Hi Dennis, Laurie thanks for the prompt reply. I found following code on jsffaq.com, I will try it work for me.
FacesContext fc = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); String userName = (String)fc.getApplication().createValueBinding("#{Person.userName}").getValue(fc); <managed-bean> <managed-bean-name>Person</managed-bean-name> <managed-bean-class>demo.PersonBean</managed-bean-class> <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope> <managed-property> <property-name>userName</property-name> <property-class>java.lang.String</property-class> <value/> </managed-property> <managed-bean> Thanks again, Yogesh On 2/4/06, Laurie Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yogesh Chaudhari wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to read "show" managed property value in InvoiceBean > > class constructor so I can populate different resultset in "invoices" > > arraylist to display on page. > > > > Thanks, Yogesh > > > > public class InvoiceBean { > > private String show; > > ArrayList invoices; > > > > public InvoiceBean () { > > System.out.println("show invoices " + show); > > invoices = getInvoices(); > > } > > > > <faces-config> > > <managed-bean> > > <managed-bean-name>invoiceALLBean</managed-bean-name> > > > > <managed-bean-class>org.adr.faces.backing.InvoiceBean</managed-bean-class> > > <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope> > > <managed-property> > > <property-name>show</property-name> > > <property-class>java.lang.String</property-class> > > <value>ALL</value> > > </managed-property> > > </managed-bean> > > > > <managed-bean> > > <managed-bean-name>invoicePENDINGBean</managed-bean-name> > > > > <managed-bean-class>org.adr.faces.backing.InvoiceBean</managed-bean-class> > > <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope> > > <managed-property> > > <property-name>show</property-name> > > <property-class>java.lang.String</property-class> > > <value>PENDING</value> > > </managed-property> > > </managed-bean> > > .. > > .. > > .. > > </faces-config> > > > > The short answer is you can't. Properties are set on a bean after it's > constructed (since before it's constructed there's nothing to set a > property on...). > > You have a couple of options: > > - call getInvoices() from setShow() > > - call getInvoices() lazily when needed, after the show property has > been set. > > I'd recommend the latter but either would work. > > L. > >