menuitem action attribute?

[serge_rehem]

Hi all,

I'm trying to use menubar / menuitem components, but I don't want to use explicit URL like this:

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<p:menubar>
    <p:submenu label="CRUDs">
        <p:menuitem label="Client" url="client_list.jsf"/>
    </p:submenu>
</p:menubar>

I'd like to send an action to a ManagedBean method, returning a navigation-rule string, like this:

ClientMB.java

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class ClientMB ... {   ...
   public String list() {
      loadClientList();
      return "client+list";
    }     ...
}

faces-config.xml

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	<navigation-rule>
		<navigation-case>
			<from-outcome>cliente_list</from-outcome>
			<to-view-id>/private/pages/cliente_list.xhtml</to-view-id>
		</navigation-case>
                ...
	</navigation-rule>

client_list.xhtml

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<p:menubar>
   <p:submenu label="CRUDs">
     <p:menuitem label="Client" url="#{clientMB.list}"/>
  </p:submenu>
</p:menubar>

I tryed it using url and binding attributes, but I've got an exception saying "javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: /private/pages/client_list.xhtml @128,59 url="#{clientMB.list}": Property 'list' not found on type org.sample.ClientMB". Of course, It's NOT a property!

It would be nice if menuitem had an action attribute, like RichFaces:

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     <rich:menuItem submitMode="ajax" value="New"  action="#{ddmenu.doNew}" icon="/images/icons/create_doc.gif"/>

Does anybody know how to solve this problem?

Thanks
Serge Rehem
javabahia.org

[Oleg]

Hi,

You can use p:commandLink inside of p:menuitem.

[cagatay.civici]

menuitem is generic to contain other components;

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<p:menubar>
   <p:submenu label="CRUDs">
     <p:menuitem label="Client">
          <p:commandLink action="#{ddmenu.doNew}" ... ajax="true|false"/>
     </p:menuitem>
  </p:submenu>
</p:menubar>

[javaone9]

menuitem is generic to contain other components;

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<p:menubar>
   <p:submenu label="CRUDs">
     <p:menuitem label="Client">
          <p:commandLink action="#{ddmenu.doNew}" ... ajax="true|false"/>
     </p:menuitem>
  </p:submenu>
</p:menubar>

Can I use model as following?

<p:menubar model="#{bean.menuModel}" var="item">
<p:menuitem label="#{item.name}">
<p:commandLink action="#{item.doSomething}" ... ajax="true|false"/>
</p:menuitem>

<p:subMenu label="#{item.name}"/>
</p:menubar>

p:tree can iterating over treeNode. Menu should provide var, but I did not see it in tag doc.
For using menu model, how to add action to menuItems? different menu items take different actions.

Thanks for info.
Dave