Problem : App works with Sun App server 8.0 but fails with 8.1

Question

Hi All
     I am experiencing some strange problem with executing my JSF application with Sun App Server.
     I have an EAR deployed on Sun Application Server 8.0 and 8.1.
     Strangely it works quite fine with 8.0 but fails with 8.1.
     In my JSP page ..I have a dummy component whose getter method is used as a "FormLoad" event of the page.
     <h:form id="imageForm" enctype="multipart/form-data">
     <h:messages showDetail="true" />
     <table width="980" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#A9B8C2">
          <tr>
<td>     
               <h:inputHidden value="#{Screen1.initializeService}"/>
          <h:selectOneListbox styleClass="style2" id="cmbMiddleArea" immediate="true" value="#{Screen1.selectedMiddleArea}">
          <f:selectItems value="#{Screen1.middleAreaList}" />
     </h:selectOneListbox>
     In my backing bean i have ..
     public String getInitializeService() {
          ..... Retrieve all the data from DB to initialize all the components on the JSP page
          .......setMiddleAreaList......
          .......setSelectedMiddleArea.....
          ........set the values of the individal component...
     I am retrieving all the data from DB in this getter method and intializing the components on the JSP page.
     I have also checked the code generated for JSP by both the servers.I am posting the code here for reference although
     i did not find any significant difference between the two...
     For Server 8.0
     private boolean jspxmeth_h_inputHidden_0(javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.JspTag jspxth_h_form_0, PageContext jspxpage_context)
     throws Throwable {
     JspWriter out = jspxpage_context.getOut();
     // h:inputHidden
     com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag jspxth_h_inputHidden_0 = (com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag) jspxtagPool_h_inputHidden_value.get(com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag.class);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setPageContext(_jspx_page_context);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setParent((javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag) jspxth_h_form_0);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setValue("#{searchBean.initializeService}");
     int jspxeval_h_inputHidden_0 = jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.doStartTag();
     if (_jspx_th_h_inputHidden_0.doEndTag() == javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag.SKIP_PAGE)
     return true;
     jspxtagPool_h_inputHidden_value.reuse(_jspx_th_h_inputHidden_0);
     return false;
     For Server 8.1
     private boolean jspxmeth_h_inputHidden_0(javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.JspTag jspxth_h_form_0, PageContext jspxpage_context)
     throws Throwable {
     PageContext pageContext = jspxpage_context;
     JspWriter out = jspxpage_context.getOut();
     // h:inputHidden
     com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag jspxth_h_inputHidden_0 = (com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag) jspxtagPool_h_inputHidden_value_nobody.get(com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag.class);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setPageContext(_jspx_page_context);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setParent((javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag) jspxth_h_form_0);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setValue("#{searchBean.initializeService}");
     int jspxeval_h_inputHidden_0 = jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.doStartTag();
     if (_jspx_th_h_inputHidden_0.doEndTag() == javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag.SKIP_PAGE)
     return true;
     jspxtagPool_h_inputHidden_value_nobody.reuse(_jspx_th_h_inputHidden_0);
     return false;
     Now the actual problem is "getInitializeService" method never gets called when i deploy and run the application on Sun App Server8.1
     However with Sun App Server 8.0 it woeks perfectly fine.
     Can anybody help me in resolving these issues ?
     

Answer 1

Actually generated JSP code can be referred as ...
For Server 8.0
     private boolean jspxmeth_h_inputHidden_0(javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.JspTag jspxth_h_form_0, PageContext jspxpage_context)
     throws Throwable {
     JspWriter out = jspxpage_context.getOut();
     // h:inputHidden
     com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag jspxth_h_inputHidden_0 = (com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag) jspxtagPool_h_inputHidden_value.get(com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag.class);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setPageContext(_jspx_page_context);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setParent((javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag) jspxth_h_form_0);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setValue("#{Screen1.initializeService}");
     int jspxeval_h_inputHidden_0 = jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.doStartTag();
     if (_jspx_th_h_inputHidden_0.doEndTag() == javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag.SKIP_PAGE)
     return true;
     jspxtagPool_h_inputHidden_value.reuse(_jspx_th_h_inputHidden_0);
     return false;
     For Server 8.1
     private boolean jspxmeth_h_inputHidden_0(javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.JspTag jspxth_h_form_0, PageContext jspxpage_context)
     throws Throwable {
     PageContext pageContext = jspxpage_context;
     JspWriter out = jspxpage_context.getOut();
     // h:inputHidden
     com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag jspxth_h_inputHidden_0 = (com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag) jspxtagPool_h_inputHidden_value_nobody.get(com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputHiddenTag.class);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setPageContext(_jspx_page_context);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setParent((javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag) jspxth_h_form_0);
     jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.setValue("#{Screen1.initializeService}");
     int jspxeval_h_inputHidden_0 = jspxth_h_inputHidden_0.doStartTag();
     if (_jspx_th_h_inputHidden_0.doEndTag() == javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag.SKIP_PAGE)
     return true;
     jspxtagPool_h_inputHidden_value_nobody.reuse(_jspx_th_h_inputHidden_0);
     return false;
     }