How to retrieve a column field value from an ADF table ?

Question

All,
I have a backing bean where I have bounded a field of an ADF table.
I would like, in the bean, to read the value of that field so that I can use it inside a task flow router.
The question: how to read a value from a ADF table column field ?
In the bean I have the getter and setter of the RichInputText ADF table field. But when I type:
System.out.println("the name is: " + this.getName().getValue());
or
System.out.println("the name is: " + this.Name().getValue());
I get a null pointer exception.
Thanks in advance,
Sergio.

Answer 1

Thanks Marvin, but this is not really what I'm looking for. Or at least, it does not sounds like to be :)
I need to get the value contained in a row cell of an ADF table.
Let's say the table (two rows, three cells) contains these values:
"table_A", "123", "John"
"table_B", "456", "Peter"
When I click on the first row, I need the value: "table_A". Once I got that value, I extract the last char, in this case: "A", and then I call a specific task flow from a task flow router (specified in the task flow router Cases property).
When I click on the second row, the same process applies, only the router now points to another flow view.
So to summarize, I need to get the value of a row cell in an ADF table. How to do that from within a javaBean in JDeveloper 11g Release 2 ?
This is what I have in the bean; so far I've bounded the related row cell (herkunft) to the bean. Each time I select a row on the ADF table, the function setHerkunft() runs - I see that from within the JDeveloper console - but when I try to get its value, I get a null value - hence the surrounding if statement.
package bean;
import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.event.ValueChangeEvent;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.component.rich.input.RichInputText;
+public class taskFlowBean {+
public RichInputText herkunft;
public static String taskFlowView = "C";
+public taskFlowBean() {+
System.out.println("taskFlowBean constructor call");
+}+
+public void setHerkunft(RichInputText herkunft) {+
System.out.println("set herkunft");
this.herkunft = herkunft;
if (this.getHerkunft().getValue() != null )
System.out.println("herkunft is: " + this.getHerkunft().getValue());
+//here taskFlowView will set accordingly with the herkunft value.+
+}+
+public RichInputText getHerkunft() {+
System.out.println("get herkunft");
return herkunft;
+}+
+public String getTaskFlowView() {+
System.out.println("get taskFlowView ! : " this.taskFlowView);+
return this.taskFlowView;
+}+
+}+
Regards,
Sergio.