bean property not being updated

Hello,
JSF is not updating the Managed bean properties when I change a page component. I have a println that shows the getter method is being invoked, but not the setter method. One of the "problem" JSP component is:
it is not updating the bean property. The revelant objects follow.

Thanks for your assistance.

Here is the placeOrders.jsp

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<%--<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">--%>

<%--    Note: may need to UNCOMMENT other tag libraries to get to compile--%>
<%--<%@taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"%>--%>
<%@taglib prefix="f" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"%>
<%@taglib prefix="h" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"%>
<%--<%@taglib prefix="sql" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql"%>--%>
<%--<%@taglib prefix="ui" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" %>--%>

<%--
    Document   : placeOrders
    Created on : Jun 3, 2011, 10:23:41 AM
    Author     : 
--%>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
      xlmns:c:="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"
      xlmns:fn:="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions"
      xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
      xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
      xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets">
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </meta>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/wormSales.css"> </link>
        <title>Place Orders with a Supplier</title>
    </head>
    <f:view>
        <body>
            <div class="main" >
                <form method="post" action="placeOrderCmd" >

<h:selectOneMenu id="GrowersDropDown"  value="#{GrowersWithOrders}" >
                            <f:selectItems  value="#{GrowersWithOrders}"  />
                        </h:selectOneMenu>

<h:selectBooleanCheckbox id="testCheckBox"
                                                 
                                                 value="#{OrderTable.testCheckBox}">

</h:selectBooleanCheckbox>

</div>

<div class="messages">
                        operational messages
                    </div>

</h:column>
                            <h:column headerClass="list-header-left">
                                <f:facet name="header">
                                    <h:outputText value="Customer" />
                                </f:facet>
                                <h:inputText id="CustomerName" size="35" readonly="true"
                                             value="#{item.name}" >
                                </h:inputText>
                            </h:column>
                            <h:column headerClass="list-header-left">
                                <f:facet name="header">
                                    <h:outputText value="Product" />
                                </f:facet>
                                <h:inputText id="itemid" size="14" readonly="true"
                                             value="#{item.itemid}" >
                                </h:inputText>
                            </h:column>
                            <h:column headerClass="list-header-left">
                                <f:facet name="header">
                                    <h:outputText value="Quantity" />
                                </f:facet>
                                <h:inputText id="quantity" size="4" readonly="true"
                                             value="#{item.quantity}" >
                                </h:inputText>
                            </h:column>
                            <h:column headerClass="list-header-left">
                                <f:facet name="header">
                                    <h:outputText value="Cost" />
                                </f:facet>
                                <h:inputText id="cost" size="4" readonly="true"
                                             value="#{item.costtoacquire}" >
                                </h:inputText>
                            </h:column>
                            <h:column headerClass="list-header-left">
                                <f:facet name="header">
                                    <h:outputText value="Ship To" />
                                </f:facet>
                                <h:inputText id="shipTo" size="75"
                                             value="#{item.shippingaddress}" >
                                </h:inputText>
                            </h:column>

<h:column headerClass="list-header-left">
                                <f:facet name="header">
                                    <h:outputText value="Ship Date" />
                                </f:facet>
                                <h:inputText id="shipDate" size="5" readonly="true"
                                             value="#{item.shipdate}" >
                                    <f:convertDateTime dateStyle="short" />
                                </h:inputText>
                            </h:column>
                        </h:dataTable>

</div>

<div class="emailSection" style="height:${(nbrInTblOfOrders * 3) + 1.3}em">
                        <textarea name="orderAddresses" rows=${(nbrInTblOfOrders * 3)} cols="35">
order addresses
                        </textarea>
                    </div>
                </form>

</div>

</body>
    </f:view>
</html>

The OrderTableBean.java

package JSFManagedBeans;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped;
import entity.Salesrecords;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import javax.ejb.EJB;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import session.SalesrecordsFacade;

