Invoking bean from included JSF page

[Naveen Sampra]

I have a common toolbar which I want to include on any JSF page when needed. However I need a way to pass my pageBean to toolbar and access properties/methods on the passed pageBean.
The pageBean is in request scope.

Below is the code. I want to include common_toolbar.xhtml into page1.xhtml
common_form.xhtml is where my template is defined and I have not listed, since it is not needed to show my example.

page1.xhtml:

<ui:composition template="/templates/common_form.xhtml">

   <!-- common tool bar used by many pages -->
   <ui:defnine name="toolbar">
      <ui:include src="/pages/common_toolbar.xhtml" >
            <ui:param name="pageBeanName" value="myPage1Bean" />
      </ui:include>
   </ui:define>

   <!-- custome page content -->
   <ui:define name="">
      some custom content
   </ui:define>

</ui:composition>

/pages/common_toolbar.xhtml

  <ui:composition>
        <h:outputText value="requestScope[pageBeanName].idValue" />
         <a4j:commandLink id='save_link_id' actionListener="#{requestScope[pageBeanName].mySaveMethod}" title="Save">
              .....save image.gif
         </a4j:commandLink>
  </ui:composition>

The page renders fine but when i click on save link I get following error:

javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: /pages/common_toolbar.xhtml @31,150 value="#{requestScope[pageBeanName].idValue}": Target Unreachable, 'myPage1Bean' returned null

On the save, why is JSF framework not creating and setting 'myPage1Bean' in request scope ?

[Tim Holloway]

             <ui:param name="pageBeanName" value="#{myPage1Bean}" />  

[Naveen Sampra]

How would I reference myPage1Bean that is passed to the include file?
I need to reference both a property(say idValue and action listener(say myListener).

I need to use idvalue on a <h:selectOneListbox ...> component and myListener on a <h:commandLink ...> component.

Appreciate if you can help with correct usage since I'm getting errors when I tried value="#{pageBeanName).idValue" or binding="#{pageBeanName).idValue" etc.

[Naveen Sampra]

I figured this one out.

value=#{pageBeanName.idValue)

actionListener=#{pageBeanName.myListener}