How do I define a jsf composite component properly such that its value gets bean-validated correctly in the case it contains a collection?
We have an entity that references a collection of details. Both are annotated with bean-validation-constraints. Please note the annotations at the details-property.
public class Entity implements Serializable {
@NotEmpty
private String name;
@NotEmpty
@UniqueCategory(message="category must be unique")
private List<@Valid Detail> details;
/* getters/setters */
}
public class Detail implements Serializable {
@Pattern(regexp="^[A-Z]+$")
private String text;
@NotNull
private Category category;
/* getters/setters */
}
public class Category implements Serializable {
private final int id;
private final String description;
Category(int id, String description) {
this.id = id;
this.description = description;
}
/* getters/setters */
}
public class MyConstraints {
@Target({ ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD })
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Constraint(validatedBy = UniqueCategoryValidator.class)
@Documented
public static @interface UniqueCategory {
String message();
Class<?>[] groups() default {};
Class<? extends Payload>[] payload() default {};
}
public static class UniqueCategoryValidator implements ConstraintValidator<UniqueCategory, Collection<Detail>> {
@Override
public boolean isValid(Collection<Detail> collection, ConstraintValidatorContext context) {
if ( collection==null || collection.isEmpty() ) {
return true;
}
Set<Category> set = new HashSet<>();
collection.forEach( d-> set.add( d.getCategory() ));
return set.size() == collection.size();
}
public void initialize(UniqueCategory constraintAnnotation) {
// intentionally empty
}
}
private MyConstraints() {
// only static stuff
}
}
The entity can be edited in a jsf-form, where all the tasks concerning the details are encapsulated in a composite component, eg
<h:form id="entityForm">
<h:panelGrid columns="3">
<p:outputLabel for="@next" value="name"/>
<p:inputText id="name" value="#{entityUiController.entity.name}"/>
<p:message for="name"/>
<p:outputLabel for="@next" value="details"/>
<my:detailsComponent id="details" details="#{entityUiController.entity.details}"
addAction="#{entityUiController.addAction}"/>
<p:message for="details"/>
<f:facet name="footer">
<p:commandButton id="saveBtn" value="save"
action="#{entityUiController.saveAction}"
update="@form"/>
</f:facet>
</h:panelGrid>
</h:form>
where my:detailsComponent is defined as
<ui:component xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
xmlns:cc="http://java.sun.com/jsf/composite"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui"
>
<cc:interface>
<cc:attribute name="details" required="true" type="java.lang.Iterable"/>
<cc:attribute name="addAction" required="true" method-signature="void action()"/>
</cc:interface>
<cc:implementation>
<p:outputPanel id="detailsPanel">
<ui:repeat id="detailsContainer" var="detail" value="#{cc.attrs.details}">
<p:inputText id="text" value="#{detail.text}" />
<p:message for="text"/>
<p:selectOneMenu id="category" value="#{detail.category}"
converter="#{entityUiController.categoriesConverter}"
placeholder="please select" >
<f:selectItem noSelectionOption="true" />
<f:selectItems value="#{entityUiController.categoryItems}"/>
</p:selectOneMenu>
<p:message for="category"/>
</ui:repeat>
</p:outputPanel>
<p:commandButton id="addDetailBtn" value="add" action="#{cc.attrs.addAction}"
update="detailsPanel" partialSubmit="true" process="@this detailsPanel"/>
</cc:implementation>
</ui:component>
and the EntityUiController is
@Named
@ViewScoped
public class EntityUiController implements Serializable {
private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger( EntityUiController.class.getName() );
@Inject
private CategoriesBoundary categoriesBoundary;
@Valid
private Entity entity;
@PostConstruct
public void init() {
this.entity = new Entity();
}
public Entity getEntity() {
return entity;
}
public void saveAction() {
LOG.log(Level.INFO, "saved entity: {0}", this.entity );
}
public void addAction() {
this.entity.getDetails().add( new Detail() );
}
public List<SelectItem> getCategoryItems() {
return categoriesBoundary.getCategories().stream()
.map( cat -> new SelectItem( cat, cat.getDescription() ) )
.collect( Collectors.toList() );
}
public Converter<Category> getCategoriesConverter() {
return new Converter<Category>() {
@Override
public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Category value) {
return value==null ? null : Integer.toString( value.getId() );
}
@Override
public Category getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, String value) {
if ( value==null || value.isEmpty() ) {
return null;
}
try {
return categoriesBoundary.findById( Integer.valueOf(value).intValue() );
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
throw new ConverterException(e);
}
}
};
}
}
When we now press the save-button in the above h:form, the name-inputText is validated correctly but the @NotEmpty- and @UniqueCategory-constraint on the details-property are ignored.
What am I missing?
We are on java-ee-7, payara 4.
