I am using hx:commandExButton of IBM Faces Client Framework to call my method. But the method is not getting called. But if I use immediate="true" it's getting called. But as you all know with this my model won't get updated, so it has no use to me.
Has anyone faced this? Check the hx:commandExButton id="btnSearch"
<%-- tpl:metadata --%>
<%-- jsf:pagecode language="java" location="/src/pagecode/view/costestimation/SearchAssignee.java" --%><%-- /jsf:pagecode --%>
<%-- /tpl:metadata --%>
<%@taglib prefix="f" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"%><%@taglib
prefix="h" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"%><%@taglib
uri="http://www.ibm.com/jsf/html_extended" prefix="hx"%><%@taglib
uri="http://java.sun.com/portlet_2_0" prefix="portlet"%><%@taglib
uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/v6.1/portlet-client-model"
prefix="portlet-client-model"%><%@page language="java"
contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%><portlet-client-model:init>
<portlet-client-model:require module="ibm.
portal.xml.*" />
<portlet-client-model:require module="ibm.
portal.portlet.*" />
</portlet-client-model:init>
<portlet:defineObjects />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" title="Style"
href="../../theme/stylesheet.css">
<f:view>
<f:loadBundle var="giamsBundle"
basename="com.ibm.costprojectionportlet.nl.GIAMSResourceBundle" />
<hx:viewFragment id="viewFragment1">
<hx:scriptCollector id="scriptCollector1">
<script language="JavaScript"
src='<%=renderResponse.encodeURL(renderRequest
.getContextPath()
+ "/js/common.js")%>'></script>
<h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />
<h:outputText id="titleSearch" styleClass="outputText"
value="#{giamsBundle['title.search']}" escape="false"></h:outputText>
<h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />
<h:messages style="font-weight:bold;color:red;" layout="table"></h:messages>
<hx:panelSection styleClass="panelSection" title="SearchCriteria"
id="searchCriteriaPanel" initClosed="false"
style="border-width: thin; border-style: groove">
<h:form styleClass="form" id="searchCriteriaForm">
<h:messages style="font-weight:bold;color:red;" layout="table"></h:messages>
<h:panelGrid columns="2" cellpadding="1" border="0" width="100%">
<h:column>
<hx:panelFormBox helpPosition="over" labelPosition="left"
styleClass="panelFormBox" id="formBoxLeft">
<hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmLastName"
label="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.lastname']}" escape="false">
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" size="20" id="txtLastName"
value="#{pc_SearchAssignee.assignee.lastName}">
</h:inputText>
</hx:formItem>
<hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmHomeCountrySerial"
label="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.homecountryserial']}"
escape="false">
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" size="20"
id="txtHomeCountrySerial"
value="#{pc_SearchAssignee.assignee.companyDetails.homeCountrySerial}">
</h:inputText>
</hx:formItem>
<hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmHomeCountry"
label="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.homecountry']}" escape="false">
<h:selectOneMenu styleClass="selectOneMenu" id="ddHomeCountry"
value="">
<f:selectItems value="#{pc_referenceData.telephoneTypeList}" />
</h:selectOneMenu>
</hx:formItem>
<hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmHomeBusinessUnit"
label="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.homebusunit']}" escape="false">
<h:selectOneMenu styleClass="selectOneMenu" value=""
id="ddHomeBusinessUnit">
<f:selectItems value="#{pc_referenceData.telephoneTypeList}" />
</h:selectOneMenu>
</hx:formItem>
<hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmforButtons" label=""
escape="false">
<h:panelGroup>
<hx:commandExButton styleClass="commandExButton"
id="btnSearch" value="#{giamsBundle['btn.search']}"
action="#{pc_SearchAssignee.searchAssignee}">
</hx:commandExButton>
<hx:commandExButton styleClass="commandExButton"
id="btnCancel" value="#{giamsBundle['btn.cancel']}"
action="#{pc_SearchAssignee.searchAssignee}">
</hx:commandExButton>
</h:panelGroup>
</hx:formItem>
</hx:panelFormBox>
</h:column>
<h:column>
<hx:panelFormBox helpPosition="over" labelPosition="left"
styleClass="panelFormBox" id="formBoxRight">
<hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmFirstName"
label="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.firstname']}" escape="false">
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" size="20" id="txtFirstName"
value="#{pc_SearchAssignee.assignee.firstName}">
</h:inputText>
</hx:formItem>
<hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmHomeNotesEmail"
label="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.homenotesemail']}"
escape="false">
<h:panelGroup>
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" size="20"
id="txtHomeNotesEmail"
value="#{pc_SearchAssignee.assignee.lotusNotesId}">
</h:inputText>
</h:panelGroup>
