Here's a working example that solves it in the same way that you were trying - with bubble up and call down...
http://jumpstart.doublenegative.com.au/jumpstart7/together/ajaxcomponentscrud/persons ...where Persons, which is the page, calls list.doChangeOfSelectedPerson() in response to several bubbled-up events. Geoff On 7 Sep 2014, at 9:31 am, Chris Poulsen <mailingl...@nesluop.dk> wrote: > Hi, > > I believe that https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAP5-2383 is about > this case. There are several possible solutions mentioned in that issue/its > comments. > > -- > Chris > > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 12:16 AM, John <j...@quivinco.com> wrote: > >> I have a situation where a child component (C) fires an event that causes >> the containing component(B) to refesh it's content. Another component (A) >> that contains B also contains compoenent D. D needs also to fire an event >> that causes B to refesh it's content. The event needs to go down the >> component hierarchy. >> >> I've tried to inject component B into A and directky invoke the event >> handler, but it throws exceptions. Is there a proper way to handle this, >> like pushing the event downwards? >> >> John >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >>