Session Bean being lost?

Question

The first \"nonpostback\" request to viewBean, someValue property in sessionBean is null. Now, in a postback request, I am setting a user input to someValue. The problem is

Answer 1

This is a known issue:

SessionScoped bean inside a ViewScoped bean is resolved as different bean depending on the expression used

I just changed the state saving method in my web.xml:

<context-param>
    <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
    <param-value>server</param-value>
</context-param>

Answer 2

I use GAE (Google App Engine) and need to set javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD to client. This problem can have workaround. After the action, just call refreshSession() with new value force the session object persist

protected void refreshSession(){
    saveSession(CeaConst.SESSION_ATTR_NAME_LAST_REFRESH_TIME, new java.util.Date());
}