Why are these Seam field values not binding? - xhtml

Question

I am building a a simple research routine whith 2 date fields a selectOneMenu and a button:
<h:form id="pesquisaAbastecimentoForm">
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<s:decorate id="dataInicialField" template="../layout/edit.xhtml">
<ui:define name="label" id="labelDataInicial">Data Inicial</ui:define>
<rich:calendar id="dataInicial" value="#{abastecimentoAction.dataInicialPesquisa}"
datePattern="dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm" />
</s:decorate>
<s:decorate id="dataFinalField" template="../layout/edit.xhtml">
<ui:define name="label" id="labalDataFinal">Data Final</ui:define>
<rich:calendar id="dataFinal" value="#{abastecimentoAction.dataFinalPesquisa}"
datePattern="dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm" />
</s:decorate>
</td>
<td>
<s:decorate id="carroField" template="../layout/edit.xhtml">
<ui:define name="label">Carro</ui:define>
<h:selectOneMenu value="#{abastecimentoAction.idCarroPesquisa}" required="false">
<s:selectItems var="carro" value="#{carroList.resultList}" label="#{carro.nome}" itemValue="#{carro.id}" />
</h:selectOneMenu>
</s:decorate>
<s:div styleClass="actionButtons">
<s:button action="#{abastecimentoAction.pesquisaAbasatecimentos}" id="pesquisaAbastecimentos" value="Pesquisar Abastecimento">
</s:button>
</s:div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</h:form>
And I have a seam component which should get the values and get the method pesquisaAbastecimentos executed.
#Name("abastecimentoAction")
#Scope(ScopeType.CONVERSATION)
public class AbastecimentoAction implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -2008939547568730028L;
#Logger
Log log;
#In
EntityManager entityManager;
#In
User user;
//variáveis para pesquisa do abastecimento
private Date dataInicialPesquisa;
private Date dataFinalPesquisa;
private int idCarroPesquisa;
#DataModel
List<AbastecimentoMensal> listaAbastecimentoMensal;
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
#Create
public void pesquisaAbasatecimentos() { ... }
public Date getDataInicialPesquisa() {
return dataInicialPesquisa;
}
public void setDataInicialPesquisa(Date dataInicialPesquisa) {
this.dataInicialPesquisa = dataInicialPesquisa;
}
public Date getDataFinalPesquisa() {
return dataFinalPesquisa;
}
public void setDataFinalPesquisa(Date dataFinalPesquisa) {
this.dataFinalPesquisa = dataFinalPesquisa;
}
public int getIdCarroPesquisa() {
return idCarroPesquisa;
}
public void setIdCarroPesquisa(int idCarroPesquisa) {
this.idCarroPesquisa = idCarroPesquisa;
}
The method is correctly executed but the values for the fields are never populated. As I am relatively new to seam I could not find out why these fields are not being correctly filled by seam framework. The values are actually null and 0 when the button is pressed and the method gets called. Any clues?
tx in advance.
[]s

Answer 1

Change
<s:button action="#{abastecimentoAction.pesquisaAbasatecimentos}" id="pesquisaAbastecimentos" value="Pesquisar Abastecimento">
</s:button>
to
<h:commandButton action="#{abastecimentoAction.pesquisaAbasatecimentos}" id="pesquisaAbastecimentos" value="Pesquisar Abastecimento">
</h:commandButton>
The reason its not working is because <s:button> performs a HTTP GET, and does not POST your form.
You should also change int to Integer if it doesn't work.