Get selected object from suggestionbox

[tomba]

Hi,

on my website I'm trying to create an input field where I can enter free text or select an existing driver.

While this works so far, the problem is that when selecting an existing one, I only get the driver's name in the backing bean, so I really don't know if this is an existing one or a free text.

Is there any way I can find out in the bean if a user selected an object from the suggestionbox or just entered a string?

{code}

<h:inputText id="drivername2" value="#{driverList.driverName}" size="25">
                            <rich:suggestionbox height="250" width="600" rowClasses="row1,row2" for="drivername2" suggestionAction="#{quoteDriver.autocomplete}" var="driver">
                                <h:column>
                                    <h:outputText value="#{driver.identification}" />
                                </h:column>
                                <h:column>
                                    <h:outputText value="#{driver.address}" />
                                </h:column>
                                <h:column>
                                    <h:outputText value="#{driver.city}"/>
                                </h:column>
                            </rich:suggestionbox>
                        </h:inputText>

{code}

Thanks,

Steven

[ilya_shaikovsky]

http://livedemo.exadel.com/richfaces-demo/richfaces/suggestionBox.jsf

both samples uses usingSuggestObjects feature.