auto -instantiate a session bean?

Question

I have a session bean

  vdcAddBean
  com.cloud.appsportfolio.js         


        

Answer 1

Replace

<value>#{sessionScope.vdcAddBean}</value> 

by

<value>#{vdcAddBean}</value> 

to get JSF to autocreate the bean.

Answer 2

JSF managed session beans are stored within the ExternalContext, you can retrieve a map with all of them using the following method, getSessionMap.

The key to this map should be the managed-bean-name, so perhaps you can check for null and if so then try instantiating your bean and putting it directly into the sessionMap?