Question

I am dynamically generating some Primefaces input and output components, and I need to be able to disable validation on these components in certain use cases, while still updating the model. (Like a save button). It looks like the proper way to do that in xhtml would be to use <f:validateBean disabled="#{myBean.someCondition}/>

However, I cannot figure out how to create this component dynamically. I searched through the javax.faces package and could not find any validateBean component. I thought maybe it would be a property that I need to set on the UIInput component, but none of the methods outlined in that API seem to what I need.

Is this possible?

Edit:

As a reference, here is the component I am creating:

UIInput input = new InputText();
input.setId(field.getFieldKey());
input.setValueExpression("value", expressionFactory.createValueExpression(elContext, field.getFieldValue(), String.class));
input.addClientBehavior("blur", ajaxBehavior);    
input.addValidator(new BeanValidator());

Answer 1

You might want to explore these paths :

• Set immediate to true on your input.

  input.setImmediate(true);
  

• Extend BeanValidator with an empty validate method and pass an instance to your input.

  input.addValidator(new DummyBeanValidator());
  

Hope this helps.