BackingBean with POJO for model

[Mick Knutson]

I was creating a BackingBean that has my hibernate POJO inside like:

UserBackingBean:
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public class UserBackingBean extends BaseObject {


    private User user;

    public User getUser() {
        return user;
    }

    public void setUser(User user) {
        this.user = user;
    }



} // The End...



User.java:
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public class User extends BaseObject {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -5450022397980854742L;

    private java.lang.String username;
    private java.lang.String password;
    private java.lang.String passwordConfirm;
    private java.lang.String firstName;
    private java.lang.String email;
    private java.lang.String lastName;
    private java.lang.String address;
    private java.lang.String address2;
    private java.lang.String city;
    private java.lang.String state;
    private java.lang.String otherState;
    private java.lang.String postalCode;
    private java.lang.String country;

    private java.util.Date lastUpdate;
    private java.util.Date creationDate;


    public String getUsername() {
        return username;
    }

...... more omitted....


Registration.jsp :
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    <h:form>

        <TABLE>
            <TBODY>

                <TR>
                    <TD>
                        <h:outputText value="#{messages[' label.firstName']}" />:
                    </TD>
                    <TD>
                        <h:inputText value="#{UserBackingBean.user.firstName}"
                                     required="true"
                                     id="user.firstName" >
                            <f:validateLength minimum="2" />
                        </h:inputText>
                        <h:message for="" user.firstName"
                                   errorClass="error" />
                    </TD>
                </TR>



When I use the "id="user.firstName"" in the input text I get:

10:37:30,445 ERROR [[jsp]] Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Subsequent characters of component identifier must be a letter, a digit, an underscore ('_'), or a dash ('-')! But comp
onent identifier contains "."




But when I use

                        <h:inputText value="#{UserBackingBean.user.lastName}"
                                     required="true"
                                     id="lastName" >
                            <f:attribute name="lastName" value="#{messages['error.required']}" />
                        </h:inputText>
                        <h:message for="">                                   errorClass="error" />



Then I just submit the form with nothing in the text field, I get this:

"lastName": Error during model data update.

in the messages.


Why do I not get a "Required" error message?







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