Rerendered input field not recognized on submit

[vst777]

Hi all.
I have two input fields. Field f2 is rendered only if f1 is not empty. Now if I put some data in f2 and submit it, its setter method is never called. The save button rerenders the outputPanel which should be correct. The PBean is in request only. If I use the PBean in session or <a4j:keepAlive beanName="PBean" /> it works. So is it not possible to get the value2 when PBean is in request scope?

<a4j:outputPanel id="thePanel">
<h:inputText id="f1" value="#{PBean.value1}"/>
<h:inputText id="f2" value="#{PBean.value2}" rendered="#{!empty PersonBean.value1}"/>
</a4j:outputPanel>
<a4j:commandButton type="submit" actionListener="#{PBean.save}" value="SAVE" reRender="thePanel"/>

Greetz ViteVite

[ilya_shaikovsky]

In this case - you have to use keep Alive. because after PBean is recreated - rendered om the second input is false and it will never updated.

[vst777]

Thanks for the info!