Added suggestions for mainpage search

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

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import javax.inject.Named;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.mousetech.gourmetj.persistence.model.Recipe;
@@ -95,6 +96,30 @@ public class AdminMainBean implements Serializable {
 		userSession.setLastSearch(searchText);
 	}
 
+	private List<String> suggestionList = null;
+
+	public void resetSuggestions() {
+		suggestionList = null;
+	}
+	
+	public List<String> searchSuggestionList(String query) {
+		if (suggestionList == null) {
+			switch (this.userSession.getSearchType()) {
+			case rst_BY_CATEGORY:
+				suggestionList =
+						recipeService.findCategories();
+				break;
+			case rst_BY_CUISINE:
+				suggestionList =
+				 		recipeService.findCuisines();
+				break;
+			default:
+				suggestionList = new ArrayList<String>(1);
+			}
+		}
+		return suggestionList;
+	}
+	
 	/**/
 	transient DataModel<Recipe> searchResults;
 

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

@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@
         <h:messages />
         <h:form id="form1">
             <div>
-                <p:inputText id="searchFor" size="45"
+                <p:autoComplete id="searchFor" size="45"
                     placeholder="Recipe title/cuisine/category, etc.)"
                     value="#{adminMainBean.searchText}"
+                    completeMethod="#{adminMainBean.searchSuggestionList}"
                 >
                     <f:ajax event="change" execute="@this"
                         render="form2:table1"
                         listener="#{adminMainBean.ajaxUpdateList}"
                     />
-                </p:inputText>
+                </p:autoComplete>
                 <p:defaultCommand target="find" />
                 <p:commandButton id="find" value="Find"
                     icon="ui-icon-search"
@@ -28,12 +29,11 @@
                 <p:outputLabel for="@next" value="Search for " />
                 <p:selectOneMenu id="ctlSearchType"
                     value="#{userSession.searchType}"
-                    immediate="true"
                 >
                     <f:selectItems
                         value="#{userSession.searchTypeList}"
                     />
-                    <p:ajax />
+                    <p:ajax listener="#{adminMainBean.resetSuggestions}"/>
                 </p:selectOneMenu>
                 <p:commandButton id="ctlClear" value="Clear"
                     icon="ui-icon-close"