Error binding a h:selectOneMenu to a LinkedList

I have the following:

I am trying to populate the f:selectItems with the following code from my backing bean:

The error I keep returning is:

javax.faces.FacesException: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Value binding '#{tb.transType}'of UISelectItems does not reference an Object of type SelectItem, SelectItem[], Collection or Map but of type : java.lang.String

How can this be a String???

I would greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks,

I'm assuming this is your class constructor? Is your class name transactionBrowserBean or should the constructor be TransactionBrowserBean? Does that make a difference at all? I think maybe your List is not being poplulated?

Hi Gregg:

Yes, this is my class constructor.

How would a list *not* be populated, the only way I can think of is if the constructor is not called...

Here is the entire class file:

package com.dtn.petro2.petro_admin;
 
import com.dtn.petro2.petro_lib.TransactFinder;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.faces.model.SelectItem;
 
 
 
public class transactionBrowserBean implements Serializable {
    private String url = "jdbc/__Test";
    private String user = "user";
    private String password = "password";
    private TransactFinder tfinder;
    private String transStartDate;
    private String transStartTime;
    private String transEndDate;
    private String transEndTime;
    
    public ArrayList transType = new ArrayList();
    
    public SelectItem currentTransType;
    
    /**
     * Creates a new instance of transactionBrowserBean
     */
    public transactionBrowserBean() {
        transType.add(new SelectItem("response", "Response file."));
        transType.add(new SelectItem("prep", "Preprocess input file."));
        transType.add(new SelectItem("parse", "Parse command file."));
        transType.add(new SelectItem("broadcast", "Process broadcast delivery commands."));
    }
    
    public void setUrl(String url) {
        this.url = url;
    }
    
    public SelectItem getCurrentTransType() {
        return new SelectItem("response", "Response file.");
    }
    
    public void setCurrentTransType(SelectItem item) {
        currentTransType = item;
    }
    
    public ArrayList getTransType() {
        return this.transType;
    }
    
    public void setTransType(ArrayList _transType) {
        this.transType = _transType;
    }
    
    public String getTransStartDate() {
        return transStartDate;
    }
    
    public void setTransStartDate(String _transStartDate) {
        this.transStartDate = _transStartDate;
    }
    
    public String getTransStartTime() {
        return transStartTime;
    }
    
    public void setTransStartTime(String _transStartTime) {
        this.transStartTime = _transStartTime;
    }
    
    public String getTransEndDate() {
        return transEndDate;
    }
    
    public void setTransEndDate(String _transEndDate) {
        this.transEndDate = _transEndDate;
    }
    
    public String getTransEndTime() {
        return transEndTime;
    }
    
    public void setTransEndTime(String _transEndTime) {
        this.transEndTime = _transEndTime;
    }
}

Thanks,

--Todd
[ May 11, 2006: Message edited by: Todd Patrick ]

To confirm whether your constructor is getting called or not, why not put a [ System.out.println("transaction Browser bean") ] and check in the console whether it's getting printed or not.

Are you sure that the managed bean which you are referencing in the JSP page is the same as that you had configured in the "faces-config.xml" (faces configuration file) mapping to the "transactionBrowserBean" class ?

That was it!

My mapping to the "transactionBrowserBean" class was wrong.

It should had been:

Thank you for taking a look.