setup for proper cusine/category searching

pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.mousetech.gourmet</groupId>
     <artifactId>gourmetj</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.7</version>
+    <version>0.2.8</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>GourmetJ</name>

src/main/java/com/mousetech/gourmetj/AdminMainBean.java

@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ public class AdminMainBean implements Serializable {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @param cookieBean the cookieBean to set
+	 * @param cookieBean the cookieBean to set.
+	 * @deprecated Not invoked by @Inject
 	 */
 	public void setCookieBean(CookieBean cookieBean) {
 		this.cookieBean = cookieBean;
@@ -210,13 +211,6 @@ public class AdminMainBean implements Serializable {
 		}
 		searchText = searchText.trim();
 
-		// Persist current settings
-		try {
-			cookieBean.saveCookies();
-		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-			// Something is really wrong if we can't create UTF-8!
-			log.error("Unable to save cookies!", e);
-		}
 		RecipeSearchType st = searchtypeEnum(); 
 		switch (st) {
 		case rst_BY_NAME:

src/main/java/com/mousetech/gourmetj/CookieBean.java

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
-import jakarta.enterprise.context.RequestScoped;
+import jakarta.faces.view.ViewScoped;
 import jakarta.inject.Named;
 
 /**
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import jakarta.inject.Named;
  * @since Jan 31, 2024
  */
 @Named
-@RequestScoped
+@ViewScoped
 public class CookieBean {
 
 	private static final String KEY_DISPLAY_ROWS = "displayRows";
@@ -44,10 +44,15 @@ public class CookieBean {
 
 	private Map<String, String> cookieMap;
 
+	final Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<>();
+	
 	/**
 	 * Constructor.
 	 */
 	public CookieBean() {
+		properties.put("maxAge", 31536000);
+		properties.put("path", "/");
+		properties.put("SameSite", "Strict");
 	}
 
 	@PostConstruct
@@ -63,11 +68,6 @@ public class CookieBean {
 	 */
 	public void saveCookies()
 			throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
-		final Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<>();
-		properties.put("maxAge", 31536000);
-		properties.put("path", "/");
-		properties.put("SameSite", "Strict");
-
 		for (Entry<String, String> e : cookieMap.entrySet()) {
 			JSFUtils.outputCookie(e.getKey(), e.getValue(),
 				properties);
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ public class CookieBean {
 
 	public void setCookieValue(String name, String value) {
 		cookieMap.put(name, value);
+		try {
+			JSFUtils.outputCookie(name, value, properties);
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+			// Should never happen. But...
+			log.error("Unable to encode cookie", e);
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
 	}
 
 	// ************************
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@ public class CookieBean {
 	}
 
 	public void setSearchText(String value) {
-		cookieMap.put(KEY_SEARCH_FOR, value);
+		setCookieValue(KEY_SEARCH_FOR, value);
 	}
 
 	// **
@@ -110,7 +117,8 @@ public class CookieBean {
 	}
 
 	public void setSearchType(Integer value) {
-		cookieMap.put(KEY_SEARCH_TYPE, String.valueOf(value));
+		String st = String.valueOf(value);
+		setCookieValue(KEY_SEARCH_TYPE, st);
 	}
 
 	// **
@@ -123,11 +131,13 @@ public class CookieBean {
 	}
 
 	public void setDisplayListSize(Integer value) {
-		cookieMap.put(KEY_DISPLAY_ROWS, String.valueOf(value));
+		setCookieValue(KEY_DISPLAY_ROWS, String.valueOf(value));
 	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * IdleMonitor backing methods (session/View timeout)
+	 * Todo: move to a more general location. Currently
+	 * only used by view editor, not Main!
 	 */
 	public void sessionIdleListener() {
 		log.info("Session Idle Listener fired.");

src/main/java/com/mousetech/gourmetj/JSFUtils.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import jakarta.faces.context.ExternalContext;
 import jakarta.faces.context.FacesContext;
 import jakarta.faces.context.Flash;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.Cookie;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -127,28 +129,51 @@ public class JSFUtils {
 	 * Get cookie values.
 	 */
 	public static Map<String, String> getCookies() {
-		Map<String, Object> m0 = getExternalContext().getRequestCookieMap();
+		Map<String, Object> m0 =
+				getExternalContext().getRequestCookieMap();
 		Map<String, String> m1 = new HashMap<String, String>();
-		m1 = m0.entrySet()
+		m1 = m0.entrySet().stream()
-				.stream()
+			.collect(Collectors.toMap(e -> e.getKey(),
-				.collect(Collectors.toMap(
-					e -> e.getKey(),
 				e -> ((Cookie) e.getValue()).getValue()));
 		return m1;
 	}
 
+	public static String getCookie(String cookieName) {
+		Map<String, Object> map =
+				getExternalContext().getRequestCookieMap();
+		if (map == null) {
+			return null; // no cookies at all
+		}
+		Cookie cookie = (Cookie) map.get(cookieName);
+		if (cookie == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return cookie.getValue();
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Set a cookie value in Response.
+	 * 
 	 * @param name       Cookie name
 	 * @param value      Cookie value
-	 * @param properties Cookie property Map (timeout, <i>etc.</i>)
+	 * @param properties Cookie property Map (timeout,
+	 *                   <i>etc.</i>)
 	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
 	 */
-	public static void outputCookie(String name,
+	public static void outputCookie(String name, String value,
-			String value, Map<String, Object> properties) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+			Map<String, Object> properties)
-		getExternalContext().addResponseCookie(name,
+			throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
-			URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8"),			
+//		getExternalContext().addResponseCookie(name,
-			properties);
+//			URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8"),			
+//			properties);
+
+		Cookie cookie = new Cookie(name, value);
+		cookie.setMaxAge(31536000);
+		cookie.setPath("/");
+		jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse resp =
+				(HttpServletResponse) getExternalContext()
+					.getResponse();
+		resp.addCookie(cookie);
 	}
 
 	/**

src/main/java/com/mousetech/gourmetj/RecipeDetailBean.java

@@ -720,7 +720,6 @@ public class RecipeDetailBean implements Serializable {
 		}
 
 		if (recipeService.save(this.getRecipe())) {
-			////////////userSession.setRecipe(null);
 			return "recipeDetails?faces-redirect=true";
 		} else {
 			JSFUtils.addErrorMessage("Save recipe failed");

src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/main.xhtml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"  encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE html  >
 <ui:composition template="/WEB-INF/layout/layout.xhtml"
     xmlns:h="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html"
     xmlns:f="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/core"