Component binding is not refreshed?

[Jeremy Sager]

Hey guys –   Thanks in advance for your help.   I have a panelTabbedPane that I am binding directly to a bean so that I can create the pane programmatically.   Here is the tag definition:   <t:panelTabbedPane binding="#{editorPanelBean.pane}"/>   Now, in my bean, I have the getPane() method… I have included the entire class file here (don’t worry, it’s not big) except for the package and import declarations. The IEditorPanelTabBean list can be safely ignored, it’s not being used.     /**  * @jsf.bean name="editorPanelBean" scope="session"  */ public class EditorPanelBean {         private ArrayList<IEditorPanelTabBean> tabs = new ArrayList<IEditorPanelTabBean>();             private String TABBEDPANE = "org.apache.myfaces.HtmlPanelTabbedPane";       private String PANELTAB = "org.apache.myfaces.HtmlPanelTab";             //private String TABBEDPANE = HtmlPanelTabbedPane.class.getName();       //private String PANELTAB = HtmlPanelTab.class.getName();             private UIComponent pane = null;       private HtmlPanelTab tab = null;             private int numtimes = 0;             public UIComponent getPane (){             FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();             Application app = context.getApplication();                         if (pane == null){                   pane = app.createComponent(TABBEDPANE);             }                         if (tab == null){                   tab = (HtmlPanelTab)app.createComponent(PANELTAB);             }               numtimes ++;             System.out.println("Numtimes = " + numtimes);             tab.setLabel(Integer.toString(numtimes));               pane.getChildren().add(tab);                         return pane;       }       }   Now, as you can see, it should be printing out to the console the value of numtimes.   When the page first loads, everything goes as expected.  However, if I hit the refresh button in my browser, nothing prints out to the console, and it never hits the method in Eclipse’s debug mode (which it does on initial load).   I have another tag, for a table, whose data is backed by a bean on the same page (not the same jsp, but they are both imported by another “container” page).   <h:dataTable value="#{todoHandler.todoListModel}" var="list"                         first="#{todoHandler.firstRowIndex}"                         rows="#{todoHandler.noOfRows}"                         styleClass="view" rowClasses="tableRow">     Now, the method ToDoHandler.getNoOfRows also has a sysout, which DOES print to the console every time I refresh the page, so I know it’s not that I’m just getting some cached version or that my browser is bugging out.   They are both session level beans as you can see:        <managed-bean>       <managed-bean-name>todoHandler</managed-bean-name>       <managed-bean-class>(name omitted).ToDoListHandler</managed-bean-class>       <managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>    </managed-bean>   <managed-bean>       <managed-bean-name>editorPanelBean</managed-bean-name>       <managed-bean-class>(name omitted).EditorPanelBean</managed-bean-class>       <managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>    </managed-bean>     So… what gives? Does the component binding not refresh when the page is reloaded, but the value binding does? I know this is a lot of information, but I’d rather give too much than too little, and I appreciate any help I can get as this has turned into a total blocker issue for me.   Jeremy Sager Data Communications Product Manager Chesapeake System Solutions 410.356.6805 x120 [EMAIL PROTECTED]