how to display value in htmlSelectOneMenu

[Balaji Kadam]

hi all.
i have bind htmlSelectOneMenu. it contains some value. I want to set or display a value after a process.
How to change value
i have tried using setValue method of both binding property and value property of htmlSelectOneMenu.

Same issue is with InputTextArea. how to set value in it via code(RowSelectionListener of icefaces)

[Tim Holloway]

Forget about binding. It's something that people do too often for the wrong reasons.

If you have a selectOneMenu like this:

<h:selectOneMenu id="menu1" value="#{myBean.selection}">
  <f:selectItems value="#{myBean.selectionList}"/>
</h:selectOneMenu>

You can set the selection in Java code by simply invoking the "set" method: "setSelection(newValue)".

Please note that SelectOneMenu has built-in validation, however, and if you attempt to set a value that's not in the selectItems list, you'll have problems.

[Balaji Kadam]

thanks for your reply

You can set the selection in Java code by simply invoking the "set" method: "setSelection(newValue)".

what to set in value
itemValue or itemLabel .
i am trying itemvalue but it doesnot set properly

[Tim Holloway]

You always set the Value. The label is just for the user's display.

As I said, if the value isn't present in the selectItem list, the attempt will fail.

[Balaji Kadam]

value isn't present in the selectItem list.
setValue() method invokes twice. when invokes first it contains proper value but next time it contains null so it doesn't display any value selected in it.

How to avoid second call.

[Tim Holloway]

Value MUST be in the selection list. That is not an option. If it is not, the value WILL be reset.

You also have no control over how many times set/get methods will be called on a property during the JSF request processing lifecycle. Which is why side-effects and long-running operations should not appear in get/set methods.