Action / actionListener in h:commandButton with managed beans

Question

I have a problem with a backing bean whose method is not invoked when i click it. I've seen some posts on here about this yet, I still don't understand what I am doing wrong, if anything.
Some context...I've modeled my application after 'jcatalog' from this article:
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-2004/jw-0719-jsf.html . It's simpler than the article -- I'm not using Spring/Hibernate and the persistence is the file system. For each business object (Resource), there's a backing bean (ResourceBean).
In short, I can't get the backing bean to respond to the button event for 'Add' bound to addAction. This is just like the jcatalog 'createProduct' impl -- which doesn't use the (FacesEvent fe ) approach.
Anyway, I would appreciate anyone's help to get past this.
-Lorinda
(Below are the codes...)
Here's my beans-config.xml:
     <!-- view -->
     <managed-bean>
          <description>
               Managed bean that is used as an application scope cache
          </description>
          <managed-bean-name>applicationBean</managed-bean-name>
          <managed-bean-class>
               com.intalio.qa.tcm.view.beans.ApplicationBean
          </managed-bean-class>
          <managed-bean-scope>application</managed-bean-scope>
          <managed-property>
               <property-name>viewServicesManager</property-name>
               <value>#{viewServicesManagerBean}</value>
          </managed-property>
          </managed-bean>
     <managed-bean>
          <description>
               View service manager impl for business services
          </description>
          <managed-bean-name>viewServicesManagerBean</managed-bean-name>
          <managed-bean-class>
               com.intalio.qa.tcm.view.beans.ViewServicesManagerBean
          </managed-bean-class>
          <managed-bean-scope>application</managed-bean-scope>
     </managed-bean>
     <managed-bean>
          <description>
               Backing bean that contains product information.
          </description>
          <managed-bean-name>resourceBean</managed-bean-name>
          <managed-bean-class>
               com.intalio.qa.tcm.view.beans.ResourceBean
          </managed-bean-class>
          <managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
     </managed-bean>
(Note, the applicationBean uses view services manager. The manager is used by the ResourceBean. (It's initialized by the h:output dummy variable reference at the top of my .jsp page)). I can see the initialization in the debug trace.
Here's the resource bean:
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.faces.FacesException;
import javax.faces.model.SelectItem;
import com.intalio.qa.exceptions.DuplicateIdException;
import com.intalio.qa.exceptions.TCMException;
import com.intalio.qa.tcm.model.Resource;
import com.intalio.qa.tcm.view.builders.ResourceBuilder;
import com.intalio.qa.tcm.view.util.FacesUtils;
* Resource backing bean.
public class ResourceBean extends RootBean {
* The Resource id
     private String id;
     * The Resource name
     private String name;
* Description
private String description;
     * the resource type id associated with the Resource
     private String resourceTypeId;
// the resource type id associated with the Resource
private List resourceTypeIds;
* @return Returns the resourceTypeIds.
public List getResourceTypeIds() {
return resourceTypeIds;
* @param resourceTypeIds The resourceTypeIds to set.
public void setResourceTypeIds(List resourceTypeIds) {
this.resourceTypeIds = resourceTypeIds;
     * Default constructor.
     public ResourceBean() {
super();
init();
     * Initializes ResourceBean.
     * @see RootBean#init()
     protected void init() {
          try {
               LOG.info("ResourceBean init()");
               if (id != null) {
                    Resource resource = viewServicesManager.getResourceService().getResourceById(id);
                    ResourceBuilder.populateResourceBean(this, resource);
          } catch (TCMException ce) {
               String msg = "Could not retrieve Resource with id of " + id;
               LOG.info(msg, ce);
               throw new FacesException(msg, ce);
     * Backing bean action to update Resource.
     * @return the navigation result
     public String updateAction() {
          LOG.info("updateAction is invoked");
          try {
     //          Resource Resource = ResourceBuilder.createResource(this);
          //     LOG.info("ResourceId = " + Resource.getId());
          //     viewServicesManager.getResourceService().updateResource(Resource);
               //remove the ResourceList inside the cache
               //FacesUtils.resetManagedBean(BeanNames.RESOURCE_LIST_BEAN);
          } catch (Exception e) {
               String msg = "Could not update Resource";
               LOG.error(msg, e);
               FacesUtils.addErrorMessage(msg + ": Internal Error.");
               return NavigationResults.FAILURE;
          LOG.info("Resource with id of " + id + " was updated successfully.");
          return NavigationResults.SUCCESS;
     * Backing bean action to create a new Resource.
     * @return the navigation result
     public String addAction() {
          LOG.info("addAction is invoked");
          try {
               Resource resource = ResourceBuilder.createResource(this);
LOG.info("between");
               viewServicesManager.getResourceService().saveResource(resource);
          } catch (DuplicateIdException de) {
               String msg = "This id already exists";
               LOG.info(msg);
               FacesUtils.addErrorMessage(msg);
               return NavigationResults.RETRY;
          } catch (Exception e) {
               String msg = "Could not save Resource";
               LOG.error(msg, e);
               FacesUtils.addErrorMessage(msg + ": Internal Error");
               return NavigationResults.FAILURE;
          String msg = "Resource with id of " + id + " was created successfully.";
          LOG.info(msg);
          return NavigationResults.SUCCESS;
     * Backing bean action to delete Resource.
     * @return the navigation result
     public String deleteAction() {
          LOG.info("deleteAction is invoked");
          try {
     //          Resource Resource = ResourceBuilder.createResource(this);
     //          viewServicesManager.getResourceService().deleteResource(Resource);
               //remove the ResourceList inside the cache
//               FacesUtils.resetManagedBean(BeanNames.RESOURCE_LIST_BEAN);
          } catch (Exception e) {
               String msg = "Could not delete Resource. ";
               LOG.error(msg, e);
               FacesUtils.addErrorMessage(null, msg + "Internal Error.");
               return NavigationResults.FAILURE;
          String msg = "Resource with id of " + id + " was deleted successfully.";
          LOG.info(msg);
          FacesUtils.addInfoMessage(msg);
          return NavigationResults.SUCCESS;
     public String getId() {
          return id;
     * Invoked by the JSF managed bean facility.
