Hi, I didn't know how to search for this specific problem, so I started a new thread. I hope you don't mind. I have a form which allows the user to enter some values, which are attached to a bean (called testactionToCreate). As the name says, this form should allow the user to create a new testaction. To specify a testaction the user can choose a testcase from a dropdown-list, but he doesn't need to. But as soon as he chooses a testcase, some fields on the page should be filled with the values of the testcase. Then the user adds some data and submits the form. That's the idea. The dropdown-list gets its entries from a stateful bean, the testcaseSelector. In this bean I defined a valueChangeListener which sets some values of the injected testactionToCreate. This works fine. After those values are set, the testactionToCreate is outjected. Now comes my problem: I only see the attributes set by testcaseSelector if they are displayed in an output field like h:outputText. Next step would be to save the testactionToCreate. The save method is defined in a third bean, called createTestaction. When the save method is invoked all attributes set by the testcaseSelector are null. And that's a problem, too. But I think it's related to the first problem. Here is some code: The entity bean (testactionToCreate): @Entity | @Table(name="TESTACTIONS") | @Name("testaction") | @Scope(ScopeType.SESSION) | public class Testaction implements Serializable, Cloneable { | private long m_ID; | //... the attribute list is too long. Ask me, if you need more | private Long m_TCaseID; | private Long m_TObjID; The bean saving the entitiy bean (createTestaction): @Stateless | @LoggedIn | @Name("createTestaction") | public class CreateTestactionAction implements CreateTestaction, Serializable { | @PersistenceContext(unitName = "aresDatabase") | private EntityManager em; | | @In | @Valid | private User user; | | @Valid | @In(required=false) | @Out(required=false) | private Testaction testactionToCreate; | | @In(required=false) | private Release selectedRelease; | | @Factory("testactionToCreate") | public void initTestactionToCreate() { | if(testactionToCreate != null) { | return; | } | testactionToCreate = new Testaction(); | testactionToCreate.setTesterUsrID(user.getID()); | testactionToCreate.setValidatorUsrID(user.getID()); | } | | @IfInvalid(outcome=Outcome.REDISPLAY) | public String createTestaction() { | // do something and return an outcome | } The bean managing the dropdown-list (testcaseSelector): @Stateful | @Scope(ScopeType.SESSION) | @LoggedIn | @Name("testcaseSelector") | public class TestcaseSelection implements TestcaseSelector, Serializable { | @PersistenceContext(unitName = "aresDatabase") | private EntityManager em; | | @In(required=false) | private Release selectedRelease; | | @In(required=false) @Out(required=false) | private Testaction testactionToCreate; | | private Long lastSelectedReleaseID; | | @In(required=false) @Out(required=false, scope=ScopeType.SESSION) | private Testcase selectedTestcase; | | private List<Testcase> testcases; | | | public void valueChanged(ValueChangeEvent event) { | setSelectedTestcaseNumber((Long) event.getNewValue()); | if(selectedTestcase != null && testactionToCreate != null) { | testactionToCreate.setTObjID(selectedTestcase.getTObjID()); | testactionToCreate.setTCaseToken(selectedTestcase.getToken()); | testactionToCreate.setTCaseDescr(selectedTestcase.getDescr()); | } | } And the form: <h:form> | <div id="errors"><h:messages layout="table" /></div> | <div class="buttonLine"> | <h:commandButton action="#{createTestaction.createTestaction}" /> | </div> | | <div id="release"> | <h:outputText value="#{ares_messages.filter_release}: " /> | <h:selectOneMenu value="#{releaseSelector.selectedReleaseNumberOnly}" onchange="submit()"> | <f:selectItems value="#{releaseSelector.releaseItemsOnly}" /> | </h:selectOneMenu> | </div> | | <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> | <tr> | <th><h:outputText value="#{ares_messages.label_testaction_TesterUsrID}" /></th> | <th><h:outputText value="#{ares_messages.label_testaction_TCaseID}" /></th> | <th><h:outputText value="#{ares_messages.label_testaction_TObjID}" /></th> | <th><h:outputText value="#{ares_messages.label_testaction_QATID}" /></th> | <th><h:outputText value="#{ares_messages.label_testaction_SevID}" /></th> | <th><h:outputText value="#{ares_messages.label_testaction_DevUsrID}" /></th> | <th><h:outputText value="#{ares_messages.label_testaction_CompID}" /></th> | <th> </th> | </tr> | <tr> | <td> | <h:selectOneMenu value="#{testactionToCreate.testerUsrID}"> | <f:selectItems value="#{selectMenuHelper.testersWithEmptyEntry}" /> | </h:selectOneMenu> | </td> | <td> | <h:selectOneMenu value="#{testcaseSelector.selectedTestcaseNumber}" | onchange="submit()" | valueChangeListener="#{testcaseSelector.valueChanged}"> | <f:selectItems value="#{testcaseSelector.testcaseItems}" /> | </h:selectOneMenu> | </td> | <td><h:outputText value="#{testactionToCreate.TObjID}" /></td> | <td><h:outputText value="#{testactionToCreate.QATID}" /></td> | <td> | <h:selectOneMenu value="#{testactionToCreate.sevID}"> | <f:selectItems value="#{selectMenuHelper.severities}" /> | </h:selectOneMenu> | </td> | <td> | <h:selectOneMenu value="#{testactionToCreate.devUsrID}"> | <f:selectItems value="#{selectMenuHelper.developers}" /> | </h:selectOneMenu> | </td> | <td><h:outputText value="#{testactionToCreate.compID}" /></td> | <td> </td> | </tr> | </table> | | <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> | <tr> | <th><h:outputText value="#{ares_messages.label_testobject_Token}" /></th> | <th><h:outputText value="#{ares_messages.label_testaction_TCaseToken}" /></th> | </tr> | <tr> | <td><h:outputText value="pending" /></td> | <td><h:inputText value="#{testactionToCreate.TCaseToken}" style="width: 100%;" /></td> | </tr> | </table> I tried several SessionTypes (PAGE, EVENT, SESSION and CONVERSATION) for the outjection of the bean testactionToCreate. I tried also to define testactionToCreate as a @Role of Testaction. Anything worked. Has anybody an idea how to solve this problem? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3976039#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...