Using bean.variable for inputText but not getting value

Question

Hi I am using ADF BC JSF 10.1.3.2.
I have a search page that has : dropdown1,
based on dropdown1, I populate the dropdown 2 and with autosubmit and partialtrigger and also set either of the two search layouts true
LAyout 1 based on dropdown1 value, say x, is rendered and I have 3 inputText , each have value= #{backingbean.variable}.
Now when i am running this page, I got dropdown2 rendered with correct values and layout 2 rendered as required. Problem starts when I enter a value in the inputText1 and click on search button. In the search method, I try to get value for variable with so many ways : getVariable(), this.getInputText1.getValue()/// All these returned null.
I tried to initialize the variable. In this case, the inputText1 showed initialised value and when i change value and submit, in the search method I still get the old initialised value.
The inputText1 somehow never sets the value
Please help..
Regards
Sudha

Answer 1

Hi,
I'm not exactly sure about what your functionality is but from what I gather the problem could be that if the bean is request scope then the value of the input text is already lost when you are trying to retrieve it.
In any case I think that the best thing to do is to use the default view criteria functionality to perform the search if it is done on a view object.
Gabriel.