@ManagedBean(name = "OrderTable")
@SessionScoped

public class OrderTableBean implements Serializable {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    @EJB
    private SalesrecordsFacade salesRecordFacade;
    public ArrayList<CustomerOrder> tableOrders = new ArrayList<CustomerOrder>();

public OrderTableBean() {
        CustomerOrder tableLine = new CustomerOrder();
        tableOrders.add(tableLine);
    }

public ArrayList<CustomerOrder> getTableOrders() {
        return tableOrders;
    }

public void setTableOrders(ArrayList<CustomerOrder> onScreenOrders) {
        // attempt to use with "binding", not sure if method ever used (method signature is guess)
        tableOrders = onScreenOrders;
    }

public void setTableOrders(String supplierChosen) {
        System.out.println("Building tableOrders for " + supplierChosen);
        tableOrders = new ArrayList<CustomerOrder>();
        List<Salesrecords> listOfOrders = salesRecordFacade.retrieveOutstandingOrders(supplierChosen);
        Iterator listPtr = listOfOrders.iterator();
        while (listPtr.hasNext()) {
            Salesrecords preOrderSR = (Salesrecords) listPtr.next();
            CustomerOrder tableLine = new CustomerOrder();
            //           tableLine.sendOrder = true;
            tableLine.grower = preOrderSR.getGrower();
            tableLine.transactionid = " not available ";
            tableLine.orderlinenbr = -1;
            tableLine.name = preOrderSR.getName();
            tableLine.itemid = preOrderSR.getItemid();
            tableLine.quantity = preOrderSR.getQuantity();
            tableLine.costtoacquire = preOrderSR.getCosttoacquire();
            tableLine.shippingaddress = preOrderSR.getShippingaddress();
            tableLine.customeremail = preOrderSR.getCustomeremail();
            tableLine.shipdate = preOrderSR.getShipdate();
            tableLine.datesold = preOrderSR.getDatesold();
            tableLine.paidgrower = preOrderSR.getPaidgrower();
            tableLine.senttogrower = preOrderSR.getSenttogrower();
            tableLine.buyerid = preOrderSR.getBuyerid();
            tableOrders.add(tableLine);
        }

}

public class CustomerOrder {

private BigDecimal costtoacquire;
        private Boolean sendOrder = true;
//        private UISelectBoolean sendOrder = new UISelectBoolean();
        private Date datesold;
        private Date shipdate;
        private long orderlinenbr;
        private Short paidgrower;
        private Short quantity;
        private Short senttogrower;
        private String buyerid;
        private String customeremail;
        private String grower;
        private String itemid;
        private String name;
        private String notes;
        private String option1name;
        private String option1value;
        private String sellingemail;
        private String shippingaddress;
        private String transactionid;

public String getCosttoacquire() {
            if (costtoacquire == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return costtoacquire.toPlainString();
        }

public Boolean getSendOrder() {
            System.out.println("\t the getSendOrder method was invoked");
            return sendOrder;
        }

/*
        public UISelectBoolean getSendOrder() {
        System.out.println("\t the getSendOrder method was invoked");
        return sendOrder;
        }
         */
        public Date getDatesold() {

return datesold;
        }

public Date getShipdate() {

return shipdate;
        }

public long getOrderlinenbr() {
//            if (orderlinenbr == null) {
//                return -1.0;
//            }
            return orderlinenbr;
        }

public Short getPaidgrower() {
            if (paidgrower == null) {
                return 0;
            }
            return paidgrower;
        }

public Short getQuantity() {
            if (quantity == null) {
                return 0;
            }
            return quantity;
        }

public String getSenttogrower() {
            if (senttogrower == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return senttogrower.toString();
        }

public String getBuyerid() {
            if (buyerid == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return buyerid;
        }

public String getCustomeremail() {
            if (customeremail == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return customeremail;
        }

public String getGrower() {
            if (grower == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return grower;
        }

public String getItemid() {
            if (itemid == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return itemid;
        }

public String getName() {
            if (name == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return name;
        }

public String getNotes() {
            if (notes == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return notes;
        }

public String getOption1name() {
            if (option1name == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return option1name;
        }

public String getOption1value() {
            if (option1value == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return option1value;
        }

public String getSellingemail() {
            if (sellingemail == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return sellingemail;
        }

public String getShippingaddress() {
            if (shippingaddress == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return shippingaddress;
        }

public String getTransactionid() {
            if (transactionid == null) {
                return "";
            }
            return transactionid;
        }

public void setCosttoacquire(BigDecimal costtoacquire) {
            this.costtoacquire = costtoacquire;
        }

public void setSendOrder(Boolean sendOrder) {
            System.out.println("\t the setSendOrder method was invoked");
            this.sendOrder = sendOrder;
        }

