commandScript (OmniFaces VDL Documentation

Description:
CommandScript is an extension to <h:commandXxx> which generates a JavaScript function in the global JavaScript scope which allows the enduser to execute a JSF ajax request by a just function call functionName() in the JavaScript context.
The <o:commandScript> component is required to be enclosed in an UIForm component. The name attribute is required and it represents the JavaScript function name. The execute and render attributes work exactly the same as in <f:ajax>. The onbegin and oncomplete attributes must represent (valid!) JavaScript code which will be executed before sending the ajax request and after processing the ajax response respectively. The action, actionListener and immediate attributes work exactly the same as in <h:commandXxx>.
Basic usage example of <o:commandScript> which submits the entire form on click of a plain HTML button:
```
<h:form>
  <h:inputText value="#{bean.input1}" ... />
  <h:inputText value="#{bean.input2}" ... />
  <h:inputText value="#{bean.input3}" ... />
  <o:commandScript name="submitForm" action="#{bean.submit}" render="@form" />
</h:form>
<input type="button" value="submit" onclick="submitForm()" />
				
```
Usage example which uses the <o:commandScript> as a poll function which updates every 3 seconds:
```
<h:form>
  <h:dataTable id="data" value="#{bean.data}" ...>...</h:dataTable>
  <o:commandScript name="updateData" action="#{bean.reloadData}" render="data" />
</h:form>
<h:outputScript target="body">setInterval(updateData, 3000);</h:outputScript>
				
```
The component also supports nesting of <f:param>, <f:actionListener> and <f:setPropertyActionListener>, exactly like as in <h:commandXxx>. The function also supports a JS object as argument which will then end up in the HTTP request parameter map:
```
functionName({ name1: "value1", name2: "value2" });
				
```
With the above example, the parameters are in the action method available as follows:
```
String name1 = Faces.getRequestParameter("name1"); // value1
String name2 = Faces.getRequestParameter("name2"); // value2
				
```

Component Information

Info Value

Component Type org.omnifaces.component.script.CommandScript

Handler Class None

Renderer Type None

Description None

Component Information
Info	Value
Component Type	`org.omnifaces.component.script.CommandScript`
Handler Class	None
Renderer Type	None
Description	None

Attributes
Name	Required	Type	Description
`id`	`false`	`javax.el.ValueExpression` (must evaluate to `java.lang.String`)	The component identifier for this component. This value must be unique within the closest parent component that is a naming container.
`rendered`	`false`	`javax.el.ValueExpression` (must evaluate to `java.lang.Boolean`)	Flag indicating whether or not this component should be rendered (during Render Response Phase), or processed on any subsequent form submit. The default value for this property is true.
`binding`	`false`	`javax.el.ValueExpression` (must evaluate to `javax.faces.component.UIComponent`)	The `ValueExpression` linking this component to a property in a backing bean.
`name`	`true`	`javax.el.ValueExpression` (must evaluate to `java.lang.String`)	The script function name.
`execute`	`false`	`javax.el.ValueExpression` (must evaluate to `java.lang.String`)	A space separated string of client IDs to process on ajax request.
`render`	`false`	`javax.el.ValueExpression` (must evaluate to `java.lang.String`)	A space separated string of client IDs to update on ajax response.
`onbegin`	`false`	`javax.el.ValueExpression` (must evaluate to `java.lang.String`)	A script to execute before ajax request is fired.
`oncomplete`	`false`	`javax.el.ValueExpression` (must evaluate to `java.lang.String`)	A script to execute after ajax response is processed.
`action`	`false`	`javax.el.MethodExpression` (signature must match `java.lang.Object action()`)	`MethodExpression` representing the application action to invoke when this component is activated by the user. The expression must evaluate to a public method that takes no parameters, and returns an `Object` (the `toString()` of which is called to derive the logical outcome) which is passed to the `NavigationHandler` for this application.
`actionListener`	`false`	`javax.el.MethodExpression` (signature must match `void actionListener(javax.faces.event.ActionEvent)`)	`MethodExpression` representing an action listener method that will be notified when this component is activated by the user. The expression must evaluate to a public method that takes an `ActionEvent` parameter, with a return type of void, or to a public method that takes no arguments with a return type of void. In the latter case, the method has no way of easily knowing where the event came from, but this can be useful in cases where a notification is needed that "some action happened".
`immediate`	`false`	`javax.el.ValueExpression` (must evaluate to `boolean`)	Flag indicating that, if this component is activated by the user, notifications should be delivered to interested listeners and actions immediately (that is, during Apply Request Values phase) rather than waiting until Invoke Application phase.

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