Form value not passed to Seam bean after a4j reRender

Answer 1

You need to ensure that the conditionals responsible for the outcome of the rendered attribute are also the same in the subsequent request of the form submit. Because when a component isn't rendered, JSF won't apply the request values them.

In a nutshell, the property behind #{selectedPeriodPart} needs to be the same in the subsequent request. There are several solutions:

1. Put bean in session scope. Easiest solution, but bad for server memory and client experience (updates would be reflected in multiple tabs/windows in same session).

2. Pass it through using <h:inputHidden>. Not sure though how this fits in the Ajax/Richfaces picture. Better use <a4j:keepAlive> here.

3. Use a conversation scope. Seam offers facilities for this.

Answer 2

I fixed it -.- Nothing was wrong with the code I posted. Because I wasn't able to solve this issue I continued on an other page in the same conversation. I noticed some more strange behaviour: outjection of a variable didn't work etc.

I figured the mistake was in some other part of the code which, after corrected, fixed the whole problem.

Thx for answering guys!