JSF Validator option disables my submit functionality

Question

Hi,
I introduced a Validator in an InputBox, which is tied with the Backing Bean validation method. After this inclusion, the validation method is getting invoked, but the submit is not getting invoked. Before introducing this validation, the page submit was working fine. Now if I remove the validation, then also the page submit is working.
So somewhere the validation stops the page submit.
Please help me to resolve this issue.
..Thiruppathy.R

Answer 1

Yes. My validation runs as expected.
If I supply an invalid value, then I am able to see the error message in the page which is thru <h:messages/>.
If I pass a valid value, then neither I am able to see any error message nor the page is submitted.
My jsf code is
<h:inputText accesskey = "true" id="Login_Name"  value="#{LoginBean.loginName}" styleClass="login_input"
     validator="#{LoginBean.defaultValidator}" required="true">
     <f:validateLength  maximum="35"/> 
</h:inputText>
<h:commandButton value="Submit" style="margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 8px;" action="#{LoginBean.submit}" image="../images/btn_continue.jpg"> My Backing Bean validator is
     public void defaultValidator(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) {
          System.out.println("value::"+value);
          if (value != null) {
               if (value.equals("admin1")) {
                    System.out.println("It matches with 'admin1'");
                    return;
          ((UIInput)value).setValid(false);
          FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage("I am a real exception");
          context.addMessage(component.getClientId(context), msg);
     }As per this code, 'admin1' is the only valid value. But even if I give the value 'admin1', the page is not getting submitted.
Please help me to find where I am wrong.
Thanks
Thiruppathy.R