There's a datatable (Tomahawk's datatable - https://myfaces.apache.org/tomahawk-project/tomahawk/tagdoc/t_dataTable.html) and inside this datatable there are several columns with a dropdown menu (Tomahawk's selectOneMenu - https://myfaces.apache.org/tomahawk-project/tomahawk12/tagdoc/t_selectOneMenu.html) inside them. When I select a dropdown menu, there's an onchange attribute on it that triggers a ValueChangeListener (a method in a Managed Bean). I did that because I want the second dropdown menu to load dinamically, based on the value of the first menu. The problem is that when I select a value in the first menu of the first row of the datable the value on the second gets loaded, but if I do the same in the second row the dropdown menu doesn't trigger the ValueChangeListener. Worse: it doesn't hold the selected value in the first dropdown menu. So, the ValueChangeListener is ONLY triggered in the first row.
What I want: - The second dropdown menu in every row of the datable to get loaded when the first dropdown menu in the same row select a new value - Keep the selected values in any dropdown menu when reloading/refreshing the page
The Datatable:
<t:dataTable id="tabAnAn" var="anls" value="#{mybean.analyze}"
rowClasses="even,odd"
columnClasses="center,center,left,center,center,center,center, center, center"
headerClass="hdmain"
styleClass="sz90" >
<t:column headerstyleClass="headercls">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:selectBooleanCheckbox id="js_masterSelect" value="#{mybean.markall}" />
</f:facet>
<h:selectBooleanCheckbox styleClass="js_selectable" value="#{anls.dstb}" />
</t:column>
<t:column headerstyleClass="headercls">
<f:facet name="header">#{label.excs}</f:facet>
<h:outputText value="#{anls.excs}" />
</t:column>
<t:column headerstyleClass="headercls">
<f:facet name="header">#{label.ente}</f:facet>
<h:outputText value="#{anls.nm}" />
</t:column>
<t:column headerstyleClass="headercls">
<f:facet name="header">#{label.tpdc}</f:facet>
<h:outputText value="#{anls.tpdcnm}" />
</t:column>
<t:column headerstyleClass="headercls">
<f:facet name="header">Type</f:facet>
<h:selectOneMenu id="typeX" label="Type:" styleClass="tm8"
value="#{anls.tipoAnaliseSelecionada}" converter="cmbcon"
onchange="submit()" immediate="true" valueChangeListener="#{mybean.callListener}" >
<f:selectItem itemValue="#{null}" itemLabel="" />
<t:selectItems var="typeX" itemValue="#{typeX}" itemLabel="#{typeX.nome}"
value="#{mybean.tiposAnalises}" />
<f:attribute name="thisAzy" value="#{anls}"/>
</h:selectOneMenu>
</t:column>
<t:column headerstyleClass="headercls">
<f:facet name="header">#{label.ps0n}</f:facet>
<h:selectOneMenu id="slctd" label="ps0n:" style="width:200px;"
value="#{anls.slctd}" converter="alzcon">
<f:selectItem itemValue="#{null}" itemLabel="" />
<t:selectItems var="az1n" itemValue="#{az1n}" itemLabel="#{az1n.usr.nm}"
value="#{anls.azixpo}" />
</h:selectOneMenu>
</t:column>
</t:dataTable>
The ValueChangeListener method:
public void callListener(ValueChangeEvent event){
FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
TpzAzy ta = (TpzAzy)event.getNewValue();
AnlDb ad = (AnlDb)event.getComponent().getAttributes().get("thisAzy");
ad.setAnlDbTpzAzy(ta);
if(mapType.containsKey(ta)){
ad.setAzyCand(mapType.get(ta));
} else {
ad.setAzyCand(this.svc.getAzy(ta));
this.mapType.put(ta, ad.getAzyCand());
}
this.showScreen = true;
context.renderResponse();
}