How to collect submitted values of a List in JSF?

Question

I have a bean with a List:

@Named
@ViewScoped
public class Bean {

    private List items;
    private String value;

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Answer 1

Your problem is caused because you're basically collecting all submitted values into one and same bean property. You need to move the value property into the bean behind var="item".

<h:form>
    <ui:repeat value="#{bean.items}" var="item">
        <h:inputText value="#{item.value}" /> <!-- instead of #{bean.value} -->
    </ui:repeat>
    <h:commandButton action="#{bean.submit}" />
</h:form>

In the bean action method, simply iterate over items in order to get all submitted values via item.getValue().

public void submit() {
    for (Item item : items) {
        System.out.println("Submitted value: " + item.getValue());
    }
}