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We use a Homegrown security application which on successful authentication returns the RequestHeader Variables i.e. employee Id etc. We use JSF Spring Hibernate Wondering whether i should JSF PhaseListener OR Servlet Filter to retrieve RequestHeader Variables. This is what i am doing currently not sure its best practice though. Any suggestions/pointers highly appreciated   public class LoginPhaseListener implements PhaseListener {     public void afterPhase(PhaseEvent pe) { FacesContext facesContext = pe.getFacesContext(); String viewId = pe.getFacesContext().getViewRoot().getViewId(); if (viewId.endsWith(".xhtml")) { String managedBeanName = getManagedBeanNameFromView(viewId); Object object = facesContext.getApplication().createValueBinding("#{" + managedBeanName + "}").getValue(facesContext); if (object == null) logger.error("OnPageLoad cannot be executed, no such managed bean:"+ managedBeanName); else { Login loginBean = (Login) object; loginBean.onPageLoad(); } } } public String getManagedBeanNameFromView(String viewId) { String pageName = viewId.substring(1, viewId.length() - 6); System.out.println("Name="+StringUtils.capitalize(pageName)+"Bean"); return pageName+"Bean"; }   JSF Backing Bean:   public class LoginBean implements Login {    public void onPageLoad() { //System.out.println("***Inside onPageLoad******"); Map requestHeaderMap = FacesContext.getCurrentInstan ce().getExternalContext().getRequestHeaderMap(); String empID = (String) requestHeaderMap.get("EmployeeID"); //Retrieve UserId and User roles from database  and populate it with POJO UserInfo userInfo //pojo userInfo.setUserId(userId); userInfo.setUserRoles(userRoles); /* Store in Session so as to make it available to Spring Layer */ HttpSession userSession = (HttpSession) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext() .getSession(true); userSession.setAttribute("userInfo", userInfo);   } }   I am also using Servlet Filter to retrieve Session object public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse resp, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException { HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) req; // grab the current value from the session UserInfo userInfo = (UserInfo) request.getSession().getAttribute("userInfo"); // Update the user info bean holder for the current thread. UserInfoHolder.setUserInfo(userInfo);  // ThreadLocal object // call the chain //System.out.println("In Security Filter"); chain.doFilter(req,resp); // threadLocal no longer needed (will be recreated next time through the filter) //UserInfoHolder.setUserInfo(null); } &n bsp; Now i am thinking instead of using PhaseListener cant i just use the Servelt Filter to retrieve the RequestHeader variables, make connection to database instead of using HttpSession   Not sure if its best practice though & also how to retrieve RequestHeader variables in Servlet Filter   Regards Bansi  

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RE: RE: JSF, Facelets & Recursion

Hi,   Thank all 3 of you for your quick and clear answers. And it could be true that this problem is caused by the developer, because i’m a newbie   So here is my facelet:   <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"       xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"       xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"       xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"       xmlns:c="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core"       xmlns:t="http://myfaces.apache.org/tomahawk"         xmlns:d="http://www.donaldson.be/facelets">   <!-- PARAMETERS NEEDED:  - entity: the entity containing the collection used for the data-table  - isOrderItem: boolean to indicate if it is a datatable for order-items -->   <ui:composition>               <t:dataTable                         var="item"                         value="#{ (isOrderItem==true) ? entity.orderItems : entity.subWorkorders }"                         preserveDataModel="false"                         rowIndexVar="rowIndex"                         style="width: 100%;">                   <h:column>                         <t:div style="#{ (isOrderItem==true) ? 'padding:0px 0px 0px 25px;' : '' }">                              <t:div styleClass="#{ (rowIndex%2==0) ? 'evenRow' : 'oddRow' }" style="padding:3px 0px 3px 0px;" >                                    <input type="checkbox" name="selectedItems"  value="#{item.nodeId}" />                                    <h:outputLink value="_javascript_:toggleLayer('div_#{item.nodeId}');" rendered="#{item.orderItemsCount != 0}">                                          LINK                                    </h:outputLink>                                    <h:outputLabel rendered="#{item.orderItemsCount == 0}">                                          NO LINK                                    </h:outputLabel>                              </t:div>                              <div id="div_#{item.nodeId}" style="display:none; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px;">                                    <d:workorder-tree entity="#{item}" isOrderItem="true" />                              </div>                         </t:div>                   </h:column>             </t:dataTable>   </ui:composition>   </html>   And in another xhtml-page  I have              <d:workorder-tree entity="#{WorkorderBean.woEntity}" isOrderItem="false" />     Some more explanation: -          the first call to this fragment displays the sub-workorders -          each sub-workorder can contain a list of order-items -          each order-item can contain a list of order-items -          if an order-item contains an empty list, the div with id="div_#{item.nodeId}" must be empty or not rendered   So could someone help to determine what’s wrong with the use and reference my own el variables which causes recursion not to work.   Any help greatly appreciated Many thanks Kind Regards Roel     Roel De Nijs Consultant Business Solutions & Development E-mail adres: Roel.DeNijs@xxxxxx   MSP n.v. Veldkant 7 2550 Kontich Tel : +32 (0)3 454 27 28 Fax :+32 (0)3 454 27 88 http://www.msp.be - info@msp. be   Ondernemingsnummer: BTW-BE-0870.749.501 The information contained in this transmission is proprietary and confidential and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, the reader is notified that any consideration, dissemination or duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. From: jacob@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jacob@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: maandag 21 mei 2007 19:49 To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: JSF, Facelets & Recursion   Everytime this issue has come up, it's been traced back to a developer issue with how they were referencing their own EL variables, nothing to do with Facelets/EL/JSF itself.   Hello all, I'm working with JSF (MyFaces) and Facelets. I've created a custom facelet (more precise: via a seperate xhtml-file), containing a tomahawk data-table But one big problem: in this file there is a reference to itselfs, because i have to represent a custom tree structure (with checkboxes to delete and create new nodes/subtrees). so it's seems logical to solve this recursively, but if i do so, i get a stack-overflow-error. I'm searching and surfing the net for 2-3 days looking for a solution to this problem, but apparently it doesn't exist (while in my opinion this is a very straight forward problem). and i tried everything i know of: - using the rendered-attribute as the step-out-endless-loop thing but i've read that the component tree contains all components and that afterwards the rendered ones are really rendered and the others aren't, so that's not a solution - i also tried with some jstl and the ifhandler, but also learned that there is a big difference in when the _expression_ is evaluated. - also tried with some dynamic form of the jsfc-attribute, resulting in a "ui : remove" if the component hadn't to be rendered, but also no luck - ... So i was wondering: is there a solution for this or some other things i could try, because it's really frustrating me :censored: any tips, hints and/or suggestions are more than welcome thanks in advance Roel   --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Re: JSF, Facelets & Recursion