/*
        public void setSendOrder(UISelectBoolean sendOrder) {
        System.out.println("\t the setSendOrder method was invoked");
        this.sendOrder = sendOrder;
        }
         */
        public void setDatesold(Date datesold) {
            this.datesold = datesold;
        }

public void setShipdate(Date shipdate) {
            this.shipdate = shipdate;
        }

public void setOrderlinenbr(long orderlinenbr) {
            this.orderlinenbr = orderlinenbr;
        }

public void setPaidgrower(Short paidgrower) {
            this.paidgrower = paidgrower;
        }

public void setQuantity(Short quantity) {
            this.quantity = quantity;
        }

public void setSenttogrower(Short senttogrower) {
            this.senttogrower = senttogrower;
        }

public void setBuyerid(String buyerid) {
            this.buyerid = buyerid;
        }

public void setCustomeremail(String customeremail) {
            this.customeremail = customeremail;
        }

public void setGrower(String grower) {
            this.grower = grower;
        }

public void setItemid(String itemid) {
            this.itemid = itemid;
        }

public void setName(String name) {
            this.name = name;
        }

public void setNotes(String notes) {
            this.notes = notes;
        }

public void setOption1name(String option1name) {
            this.option1name = option1name;
        }

public void setOption1value(String option1value) {
            this.option1value = option1value;
        }

public void setSellingemail(String sellingemail) {
            this.sellingemail = sellingemail;
        }

public void setShippingaddress(String shippingaddress) {
            this.shippingaddress = shippingaddress;
        }

public void setTransactionid(String transactionid) {
            this.transactionid = transactionid;
        }
    }

private boolean testCheckBox = true;

public boolean getTestCheckBox() {
        System.out.println("\t the getTestCheckBox method was invoked");
        return testCheckBox;
    }

public void setTestCheckBox(boolean testCheckBox) {
        System.out.println("\t the setTestCheckBox method was invoked");
        this.testCheckBox = testCheckBox;
    }
}

The placeOrdersController.java

/*
 * This is the server program, serverlet, invoked according to the urlPatterns
 * listed below.
 * This program is identified by the @WebServlet annotation, alternatively it
 * could be specified in the deployment descriptor, the web.xml file.
 */
package Controller;

import entity.Salesrecords;
import JSFManagedBeans.OrderTableBean;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import javax.ejb.EJB;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedProperty;
import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import session.SalesrecordsFacade;

@WebServlet(name = "placeOrdersController",
loadOnStartup = -1, // this value means "doIt"
urlPatterns = {"/placeOrderCmd",
               "/formatOrderCmd" // th  is is NOT active, would require a 2'nd "form"
//             "/placeOrders", // will cause CIRCULAR activation, ie. message sent from ME to MB
//             "/",    // a default catch all
})
public class placeOrdersController extends HttpServlet {

String supplierChosen;
    String cmdButtonSelected;
    @EJB
    private SalesrecordsFacade salesRecordFacade;
//    @EJB
//    private OrderTableBean orderTable;
//    @ManagedProperty(value="#{OrderTable}")

@Override
    public void init(ServletConfig servletConfig) throws ServletException {
        super.init(servletConfig);
        getServletContext().getAttribute("parm_authUserId");
        getServletContext().setAttribute("allSalesRecords", salesRecordFacade.findAll());
        getServletContext().setAttribute("allGrowers", salesRecordFacade.findAllGrowers());
        getServletContext().setAttribute("GrowersWithOrders", salesRecordFacade.findGrowersWithOrders());
    }

/** 
     * Processes requests for both HTTP <code>GET</code> and <code>POST</code> methods.
     * @param request servlet request
     * @param response servlet response
     * @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
    }

// HttpServlet methods
    /** 
     * The doGet method is used to signify a page display request.
     * Handles the HTTP <code>GET</code> method.
     * @param request servlet request
     * @param response servlet response
     * @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    @Override
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        System.out.print(" LOOK MOM, we have entered the ControllerServlet doGet method ");
//        processRequest(request, response);
        String userPath = request.getServletPath();
        if (userPath.equals("/mainMenu")) {
        } else if (userPath.equals("/placeOrders")) {
        } else if (userPath.equals("/markPaidOrders")) {
        }