     * <p>
     * The id is from the request parameter.
     * If the id is not null, by using the id as the key,
     * the Resource bean is initialized.
     * @param newQueryId the query id from request parameter
     public void setId(String newId) {
          id = newId;
     public String getName() {
          return name;
     public void setName(String newName) {
          name = newName;
     public String getDescription() {
          return description;
     public void setDescription(String newDescription) {
          description = newDescription;
     public String getResourceTypeId() {
          return resourceTypeId;
     public void setResourceTypeId(String newResourceTypeId) {
          resourceTypeId = newResourceTypeId;
     public String toString() {
          return "id=" + id + " name=" + name;
Here's the jsp:
<f:subview id="resourcesCombinedView_subview">
     <h:form id="createResourceForm" target="dataFrame">
          <h:outputText value="#{applicationBean.dummyVariable}" rendered="true" />
          <div align="center">
          <head>
          <link href="../../css/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
          <FONT color="#191970" size="4" face="Arial">Resources View</FONT>
          </head>
          <table style="margin-top: 2%" width="35%" cellpadding="10">
          <div align="left">
          <FONT color="#191970" size="3" face="Arial">Update Resources </FONT>
          </div>
               <tr>
                    <td align="center" valign="top" align="center" style="" bgcolor="white" />
                    <table>
                         <tbody>
                              <tr>
                                   <td align="left" styleClass="header" width="100" />
                                   <td align="left" width="450"/>
                              </tr>
                              <tr>
                                   <td align="right" width="100"><h:outputText value="Id" /></td>
                                   <td align="left" width="450"><h:inputText
                                        value="#{resourceBean.id}" id="id" required="true" /> <h:message
                                        for="id" styleClass="errorMessage" /></td>
                              </tr>
                              <tr>
                                   <td align="right" width="100"><h:outputText value="Name" /></td>
                                   <td align="left" width="450"><h:inputText
                                        value="#{resourceBean.name}" id="name" required="true" /> <h:message
                                        for="name" styleClass="errorMessage" /></td>
                              </tr>
                              <tr>
                                   <td align="right" width="100" valign="bottom"><h:outputText
                                        value="Type" /></td>
                                   <td align="left" width="550">
                                   <h:selectOneMenu
                                        value="#{resourceBean.resourceTypeId}" id="resourceTypeId">
                                        <f:selectItem itemValue="" itemLabel="Select Resource Type" />
                                        <f:selectItem itemValue="database" itemLabel="Database" />
                                        <f:selectItem itemValue="external application"
                                             itemLabel="External Application" />
                                        <f:selectItem itemValue="internal"
                                             itemLabel="Intalio|n3 Products" />
                                        <f:selectItem itemValue="os" itemLabel="Operating System" />
                                   </h:selectOneMenu> <h:outputText
                                        value="#{resourceBean.resourceTypeId}" /> <h:message
                                        for="resourceTypeId" styleClass="errorMessage" /></td>
                              </tr>
                              <tr>
                                   <td align="right" width="100" valign="bottom"><h:outputText
                                        value="Description" /></td>
                                   <td align="left" width="450"><h:inputText
                                        value="#{resourceBean.description}" id="description" size="96" />
                                   <h:message for="description" styleClass="errorMessage" /></td>
                              </tr>
                         </tbody>
                    </table>
                    </h:form></td>
                    <!-- END DATA FORM -->
                    <!-- BEGIN COMMANDS -->
                    <td width="30%" align="left" valign="top"><h:form
                         id="buttonCommandsForm">
                         <h:panelGroup id="buttons">
                              <h:panelGrid columns="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
                                   border="0" bgcolor="white">
                                   <h:commandButton value="Add"
                                        style="height:21px; width:51px;font-size:8pt; font-color: black;"
                                        actionListener="#{resourceBean.addAction}">
                                   </h:commandButton>
                                   <h:commandButton id="deleteCB" value="Delete"
                                        style="height:21px; width:51px;font-size:8pt"
                                        action="#{resourceBean.deleteAction}">
                                   </h:commandButton>
                                   <h:commandButton id="spaceFillerButton" tabindex="-1"
                                        style="height:21px; width:51px;font-size:8pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: #ffffff;border: 0px;">
                                   </h:commandButton>
                                   <h:commandButton id="saveCB" value="Save"
                                        style="height:21px; width:51px;font-size:8pt"
                                        actionListener="#{resourceBean.saveAction}">
                                   </h:commandButton>
                                   <h:commandButton id="updateCB" value="Update"
                                        style="height:21px; width:51px;font-size:8pt"
                                        actionListener="#{resourceBean.updateAction}">
                                   </h:commandButton>
                              </h:panelGrid>
                         </h:panelGroup>
                    </h:form> <!-- end buttons --></td>
               </tr>
          </table>
          <HR align="center" size="2" width="60%" />
          <!-- data table --></div>
</f:subview>

Answer 1

Hey, anyway, have you note your jsp reference to the backing bean begins with a lowercase letter, and your backing bean class name begins with an uppercase letter?? I think that's it... I think, cause I'm too unexperienced in JSF.... Bye!!