onSubmitAction not getting called - Portal

[laknarayan]

Hi,

When i submit a form, it is not calling the method "onSubmitAction" of the respective simpleformcontroller.

Definition of SimpleFormController in application-portlet.xml as below

<bean id="submitEmployeeInformation" class="com.jpmorgan.employee.controller.SubmitEmployeeInformation" parent="employeeControllerTemplate">
		<property name="sessionForm" value="true"/>
		<property name="commandName" value="employee"/>
		<property name="commandClass" value="com.jpmorgan.employee.model.Employee"/>
		<property name="formView" value="EmployeeInfo"/>
		<property name="validator" ref="empValidator" />
    </bean>

The EmployeeInfo.jsp as below

<%@ include file="/WEB-INF/jsp/include.jsp" %>
<div class="portlet-section-header">Enter Your Information</div>
<div class="portlet-section-body">

	<portlet:actionURL var="actionUrl">
		<portlet:param name="action" value="showSuccess"/>
	</portlet:actionURL>

	<form:form commandName="employee" method="post" action="${actionUrl}">

		<div><form:errors cssClass="portlet-msg-error" /></div>

		<table border="0" cellpadding="4">
			<tr>
				<th class="portlet-form-field-label">Name :</th>
				<td><form:input cssClass="portlet-form-input-field" path="name" size="30" maxlength="80" /></td>
				<td><form:errors cssClass="portlet-msg-error" path="name" /></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<th class="portlet-form-field-label">Age :</th>
				<td><form:input cssClass="portlet-form-input-field" path="age" size="30" maxlength="80" /></td>
				<td><form:errors cssClass="portlet-msg-error" path="age" /></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<th colspan="3"><button type="submit" class="portlet-form-button">Submit Me</button></th>
			</tr>
		</table>

	</form:form>
</div>
<div class="portlet-section-footer">
</div>

The SimpleformController class as below

package com.jpmorgan.employee.controller;

import javax.portlet.ActionRequest;
import javax.portlet.ActionResponse;
import javax.portlet.PortletRequest;
import javax.portlet.RenderRequest;
import javax.portlet.RenderResponse;
import org.springframework.validation.BindException;
import org.springframework.web.portlet.ModelAndView;
import org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc.SimpleFormController;

import com.jpmorgan.employee.model.Employee;

public class SubmitEmployeeInformation extends SimpleFormController {


    @Override
	public void onSubmitAction(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response,
			Object command,	BindException errors) {
    	Employee employee = (Employee) command;
    	System.out.println("Name of the Employee:"+ employee.getName());
    	System.out.println("Age of the Employee:"+ employee.getAge());
    	response.setRenderParameter("action","showSuccess");
	}
    
    @Override
    protected Object formBackingObject(PortletRequest request){
    	Employee employee = new Employee();
		return employee;
	}

    @Override
	protected ModelAndView renderInvalidSubmit(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response) {
	    return null;
	}

    @Override
	protected void handleInvalidSubmit(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response) {
		response.setRenderParameter("action","submitempinfo");
	}
}

When i submit, it is not calling OnsubmitAction instead the control is going to formBackingObject.

I dont know where i am making the mistake.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Lakshmi.

[laknarayan]

Hi All,

Kindly update me if inputs..

Thanks,
Lakshmi.

[rcrathore]

I think there is no need of overriding formBackingObject method as by default it returns an instance of the commandClass that has been configured.

[laknarayan]

Hi,

Thanks, I have commented formBackingObject.
Still when i submit the page, why control is not going to onSubmitAction().

Any idea?

Thanks,
Lakshmi.

[rcrathore]

Can you share your configuration for PortletModeParameterHandlerMapping?

[laknarayan]

Hi,

Please find below PortletModeParameterHandlerMapping config.

