Can't get selectOneChoice to pick up default value

Question

I have this selectOneChoice below and the enum also shown below, but no matter what I do, it won't leave the drop down intact. It just replaces it with a text field that says "Regular" which is the proper value for the first enum value but what I want is for that value to just be the selected one in the dropdown. Any thoughts?
<af:selectOneChoice value="#{oclcAdmin.selectedVendorType}" id="vendorTypeChoice">
<f:selectItems value="#{oclcAdmin.vendorTypes}"/>
</af:selectOneChoice>
and here is the backing code:
public List<SelectItem> getVendorTypes() {
List<SelectItem> options = new ArrayList<SelectItem>();
VendorTypeEnum[] vte = VendorTypeEnum.values();
for (int x = 0; x < vte.length; x++) {
SelectItem item = new SelectItem(vte[x].getValue(), getMessageSource().getMessage(vte[x].toString(), null, getExternalContext().getRequestLocale()));
options.add(item);
return options;
public VendorTypeEnum getSelectedVendorType(){
int selectedType = myVendorDetail.getType();
return VendorTypeEnum.valueOf(selectedType);
and here is what the Enum looks like:
public enum VendorTypeEnum {
VENDOR_TYPE_REGULAR(0),
VENDOR_TYPE_NATIONAL(100),
VENDOR_TYPE_WORLDCAT(200),
VENDOR_TYPE_CUSTOM(1000);
private static Map<Integer, VendorTypeEnum> myIntMap = new HashMap<Integer, VendorTypeEnum>();
static {
for(VendorTypeEnum status: VendorTypeEnum.values()) {
myIntMap.put(status.getValue(), status);
private VendorTypeEnum(int value) {
this.value = value;
private final int value;
public int getValue() {
return this.value;
public static VendorTypeEnum valueOf(int value){
if(myIntMap.containsKey(value)){
return myIntMap.get(value);
else {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("No VendorTypeEnum value:" + value);
}

Answer 1

For anyone that cares, I figured it out. Apparently the component will default to read only unless it detects that a setter exists for the field. I had guessed that but had only put in a blank setter instead of one that actually took a value. Once I changed that, it worked.