</hx:formItem>
<hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="frmHomeLocation"
label="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.homeloc']}" escape="false">
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" size="20"
id="txtHomeLocation"
value="#{pc_SearchAssignee.assignee.homeAddress.cityName}">
</h:inputText>
</hx:formItem>
<hx:formItem styleClass="formItem" id="blank" label=""
escape="false">
<h:outputText id="txtblank" escape="false"></h:outputText>
</hx:formItem>
</hx:panelFormBox>
</h:column>
</h:panelGrid>
</h:form>
<f:facet name="opened">
<hx:jspPanel id="jspPanelMainOpen">
<hx:graphicImageEx id="imageExMainOpen"
styleClass="graphicImageEx" align="middle"
value="/theme/img/form_header.GIF" width="100%" height="20"></hx:graphicImageEx>
</hx:jspPanel>
</f:facet>
</hx:panelSection>
<h:outputText id="titleResults" styleClass="outputText"
value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.results']}" escape="false"></h:outputText>
<h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />
<hx:dataTableEx border="0" cellspacing="2" width="100%"
columnClasses="columnClass1" headerClass="headerClass"
footerClass="footerClass" rowClasses="rowClass1, rowClass2"
styleClass="dataTableEx" id="searchAssignee"
value="#{pc_SearchAssignee.assigneeList}" var="searchitr"
binding="#{pc_SearchAssignee.searchDataTable}"
rendered="#{pc_SearchAssignee.render}">
<hx:columnEx id="columnEx1">
<f:facet name="header">
<hx:panelBox styleClass="panelBox" id="selectPanelBox">
<hx:outputSelecticons styleClass="outputSelecticons"
id="selectCheckBox"></hx:outputSelecticons>
</hx:panelBox>
</f:facet>
<hx:inputRowSelect styleClass="inputRowSelect"
value="#{searchitr.selected}" id="rowSelect"></hx:inputRowSelect>
<f:facet name="header"></f:facet>
</hx:columnEx>
<hx:columnEx id="columnEx2">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText id="lblEeId" styleClass="outputText"
value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.eeid']}"></h:outputText>
</f:facet>
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="dttxtEEID"
value="#{searchitr.employeeID}"></h:inputText>
</hx:columnEx>
<hx:columnEx id="columnEx3">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText id="lblFirstName" styleClass="outputText"
value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.firstname']}"></h:outputText>
</f:facet>
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="dttxtFirstName"
value="#{searchitr.firstName}"></h:inputText>
</hx:columnEx>
<hx:columnEx id="columnEx4">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText id="lblLastName" styleClass="outputText"
value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.lastname']}"></h:outputText>
</f:facet>
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="dttxtLastName"
value="#{searchitr.lastName}"></h:inputText>
</hx:columnEx>
<hx:columnEx id="columnEx5">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText id="lblHomeNotesEmail" styleClass="outputText"
value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.homenotesemail']}"></h:outputText>
</f:facet>
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="dttxtHomeNotesEmail"
value="#{searchitr.homeAddress.addressLine1}"></h:inputText>
</hx:columnEx>
<hx:columnEx id="columnEx6">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText id="lblHomeCountry" styleClass="outputText"
value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.homecountry']}"></h:outputText>
</f:facet>
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="dttxtHomeCountry"
value="#{searchitr.homeAddress.addressLine1}"></h:inputText>
</hx:columnEx>
<hx:columnEx id="columnEx7">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText id="lblHomeLocation" styleClass="outputText"
value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.homeloc']}"></h:outputText>
</f:facet>
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="dttxtHomeLocation"
value="#{searchitr.homeTaxID}"></h:inputText>
</hx:columnEx>
<hx:columnEx id="columnEx8">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText id="lblHomeBusUnit" styleClass="outputText"
value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.homebusunit']}"></h:outputText>
</f:facet>
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="dttxtHomeBusUnit"
value="#{searchitr.homeTaxID}"></h:inputText>
</hx:columnEx>
<hx:columnEx id="columnEx9">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText id="lblAssignStatus" styleClass="outputText"
value="#{giamsBundle['lbl.search.assignmentstatus']}"></h:outputText>
</f:facet>
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="dttxtAssignStatus"
value="#{searchitr.homeTaxID}"></h:inputText>
</hx:columnEx>
</hx:dataTableEx>
<h:outputText value="<br/>" escape="false" />
<hx:commandExButton type="submit" styleClass="commandExButton"
rendered="#{pc_SearchAssignee.render}" id="btnContinue"
value="#{giamsBundle['btn.continue']}"
action="#{pc_SearchAssignee.searchAssignee}">
</hx:commandExButton>
</hx:scriptCollector>
</hx:viewFragment>
</f:view>
