Question on JSF lifecyle -> alter model in apply application

[carstenrudat]

Hi all,

I use JSF 1.2 RI on JBoss 5 Beta 2 and I try to update a backing bean in the application phase like this:

public class MyBean{
 ...
 protected MyDataStructure m; // + getter/setter

 public String anActionMethodWithOutcome() {
 ...
 setM(new MyDataStructure());
 ...
 return outcome;
 }
}

Before the call of anActionMethodWithOutcome() m is null. At the last line of anActionMethodWithOutcome() m is set to a correct value. No other setM() is called. BUT, when the response renders the screen and a getter-method is called, I see in the debugger, that m is null :-(

I think, it has anything to do with the livecycle of jsf... Is there a way to update the model and have this modification still at response time?

Best regards,
Carsten

[carstenrudat]

Just to add some information:

My backing bean is session scoped. I have a value binding of inputText-component to my datastructure and I also have a component binding (get/setUIComponent).

Again, it seams to me that my backing bean's state is saved. After that I update my bean in the invoke application phase and this has no effect...

Any idea?