need a read only hidden form component

[Srikanth Madarapu]

Hi

  I need a placeholder on my JSF form, which is hidden and read only. When I 
say read only, I want that component to get populated but when submitted I 
don't want to call the setter of the value binding.

  I have tried a inputText with read only set to true, but it still tries to 
call the setter.

  <x:inputText read only="true" forceId="true" id="encodedDocument" 
value="#{backingBean.encodedDocument}"/>

  I need to use the text of this component in a javascript function. When the 
form is submitted I don't want to call the setter. How can I achieve this. I 
think I misunderstood the read only attribute, I think it is for the user not 
for the JSF framework.

Thanks
-Srikanth Madarapu