Backing bean properties not getting updated

Question

I have an input text in my JSP page and it is component-bound to backing bean. The problem is that when I change value of the InputText in the JSP, the value is not getting updated in the backing bean.
Here is the InputField definition in JSP page.
<h:inputText binding="#{backing_employeeEdit.firstName}"
id="firstName"/>
and here is the setter in backing bean
public void setFirstName(HtmlInputText inputText1) {
this.firstName = inputText1;
Pls note that there is no validation errors because the page navigates successfully. The only problem is that new value is not updated.

Answer 1

I don't know, wht exactly u wants to do... Here is java code and is working fine for me...
Emp.java
public void action() {
     System.out.println(inputText.getValue());
     Emp tt = new Emp();
     inputText.setValue(inputText.getValue().toString()+"bilal");
     tt.setInputText(inputText);
     System.out.println(inputText.getValue());
JSP...
<f:view>
<h:form>
<h:inputText binding="#{emp.inputText}" />
<h:commandButton value="submit" action="#{emp.action}" />
</h:form>
</f:view>
faces-config file contents....
<managed-bean>
          <managed-bean-name>emp</managed-bean-name>
          <managed-bean-class>
               com.nous.application.Emp
          </managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>
Here scope has to be session, otherwise u will lose old value...