ChrisC wrote:
>Hi
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>I need to initialise a backing bean with values from a db table - I know the
>username of my logged in user from:
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>FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
>String owner = facesContext.getExternalContext().getRemoteUser();
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>I want to set the user details on the bean - name, address - so that when
>you go to the account details page the values for the logged in user are
>displayed.
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>i.e. What I want is an initialisation method - so that when the bean is
>created it gets the values it needs using the username and sets the other
>properties.
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>As I understand it Backing Beans do not have a constructor - so how I get it
>to go off and set the values.
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Why do you say backing beans (managed beans) do not have a constructor?
They are just POJO's, and you should be able to do the initialization.
>Many thanks
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>Chris
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