<!--  URL mappings Start-->
    <bean id="portletModeParameterHandlerMapping" class="org.springframework.web.portlet.handler.PortletModeParameterHandlerMapping">
   		<property name="interceptors">
			<list>
				<ref bean="parameterMappingInterceptor"/>
			</list>
		</property>
 		<property name="portletModeParameterMap">
			<map>
				<entry key="view">
					<map>
						<entry key="employeeMain"><ref bean="employeeMainController"/></entry>
						<entry key="submitempinfo"><ref bean="submitEmployeeInformation"/></entry>
						<entry key="showSuccess"><ref bean="showSuccessController"/></entry>
					</map>
				</entry>
			</map>
		</property>
	</bean>		

	<bean id="portletModeHandlerMapping" class="org.springframework.web.portlet.handler.PortletModeHandlerMapping">
        <!-- <property name="order" value="20"/> -->
		<property name="interceptors">
			<list>
			</list>
		</property>
		<property name="portletModeMap">
			<map>
				<entry key="view"><ref bean="employeeMainController"/></entry>
			</map>
		</property>
	</bean>

Let me know if you need any more info.

Thanks,
Lakshmi.

[rcrathore]

In JSP, value of action is 'showSuccess' and in mapping configuration this is mapped to showSuccessController bean. I think it should be mapped to submitEmployeeInformation.
so it should be:

<entry key="employeeMain"><ref bean="employeeMainController"/></entry>
<entry key="submitempinfo"><ref bean="submitEmployeeInformation"/></entry>
<entry key="showSuccess"><ref bean="submitEmployeeInformation"/></entry>

[laknarayan]

Hi,

I have modified the JSP like below.

<div class="portlet-section-body">
	
	<portlet:actionURL var="actionUrl">
		<portlet:param name="action" value="submitempinfo"/>
	</portlet:actionURL>

And the mapping stays same.

<!--  URL mappings Start-->
    <bean id="portletModeParameterHandlerMapping" class="org.springframework.web.portlet.handler.PortletModeParameterHandlerMapping">
   		<property name="interceptors">
			<list>
				<ref bean="parameterMappingInterceptor"/>
			</list>
		</property>
 		<property name="portletModeParameterMap">
			<map>
				<entry key="view">
					<map>
						<entry key="employeeMain"><ref bean="employeeMainController"/></entry>
						<entry key="submitempinfo"><ref bean="submitEmployeeInformation"/></entry>
						<entry key="showSuccess"><ref bean="showSuccessController"/></entry>
					</map>
				</entry>
			</map>
		</property>
	</bean>

Still it is not calling the onSubmitAction().

Thanks again for your help.

Lakshmi.

[rcrathore]

Ok. could you please try following:

1. Add portlet mode:

<portlet:actionURL var="actionUrl" portletMode="view">
		<portlet:param name="action" value="submitempinfo"/>
	</portlet:actionURL>

2. add order as 1 to parameter mapping:

<bean id="portletModeParameterHandlerMapping" class="org.springframework.web.portlet.handler.PortletModeParameterHandlerMapping">
		<property name="order" value="1"/>
   		<property name="interceptors">
			<list>
				<ref bean="parameterMappingInterceptor"/>
			</list>
		</property>
 		<property name="portletModeParameterMap">
			<map>
				<entry key="view">
					<map>
						<entry key="employeeMain" value-ref="employeeMainController"/>
						<entry key="submitempinfo" value-ref="submitEmployeeInformation"/>
						<entry key="showSuccess" value-ref="showSuccessController"/>
					</map>
				</entry>
			</map>
		</property>
	</bean>

3. add order as 2 to mode mapping:

<bean id="portletModeHandlerMapping" class="org.springframework.web.portlet.handler.PortletModeHandlerMapping">
		<property name="order" value="2"/>
		<property name="portletModeMap">
			<map>
				<entry key="view" value-ref="employeeMainController"/>
			</map>
		</property>
	</bean>

[laknarayan]

Hi,

Nope.. it is still not going to onsubmitAction().

When i submit the EmployeeInfo.jsp, the request is going to browser like below.

http://localhost:7001/SpringPortal/SpringPortal.portal?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=SpringPortal_2&_urlType=action&SpringPortal_2_action=submitempinfo

Since the submit request is going "action=submitempinfo", i feel it is again trying to show the same jsp. Thats why it is going to formbackingobject() method while displaying jsp file also while submitting it.

Thanks,
Lakshmi.