JSF access html element value in bean class

Question

I have a JSF application in which I have a combo box.

Answer 1

Because Process Events happens before Update Model Values you can retrieve the value from the component, from the UIViewRoot like this:

HtmlSelectOneMenu collectorTypeSelectMenu = (HtmlSelectOneMenu) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot().findComponent("editForm:collectorType");
String collectorType = (String) collectorTypeSelectMenu.getValue();