Your in luck, I’ve done this! So the first thing you need is a new ViewEngine to handle rendering a page without all the normal header/footer stuff that will get in the way of your modal windows. The simpliest way to do that is to use a mostly empty master page for your modal windows. … Read more
You could do this with a custom ConfigurableNavigationHandler. Here’s a kickoff example: package com.example; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set; import javax.faces.application.ConfigurableNavigationHandler; import javax.faces.application.NavigationCase; import javax.faces.application.NavigationHandler; import javax.faces.context.FacesContext; public class RedirectNavigationHandler extends ConfigurableNavigationHandler { private NavigationHandler parent; public RedirectNavigationHandler(NavigationHandler parent) { this.parent = parent; } @Override public void handleNavigation(FacesContext context, String from, String outcome) { if (!outcome.endsWith(“?faces-redirect=true”)) … Read more
To partially update an entity, you should use @SessionAttributes to store the model in session between requests. You could use hidden form fields, but session is more secure. To use P/R/G with validation, use flashAttributes To secure fields use webDataBinder.setAllowedFields(“field1″,”field2”,…) or create a class specific to the form then copy values to your entity. Entities … Read more
Typically you would do this by making an aspx web form that uses the querystring to signal which record to load/process. Let’s say you have a page that let’s you update some customer information: http://www.mysite.com/customer.aspx You would load the form using an id in the querystring: http://www.mysite.com/customer.aspx?CustomerId=42 In the codebehind you would have something like … Read more
I think is a bug in MVC. I struggled with this issue for hours today. Given this: public ViewResult SomeAction(SomeModel model) { model.SomeString = “some value”; return View(model); } The view renders with the original model, ignoring the changes. So I thought, maybe it does not like me using the same model, so I tried … Read more
Wikipedia explains this so well! The Problem The Solution