Forget the question, I tested it myself and it works :) See the blog post for the complete working solution, that enables any element to submit the form and trigger an event, like a regular submit.
http://tinybits.blogspot.com/2010/05/mixin-to-allow-any-element-to-submit.html On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Inge Solvoll <inge.tapes...@gmail.com>wrote: > After looking at the source code for the LinkSubmit core component, I see a > lot of potential for a more generic component/mixin that could solve lots of > other problems. > > What I need right now (and quite often) is a Select component that submits > the form and triggers an event to let the component class know that it was > the source of the submit. The LinkSubmit source code is very close to doing > this, the only difference is that it insists on rendering a link. > > My questions is: > > Is it possible to encapsulate this in a mixin, named something like > "AnySubmit"? It would only need parameters for "event" and "clientEvent". > > I tried, but I don't see how I can use a mixin and still trigger an event > on submit using ComponentAction. See modified code from LinkSubmit below, is > this possible to do in a mixin on any component? > > private static class ProcessSubmission implements > ComponentAction<MySubmitMixinClass> { > > private final String clientId; > > public ProcessSubmission(String clientId) { > this.clientId = clientId; > } > > public void execute(MySubmitMixinClass component) { > component.processSubmission(clientId); > } > } >
