Getting data out of an input box (textField1)

Question

Page1 has an input field and a submit button... I'm trying to grab the data that is keyed into the input field, store it in a session bean, and then go to a new page.
I've created Temp1 two different ways
private  String Temp1 = "Begin";in the instantiation method as well as you see in the action method below.
I keep getting null pointer exceptions, which as near as I can tell are because I never actually get the text that was keyed into textField1. In the debugger the Value of my watch shows "null"
    public String submitbuttonpage1_action() {
        // TODO Replace with your code
        try {
            String Temp1 = (String)textField1.getValue();
            // this seems to return a null value???
            getSessionBean1().setTransport_order_num((String)textField1.getValue());
            java.lang.System.out.println("what is the value of Temp1 " + Temp1);
        catch (Exception e) {
            log("Page1 submitbuttonaction Failure", e);
            throw e instanceof javax.faces.FacesException ? (FacesException) e: new FacesException(e);
        // Select the ILAUDT1 records for the current order number       
        return "TransOrder";I'm obviously missing something simple...
Do I have to acces the inputField1 in a different method in order to get to the contents typed in on the screen?
thanks
Craig

Answer 1

I've read the thread you referenced... but I'm not sure I understand the issue...
Let me say that I have gotten the session beans to work marvelously as long as I am assigning the value using a text string, for example, getSessionBean1().setTransport_order_num("FJVP62865");
I have gone to my Page2 and made sure that there is no outputText1 variable even referenced in it.
I have modified the session bean upate to be:
this.getSessionBean1().setTransport_order_num(textField1.getValue().toString());
but when that line of code executes, I still get:
Exception Details: javax.faces.FacesException
#{Page1.submitbuttonpage1_action}: javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: javax.faces.FacesException: java.lang.NullPointerException
I also get a null pointer exceptoin when I try to simply set a String variable using that code:
Temp1 = textField1.getValue().toString();
Do I need to modify the Page1.jsp file for the textField1??
<h:inputText binding="#{Page1.textField1}" id="textField1" style="left: 72px; top: 48px; position: absolute" title="Enter Order Number including leading zeros."/>
I seem to be lost somewhere between JSC, JAVA, and JSF here.... thanks for helping me though this..
Craig