combobox + inputTextBox rerendering problem

[martinvich]

I would like to have inputTextArea with content which will be according to choosen item in combobox. My problem is that selectedText is not setted from combobox, so thre is nothing in inputTextArea :(

TextLoader bean :

 
@Stateful
public class TextLoader implements TextLoaderLocalIF, Serializable {
  @DataModel  
  private List<Text> texts = new ArrayList<Text>(0);
  
  private Text selectedText = new Text(); //do not want null pointer exception

and getters/setters
}

Text entity :

@Entity
@Name("text")
public class Text {

String name;
String content;
.
.getters,setters
.
}

Form :

<h:form id="textForm">
               
<h:selectOneMenu value="#{textLoader.selectedText}">
  <s:selectItems value="#{texts}" var="selected" label="#{selected.name}" />
  <a:support event="onchange" reRender="textForm"/>
  <s:convertEntity/>
</h:selectOneMenu>
                    
<h:inputTextarea rows="10" cols="50" id="textContent" value="#{textLoader.selectedText.content}" />

<a:commandButton action="#{textLoader.modify(textLoader.selectedText)}" value="Save text"/>

</h:form>

[gonorrhea]

Is your SFSB a Seam component (I don't see a @Name)?

When you submit the form via <a:support>, the JSF lifecycle goes thru the phases and the setSelectedText() method should be called in the Update model values phase.

Have you added a debug breakpoint in your setSelectedText() method?

Also, try adding an id for <h:inputTextarea> and reRender that component, not the <h:form>.

[gonorrhea]

make sure that the definition for setSelectedText() method is in the local interface of the SFSB.