[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Closed: (JBSEAM-3518) rich:pickList does not set List<E> property of stateful with empty ArrayList<E>

rich:pickList does not set List<E> property of stateful with empty ArrayList<E> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-3518 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-3518 Project: Seam Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.1.0.BETA1, 2.1.0.CR1 Environment: 4.2.3GA seam 2.1cr1 and present in beta1 as well Reporter: Emil Iakoupov Hello, i have the following in the xhtml page: <s:decorate id="matchSkillsDecorate" template="display.xhtml"> <ui:define name="label">Skills:</ui:define> <rich:pickList id="pickedSkills" value="#{userRegistration.pickedSkills}" style="width: auto;"> <s:selectItems id="skills" value="#{skills}" var="_skill" label="#{_skill.skillDescription}"/> <s:convertEntity/> </rich:pickList> </s:decorate> here is the userRegistration bean: @Stateful @Name("userRegistration") public class UserRegistrationAction implements UserRegistration { ... @DataModel(value="skills", scope=ScopeType.PAGE) private List<Skill> skills; private List<Skill> pickedSkills; // has getters and setters here and in interface. ... the problem is that private List<Skill> pickedSkills gets set with an empty ArrayList<E>, on page submit, although everything in the pickList is displayed correctly. I posted to seam forum and rich forum. No answer.