Question

I have this:

<h:link value="Sign In" outcome="login.jsp" />

When the link is clicked it navigates to login.jsp. Works fine.

I’d also like a method in a bean to get called on the click, so I tried this:

<h:link value="Sign In" outcome="login.jsp" />
  <f:ajax event="click" listener="#{loginHandler.dismissSignUpDialog}" />
</h:link>

But it never calls the method. The method looks like this:

public void dismissSignUpDialog(AjaxBehaviorEvent e) {
    setSignUpDialogDismissed(true);
}

Any idea what I’m doing wrong? Thanks!

Answer 1

The <f:ajax> indeed doesn’t work on <h:link> that way. Use <h:commandLink> instead.

<h:form>
    <h:commandLink value="Sign In" action="login.jsp?faces-redirect=true" />
        <f:ajax listener="#{loginHandler.dismissSignUpDialog}" />
    </h:commandLink>
</h:form>

By the way, why are you still using JSP instead of Facelets?