One of my colleagues is implementing advanced dynamic ADF BC/ADF UI functionality. To force validation to be invoked properly, he must use ADF UI input components set with Immediate=true property. This allows to keep validation messages always displayed, even if user navigates to edit another dynamic ADF UI input attribute, until form is submitted or canceled. However, as by JSF design - usage of input components with Immediate=true, blocks execution of command components, if there are validation errors available. This means - user can't use Cancel button to reset the form with validation errors, until he would fix these errors manually. However, there is a potential solution - we could use ADF subform component to isolate input components, with a combination of ADF View reload to refresh rendered UI.
Sample application - ADFAttributeImmediateApp.zip, implements basic ADF Panel Form Layout with a set of input components. Each of these input components is set with Immediate=true property:
Let's say there is validation error on the screen for input text component with Immediate=true property:
Try to press Cancel button - no action will happen, it will continue complaining about validation error:
This is how it supposed to be - by default, Cancel button will not be invoked, because Immediate=true validation from input component would block it. We could improve it and adjust for our specific scenario to make sure Cancel button will be invoked, even with validation errors on the screen. We should surround input components with ADF subform component, this allows to isolate from Cancel command:
Cancel button must stay out of ADF subform, this will make it possible to invoke Cancel action listener method, even with immediate input components available on the same screen (but surrounded with ADF subform):
Action Listener for Cancel button gets invoked and reset happens now, no matter if there is validation error for input component with Immediate=true:
There is one extra bit - even with Rollback operation executed, UI would stay unsynchronised and keep displaying validation message until next submit. It requires to force ADF view refresh - you should recreate ADF view programmatically from the same method, where you are invoking Rollback operation:
Sample application - ADFAttributeImmediateApp.zip, implements basic ADF Panel Form Layout with a set of input components. Each of these input components is set with Immediate=true property:
Let's say there is validation error on the screen for input text component with Immediate=true property:
Try to press Cancel button - no action will happen, it will continue complaining about validation error:
This is how it supposed to be - by default, Cancel button will not be invoked, because Immediate=true validation from input component would block it. We could improve it and adjust for our specific scenario to make sure Cancel button will be invoked, even with validation errors on the screen. We should surround input components with ADF subform component, this allows to isolate from Cancel command:
Cancel button must stay out of ADF subform, this will make it possible to invoke Cancel action listener method, even with immediate input components available on the same screen (but surrounded with ADF subform):
Action Listener for Cancel button gets invoked and reset happens now, no matter if there is validation error for input component with Immediate=true:
There is one extra bit - even with Rollback operation executed, UI would stay unsynchronised and keep displaying validation message until next submit. It requires to force ADF view refresh - you should recreate ADF view programmatically from the same method, where you are invoking Rollback operation:
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