thanks Josema, 

after playing a while I found it as well, but still find it a bit 
confusing, because there is now direct reference. What I did was
the following:

<!-- ========== code ========== -->
     public UserBean () {
        initCustomers();
     }

     public String[] getName() {
        return names;
     }
          
     public void setName( String[] newNames ) {
        names = newNames;
     }  
    
     public Set getCustomerNames() {
        return customerNames.entrySet();
     }

     public void initCustomers() {
        names          = new String[] {};
        customerNames  = new HashMap();

        ... 
          fill with database entries
        ...
     }
<!-- ========== /code ========== -->

after this was done in the java bean, I could acces the elements 
by using /name as ref value in the xml file.

<!-- ========== code ========== -->
     <xf:selectMany ref="/name" selectUIType="checkbox">
      <xf:caption>Customer</xf:caption>
      <xf:itemset nodeset="customerNames">
       <xf:caption ref="value"/>
       <xf:value ref="key"/>
      </xf:itemset>
     </xf:selectMany>
<!-- ========== /code ========== -->

So, but how is the xmlform framework determining the name?

best regards
Lars Kirchhoff

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Josema Alonso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 22. November 2002 16:39
> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Betreff: RE: XMLForm: dynamic content listbox
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> For what I know, the access to the properties by JXPath 
> relies on the getter
> and setter methods. So if you read the code in UserBean.java 
> you'll see:
>   public String[] getHobby()
>   {
>     return hobbies;
>   }
> 
>   public void setHobby( String[] newHobbies )
>   {
>     hobbies = newHobbies;
>   }
> 
> And that's why is accesssed via /hobby.
> 
> Please, Ivelin or anyone else, correct me if I'm wrong.
> 
> Hope it helps.
> 
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Kirchhoff, Lars [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Enviado el: viernes, 22 de noviembre de 2002 7:20
> Para: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Asunto: AW: XMLForm: dynamic content listbox
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying the same and did manage to create a dynamic list
> of checkboxes from a database. But I still don't get it completely.
> Where is the ref="/hobby" defined? I looked in the UserBean and the
> userIdentity.xml, but found nothing. Can somebody give me a hint.
> I would like to change this to one of my own variable names.
> 
> regards Lars
> 
> 
> 
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