Richard Wallace wrote:
So what do I need to do to fix this? One idea is to try and find the value that JSF will use in the form and use that if there is one and then otherwise use the backing beans value when I'm generating the department choices. Seems kind of hacky since that's one of the things that JSF is supposed to do for you is provide the form values. I'm also not certain how to get the values that JSF is going to use in the forms without having it update the model values.
Well, I figured this part out at least. I can use the FacesContext.getExternalContext ().getRequestParameterMap(), but then I'd need to know the key of the form and form element to be able to lookup the value. Obviously, not an ideal solution.
Another idea is if I can somehow avoid doing the validation some other way. That's really the only reason I need to do the event processing right away and then skip to the rendering phase. But I've looked and there doesn't seem to be another way of bypassing validation.
Well, I've looked around and this doesn't seem possible. Unless I can do something with PhaseListeners, but I don't see how.
Please help! Thanks, Rich