<t:dataTable var="item" value="#{ (isOrderItem==true) ? entity.orderItems : entity.subWorkorders }" > ..... <d:workorder-tree entity="#{item}" isOrderItem="true" /> ..... </t:dataTable> You have a bad combination of build-time and render-time tags: http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Projects/FaceletsFAQ#Why_doesn_t_my_c_if_ui_repeat_ui You really need a component which supports a hierarchical model, such as Tomahawks t:tree2 or the Quipukit treetable: http://www.teamdev.com/quipukit/component_index.jsf#treetable Alternatively, if your recursion is going to have a maximum depth, you could nest a fixed number of tables and used their rendered attribute to display or hide them. <h:dataTable var="item1"> <h:dataTable var="item1child" rendered="item1.hasChildren"> <h:dataTable var="item1childchild" rendered="item1child.hasChildren"> .... You could probably take advantage of facelets' tag file or include features to reuse some code here, but you have to be very careful when mixing build and render-time expressions (as you've discovered). Roger And in another xhtml-page I have <d:workorder-tree entity="#{WorkorderBean.woEntity}" isOrderItem="false" /> Some more explanation: - the first call to this fragment displays the sub-workorders - each sub-workorder can contain a list of order-items - each order-item can contain a list of order-items - if an order-item contains an empty list, the div with id="div_#{item.nodeId}" must be empty or not rendered So could someone help to determine what’s wrong with the use and reference my own el variables which causes recursion not to work. Any help greatly appreciated Many thanks Kind Regards Roel Roel De Nijs Consultant Business Solutions & Development E-mail adres: Roel.DeNijs@xxxxxx <mailto:Roel.DeNijs@xxxxxx> MSP n.v. Veldkant 7 2550 Kontich Tel : +32 (0)3 454 27 28 Fax :+32 (0)3 454 27 88 http://www.msp.be <http://www.msp.be/> - info@msp. be <mailto:info@xxxxxx> Ondernemingsnummer: BTW-BE-0870.749.501 The information contained in this transmission is proprietary and confidential and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, the reader is notified that any consideration, dissemination or duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* jacob@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jacob@xxxxxxxxxx] *Sent:* maandag 21 mei 2007 19:49 *To:* users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* RE: JSF, Facelets & Recursion Everytime this issue has come up, it's been traced back to a developer issue with how they were referencing their own EL variables, nothing to do with Facelets/EL/JSF itself. Hello all, I'm working with JSF (MyFaces) and Facelets. I've created a custom facelet (more precise: via a seperate xhtml-file), containing a tomahawk data-table But one big problem: in this file there is a reference to itselfs, because i have to represent a custom tree structure (with checkboxes to delete and create new nodes/subtrees). so it's seems logical to solve this recursively, but if i do so, i get a stack-overflow-error. I'm searching and surfing the net for 2-3 days looking for a solution to this problem, but apparently it doesn't exist (while in my opinion this is a very straight forward problem). and i tried everything i know of: - using the rendered-attribute as the step-out-endless-loop thing but i've read that the component tree contains all components and that afterwards the rendered ones are really rendered and the others aren't, so that's not a solution - i also tried with some jstl and the ifhandler, but also learned that there is a big difference in when the expression is evaluated. - also tried with some dynamic form of the jsfc-attribute, resulting in a "ui : remove" if the component hadn't to be rendered, but also no luck - ... So i was wondering: is there a solution for this or some other things i could try, because it's really frustrating me :censored: any tips, hints and/or suggestions are more than welcome thanks in advance Roel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- ---------------------------------------- Ninth Avenue Software p: +61 7 3137 1351 (UTC +10) f: +61 7 3102 9141 w: http://www.ninthavenue.com.au e: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------

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When does Facelet's re-evaluate ui:fragment rendered expression?

