[jboss-user] [JBoss Seam] - Beginner: Bind SelectOneMenu to @onetoone entity object

Hi, I'm a newbie in jsf / seam and I think I have understand the basics, but now I have a question how to set a related object? The case: I have an entity Object, Category. The category has a OneToOne relation with another Category object, the parentCategory. My entity has the @name("category") annotation. The fields are mapped against this object, like: <h:inputText value="#{category.categoryName}" /> <h:inputTextarea value="#{category.categoryDescription}"> I then want to choose the parent category from a select list, I have: <h:selectOneMenu value="#{category.parentCategory}" converter="categoryConverter"> <f:selectItems value="#{categoryController.allCategoriesParentList}"> </f:selectItems> </h:selectOneMenu> I have a List returned from my controller object: public List getAllCategoriesParentList() { List list = new ArrayList(); int x = 0; for(Category c : allCategories) { System.out.println("Rendering " + c.getCategoryName()); list.add(new SelectItem(c.getId(), c.getCategoryName())); } return list; } So I set the list with the categorys names, but there is some things missing, which I cannot figure out how to implement. I guess I can inject the parentCategory object in some way so I dont have to load it from the persistence layer once again!? Any help appriciated. Thanks in advance View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4121676#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...