selectmanymenu

I have used the HashMap method for binding a list of checkboxes to a Map<String, Boolean> with success. This is nice since it allows you to have a dynamic number of checkboxes. I'm trying to extend that to a variable length list of selectManyMenu . Being that they are selectMany, I'd like to be able to bind to a Map<String, List<MyObject>> . I have a single example working where I can bind a single selectManyMenu to a List<MyObject> and everything works fine, but whey I put a dynamic number of selectManyMenus inside a ui:repeat and attempt to bind to the map, I end up with weird results. The

How do I collect all selected values from UISelectMany components such as h:selectManyListbox, h:selectManyMenu, h:selectManyCheckbox, p:selectManyListbox, p:selectManyMenu, p:selectManyCheckbox, etc in backing bean? If someone can help with an example, that would really help. BalusC As with every other input component, just bind its value attribute with a managed bean property. It can map to a List or an array of the same value type as you've used in f:selectItem(s) . If the value type is not one of the standard EL types ( String , Number or Boolean ), then you have to supply a Converter as

Despite of FetchType.EAGER and JOIN FETCH , I get a LazyInitalizationException while adding some objects to a @ManyToMany collection via a JSF UISelectMany component such as in my case the <p:selectManyMenu> . The @Entity IdentUser , with FetchType.EAGER : @Column(name = "EMPLOYERS") @ManyToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER, cascade= CascadeType.ALL) @JoinTable(name = "USER_COMPANY", joinColumns = { @JoinColumn(name = "USER_ID") }, inverseJoinColumns = { @JoinColumn(name = "COMPANY_ID") }) private Set<Company> employers = new HashSet<Company>(); The @Entity Company , with FetchType.EAGER :