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Asked: 2026-05-11T00:18:21+00:00

In my JSF/Facelets app, here’s a simplified version of part of my form: <h:form

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In my JSF/Facelets app, here’s a simplified version of part of my form:

<h:form id='myform'>   <h:inputSecret value='#{createNewPassword.newPassword1}' id='newPassword1' />   <h:message class='error' for='newPassword1' />   <h:inputSecret value='#{createNewPassword.newPassword2}' id='newPassword2' />   <h:message class='error' for='newPassword2' />   <h:commandButton value='Continue' action='#{createNewPassword.continueButton}' /> </h:form>

I’d like to be able to assign an error to a specific h:message tag based on something happening in the continueButton() method. Different errors need to be displayed for newPassword and newPassword2. A validator won’t really work, because the method that will deliver results (from the DB) is run in the continueButton() method, and is too expensive to run twice.

I can’t use the h:messages tag because the page has multiple places that I need to display different error messages. When I tried this, the page displayed duplicates of every message.

I tried this as a best guess, but no luck:

public Navigation continueButton() {   ...   expensiveMethod();   if(...) {     FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage('newPassword', new FacesMessage('Error: Your password is NOT strong enough.'));   } }

What am I missing? Any help would be appreciated!

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  1. In case anyone was curious, I was able to figure this out based on all of your responses combined!

    This is in the Facelet:

    <h:form id='myform'>   <h:inputSecret value='#{createNewPassword.newPassword1}' id='newPassword1' />   <h:message class='error' for='newPassword1' id='newPassword1Error' />   <h:inputSecret value='#{createNewPassword.newPassword2}' id='newPassword2' />   <h:message class='error' for='newPassword2' id='newPassword2Error' />   <h:commandButton value='Continue' action='#{createNewPassword.continueButton}' /> </h:form>

    This is in the continueButton() method:

    FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage('myForm:newPassword1', new FacesMessage(PASSWORDS_DONT_MATCH, PASSWORDS_DONT_MATCH));

    And it works! Thanks for the help!

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