Question

I have 2 text fields in which I take the user inputs and I use those to trigger a managedbean with an actionlistener from a button. This class will generate(from an xml) the data that I want to fill a datatable in different form in the same page. I could resolve this if the button would open a different page after the class was triggered but I don’t want that.

Answer 1

Just set the properties of the components of the other form accordingly in the bean action method.

E.g.

<h:form>
    <h:inputText value="#{bean.input1}" />
    <h:inputText value="#{bean.input2}" />
    <h:commandButton value="submit" action="#{bean.submit}" />
</h:form>
<h:form>
    <h:dataTable value="#{bean.items}" rendered="#{not empty bean.items}">
        ...
    </h:dataTable>
</h:form>

with

private String input1;
private String input2;
private List<Item> items;

public void submit() {
    items = loadItBasedOn(input1, input2);
}