside the af:inputListOfValues which probably is the reason its not executing this method?
public void onBlurNotify(ClientEvent clientEvent) {
   // get a hold of the input text component
   RichSelectOneChoice inputTxt =  (RichSelectOneChoice) clientEvent.getComponent();
   //do some work on it here (e.g. manipulating its readOnly state)
   //Get access to the payload
   Map  parameters = clientEvent.getParameters();
   System.out.println("SubmittedValue = "+parameters.get("submittedValue"));
   System.out.println("LocalValue =  "+parameters.get("localValue"));
I've tried to put serverListener tag inside the <af:inputListOfValues> but getting below error
"Server Listener is not valid child of Input List of Values"
any ideas please?
thanks

Answer 1

As first, check to see that you are using correct type for af:serverListener (thet one you are queue in the javaScript onBlurTxtField function)
If still does not work, go to directly to the page source code, and put af:serverListener "by hand", as a child for af:inputListOfValues.
Because it is possible that these messages are false alarm...