How to create contextual event with custom payload?

Question

I use the following code to invoke contextual event from my region via the "action-listener" of a command-link:
<af:commandLink text="#{row[def.name]}" id="cl1"
styleClass="tableLinkActive"
actionListener="#{backingBeanScope.PanelToConveroFormManager.handleSelectedRow}">
The following "action-listener" is designed to pass the current selected record key to the "consumer" of the contextual event:
public void handleSelectedRow(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
String currentRecordKey = getCurrentRecordKey();
JUEventBinding eventBinding = (JUEventBinding)BeanUtils.getBindings().get("RefreshParentEvent");
if (eventBinding != null) {
ActionListener actionListener = (ActionListener)eventBinding.getListener();
actionListener.processAction(actionEvent);
How do I pass the "currentRecordKey" value as a custom "payload" via the event-binding "RefreshParentEvent" in the above code?
Is there any code example on using contextual event with custom payload?

Answer 1

Hi,
the custom payload is referenced when you set up the event itself. You use EL in the custom payload definition to point to a managed bean method that when called accesses the current rowKey. The Java code you show just passes the ActionEvent of the ADF Faces command button and invokes the event. It does not manipulate the event definition.
<eventBinding id="eventBinding"
                  Listener="javax.faces.event.ActionListener">
      <events xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adfm/contextualEvent">
        <event name="testEvent"
               customPayLoad="#{mymanagedBean.rowKey}"/>
      </events>
    </eventBinding>Frank