How to give a h:inputHidden element an initial value and bind it to a backing bean?

[Dave Alvarado]

Hi,

I'm using MyFaces 1.1.5 with Tomahawk 1.1.7. I have a dataTable and each row contains a commandLink that submits to a page requiring a single value. I have chosen to put this value in a hidden field, but I don't know how to bind the hidden field's value to to the backing bean's field. Here's what I have so far ...

        <t:column>
          ...
         <h:form>
          	<h:inputHidden value="#{currentRow.licenseNumber}"></h:inputHidden>
          	<h:commandLink action="#{DriverTransactionReportController.submit}">
				<t:outputText value="#{currentRow.name}" />
          	</h:commandLink>
          </h:form>
        </t:column>

Here, I want to bind the inputHidden to the backing bean field, "#{DriverTransactionReportController..licenseNumber}". Any ideas how I do this?

Thanks, - Dave

[yun hu]

<h:commandLink action="#{DriverTransactionReportController.submit}">
<f:param name="param" value="#{currentRow.name}" />
</h:commandLink>


Get parameter from backing bean :

String obj = (String) context.getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap().get(
"param");