Communication between JSF components and servlets

Question

Hi, I have some JSF components in my jsp page like this one:
<h:form rendered="true" id="myForm">
               <h:selectOneListbox>
                    <f:selectItem itemdisabled="false" itemlabel="item1" itemvalue="1"></f:selectItem>
                    <f:selectItem itemdisabled="false" itemlabel="item2" itemvalue="2"></f:selectItem>
                    <f:selectItem itemdisabled="false" itemlabel="item3" itemvalue="3"></f:selectItem>
               </h:selectOneListbox>
          </h:form>and I have this servlet:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
public class myServlet extends HttpServlet {
     public myServlet() {
          super();
     public void destroy() {
          super.destroy(); // Just puts "destroy" string in log
     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
               throws ServletException, IOException {
     public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
               throws ServletException, IOException {
     public void init() throws ServletException {
}Could you please help me:
*1.* How to populate my listbox using my servlet?
and also
*2.* How to get the selected item in my servlet every time that user change the selected option of list box?

Answer 1

Where did you learn about JSF components? That same book/tutorial/document should also cover backing beans.
You may find under each the following tutorials useful to get some more insights in JSF:
Java EE tutorial part II chapter 10: [http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/doc/bnaph.html]
JSF + Eclipse + Tomcat: [http://balusc.blogspot.com/2008/01/jsf-tutorial-with-eclipse-and-tomcat.html]
Follow the JSF lifecycle: [http://balusc.blogspot.com/2006/09/debug-jsf-lifecycle.html]