Hi- I'm using <ui:fragment rendered="#{myBean.rendered}">... in my page.  The business logic behind myBean.isRendered() is a fairly expensive DB query.  When I submit a form that includes that fragment, the EL for the rendered attribute is being re-evaluated during the Apply Request Values phase.  Is this expected? I assumed that the rendered attribute would only be evaluated during the Render View phase, since this is the only time you'd want to toggle this attribute. I don't want to store myBean in session/conversation/view scope.  Is there another way that I can prevent my method being called during the post-back? Thanks for any tips. Adam Brod Product Development Team Disclaimer: This electronic mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this email, and destroy all copies of this email and any attachments. Thank you.

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Re: JSF PhaseListener Vs Servlet Filter

Bansilal Haudakari wrote: We use a Homegrown security application which on successful authentication returns the RequestHeader Variables i.e. employee Id etc. We use JSF Spring Hibernate Wondering whether i should JSF PhaseListener OR Servlet Filter to retrieve RequestHeader Variables. This is what i am doing currently not sure its best practice though. Any suggestions/pointers highly appreciated Well, the FacesContext isn't available to a Servlet Filter, so unless you want to do some refactoring of your code I'd stick with what you've got. If you are listening on the RESTORE_VIEW phase, I don't suppose a phase listener is much different from a Servlet Filter which has been mapped to the Faces Servlet (except that the FacesContext is available). A Servlet Filter can be useful for intercepting a request before the Faces Servlet is invoked, for example doing URL mapping, sending HTTP redirects, customizing ServletRequest/Response objects etc etc. * * *public* *class* LoginPhaseListener *implements* PhaseListener { ** * * *public* *void* afterPhase(PhaseEvent pe) { FacesContext facesContext = pe.getFacesContext(); String viewId = pe.getFacesContext().getViewRoot().getViewId(); *if* (viewId.endsWith(".xhtml")) { String managedBeanName = getManagedBeanNameFromView(viewId); Object object = facesContext.getApplication().createValueBinding("#{" + managedBeanName + "}").getValue(facesContext); *if* (object == *null*) /logger/.error("OnPageLoad cannot be executed, no such managed bean:"+ managedBeanName); *else* { Login loginBean = (Login) object; loginBean.onPageLoad(); } } } *public* String getManagedBeanNameFromView(String viewId) { String pageName = viewId.substring(1, viewId.length() - 6); System./out/.println("Name="+StringUtils./capitalize/(pageName)+"Bean"); *return* pageName+"Bean"; } *_JSF Backing Bean:_* * * *public* *class* LoginBean *implements* Login { ** * * *public* *void* onPageLoad() { //System.out.println("***Inside onPageLoad******"); Map requestHeaderMap = FacesContext./getCurrentInstan ce/().getExternalContext().getRequestHeaderMap(); String empID = (String) requestHeaderMap.get("EmployeeID"); //Retrieve UserId and User roles from database and populate it with POJO UserInfo userInfo //pojo userInfo.setUserId(userId); userInfo.setUserRoles(userRoles); /* Store in Session so as to make it available to Spring Layer */ HttpSession userSession = (HttpSession) FacesContext./getCurrentInstance/().getExternalContext() .getSession(*true*); userSession.setAttribute("userInfo", userInfo); } } I am also using Servlet Filter to retrieve Session object * * *public* *void* doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse resp, FilterChain chain) *throws* IOException, ServletException { HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) req; // grab the current value from the session UserInfo userInfo = (UserInfo) request.getSession().getAttribute("userInfo"); // Update the user info bean holder for the current thread. UserInfoHolder./setUserInfo/(userInfo); // ThreadLocal object // call the chain //System.out.println("In Security Filter"); chain.doFilter(req,resp); // threadLocal no longer needed (will be recreated next time through the filter) //UserInfoHolder.setUserInfo(null); } &n bsp; Now i am thinking instead of using PhaseListener cant i just use the Servelt Filter to retrieve the RequestHeader variables, make connection to database instead of using HttpSession Not sure if its best practice though & also how to retrieve RequestHeader variables in Servlet Filter Regards Bansi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48254/*http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/_ylc=X3oDMTI5MGx2aThyBF9TAzIxMTU1MDAzNTIEX3MDMzk2NTQ1MTAzBHNlYwNCQUJwaWxsYXJfTklfMzYwBHNsawNQcm9kdWN0X3F1ZXN0aW9uX3BhZ2U-?link=list&sid=396545469>from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. -- ---------------------------------------- Ninth Avenue Software p: +61 7 3137 1351 (UTC +10) f: +61 7 3102 9141 w: http://www.ninthavenue.com.au e: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------
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