// use RequestDispatcher to forward request internally
        String url = "/WEB-INF/view" + userPath + ".jsp";

try {
            request.getRequestDispatcher(url).forward(request, response);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }

}

/** 
     * The doPost method is used to process form submits and the transport of
     * sensitive user data.
     * Handles the HTTP <code>POST</code> method.
     * @param request servlet request
     * @param response servlet response
     * @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    @Override
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {

processRequest(request, response);
        String userPath = request.getServletPath();
        System.out.print(" LOOK MOM, we have entered the placeOrdersController doPost method ");
        if (userPath.equals("/placeOrderCmd")) {   //OLD: "/placeOrders"
            userPath = "/placeOrders";
            processCmdButton(request);
        } else if (userPath.equals("/formatOrderCmd")) {
        }

// SHOW ALL available parameters in REQUEST
//        Enumeration parameterNames;
//        parameterNames = request.getParameterNames();
//        for (Enumeration e = parameterNames; e.hasMoreElements();) {
//            System.out.println(" parameter Names from Place Orders: " + e.nextElement());
//        }

// use RequestDispatcher to forward request internally
        String url = "/WEB-INF/view" + userPath + ".jsp";

try {
            request.getRequestDispatcher(url).forward(request, response);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }

}

/** 
     * Returns a short description of the servlet.
     * @return a String containing servlet description
     */
    @Override
    public String getServletInfo() {
        return "Short description";
    }

private void processCmdButton(HttpServletRequest request) {
        cmdButtonSelected = request.getParameter("buttonRetrieveUnsentOrders");  // returns null if not pressed
        if (cmdButtonSelected != null) {
            System.out.println(" command Button Selected: \"" + cmdButtonSelected + "\"");
            supplierChosen = request.getParameter("GrowersDropDown");
            retrieveOutstandingOrders(request, supplierChosen);
            return;
        }

cmdButtonSelected = request.getParameter("buttonRefreshSupplierOrders");  // returns null if not pressed
        if (cmdButtonSelected != null) {
            System.out.println(" command Button Selected: \"" + cmdButtonSelected + "\"");
           return;
        }

cmdButtonSelected = request.getParameter("buttonFormatOrderCmd");  // returns null if not pressed
        if (cmdButtonSelected != null) {
            System.out.println(" command Button Selected: \"" + cmdButtonSelected + "\"");
           String sendTF =  request.getParameter("displayedOrders:0:sendTF");
           System.out.println(" \tvalue of sendTF(0): " + sendTF);
           String customerName =  request.getParameter("displayedOrders:0:CustomerName");
           System.out.println(" \tvalue of CustomerName(0): " + customerName);
           return;
        }

System.out.println(" Warning: no command button action observed in placeOrdersController " );
        return;

}

private void retrieveOutstandingOrders(HttpServletRequest request, String supplierChosen) {
//        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");
//        getServletContext().setAttribute("tblOfOrders", salesRecordFacade.retrieveOutstandingOrders(supplierChosen));

// test to use a "managed bean" - approach probably n.g.
        // OrderTableBean orderTableBean = new OrderTableBean();

OrderTableBean orderTable = (OrderTableBean) request.getSession().getAttribute("OrderTable");
        orderTable.setTableOrders(supplierChosen);
        Integer nbrInTblOfOrders = orderTable.tableOrders.size();
        getServletContext().setAttribute("nbrInTblOfOrders", nbrInTblOfOrders);

/*        superceded by above code using OrderTableBean
        List<Salesrecords> tblOfOrders = salesRecordFacade.retrieveOutstandingOrders(supplierChosen);
        Integer nbrInTblOfOrders = tblOfOrders.size();
        getServletContext().setAttribute("tblOfOrders", tblOfOrders);
        getServletContext().setAttribute("nbrInTblOfOrders", nbrInTblOfOrders);
 */
    }
}

The web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="3.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd">
    <context-param>
        <description>example of a application wide parameter</description>
        <param-name>parm_authUserId</param-name>
        <param-value>app</param-value>
    </context-param>
    
    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name>
        <param-value>Development</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
        
    </servlet-mapping>

<session-config>
        <session-timeout>
            30
        </session-timeout>
    </session-config>

<welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>/faces/mainMenu.jsp</welcome-file>
        
    </welcome-file-list>

</web-app>

You're using a raw HTML form and raw HTML submit buttons. That won't work. You have to use the JSF form and commandButton controls.