I am trying to use this code on my page:
<h:selectOneMenu id="template" value="#{neBean.template}">
<f:selectItems value="#{templateMap}"/>
</h:selectOneMenu>

The template map coming from TemplaeLogic with this method:
@Factory("templateMap")
public Map<String,Long> getTemplateMap(){
System.out.println("getting the template map");
Map<String,Long> m = new HashMap();
Listtps= entityManager.createQuery(" from Template order by name").getResultList();
for(Template t : tps) {
m.put(t.getName(),t.getId());
}
System.out.println("map created count is " + m.size());
return m;
}
Strangely rendering the page gives me an error message wich says the templateMap is null and after that the log messages of factory method apears! I mean it tries to render the page and after that calling the method to create the templateMap. I wonder why it is happening in this way.