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Asked: 2026-06-06T06:54:12+00:00

So I’m very new to JSF, I just started using it a few days

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So I’m very new to JSF, I just started using it a few days ago and I’m trying to learn off of youtube tutorials and a couple of books. But I can’t tell why this isn’t working. Here’s my code:

    <h:form styleClass="formStyle">
        <h1>Log In</h1>
        <fieldset id="inputs">
            <h:inputText id="username" type="text"  value="#{redirectBean.name}">
            </h:inputText>
            <h:inputSecret id="password" type="password"  value="#{redirectBean.password}">
            </h:inputSecret>
        </fieldset>
        <fieldset id="actions">
            <h:button type="submit" styleClass="test" value="Log in" outcome="#{redirectBean.login}">
            </h:button>
        </fieldset>
    </h:form>

redirectBean.java is simply a class containing 3 private strings (login=”welcome”, name and password) and their getters/setters.

Upon clicking the Login button I am redirected to welcome.xhtml but there are no changes made to redirectBean.name or redirectBean.password.

Any thoughts? What am I missing?

Edit: so BalusC has explained that I need to use h:commandButton instead, but that wasn’t redirecting me. After some back-and-forth trying to figure out why, this is the server log I’m currently getting (It’s redirecting me now with the command button but still not passing the value to the bean. I also got something about RI and MyFaces conflicting, but some tinkering in the classpath seems to have fixed that):

SEVERE: ContainerBase.addChild: start: 
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener     at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:5332)
    at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:498)   at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:917)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:901)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:733)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.web.WebContainer.loadWebModule(WebContainer.java:2018)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.web.WebContainer.loadWebModule(WebContainer.java:1669)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.web.WebApplication.start(WebApplication.java:109)
    at org.glassfish.internal.data.EngineRef.start(EngineRef.java:130)
    at org.glassfish.internal.data.ModuleInfo.start(ModuleInfo.java:269)
    at
org.glassfish.internal.data.ApplicationInfo.start(ApplicationInfo.java:301)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:461)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:240)
    at
org.glassfish.deployment.admin.DeployCommand.execute(DeployCommand.java:389)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$1.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:348)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:363)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1085)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.access$1200(CommandRunnerImpl.java:95)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1291)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1259)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.AdminAdapter.doCommand(AdminAdapter.java:461)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.AdminAdapter.service(AdminAdapter.java:212)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.tcp.http11.GrizzlyAdapter.service(GrizzlyAdapter.java:179)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.HK2Dispatcher.dispath(HK2Dispatcher.java:117)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper$Hk2DispatcherCallable.call(ContainerMapper.java:354)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:195)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(ProcessorTask.java:849)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.doProcess(ProcessorTask.java:746)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.process(ProcessorTask.java:1045)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.DefaultProtocolFilter.execute(DefaultProtocolFilter.java:228)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.executeProtocolFilter(DefaultProtocolChain.java:137)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:104)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:90)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.HttpProtocolChain.execute(HttpProtocolChain.java:79)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.ProtocolChainContextTask.doCall(ProtocolChainContextTask.java:54)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.SelectionKeyContextTask.call(SelectionKeyContextTask.java:59)
    at com.sun.grizzly.ContextTask.run(ContextTask.java:71)     at
com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:532)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:513)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) Caused by:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener     at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.addListener(StandardContext.java:2743)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.addApplicationListener(StandardContext.java:1966)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.web.TomcatDeploymentConfig.configureApplicationListener(TomcatDeploymentConfig.java:235)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.web.TomcatDeploymentConfig.configureWebModule(TomcatDeploymentConfig.java:94)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModuleContextConfig.start(WebModuleContextConfig.java:274)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModuleContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(WebModuleContextConfig.java:172)
    at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:149)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:5329)
    ... 39 more Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener     at
org.glassfish.web.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1509)
    at
org.glassfish.web.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1359)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadListener(StandardContext.java:4806)
    at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModule.loadListener(WebModule.java:1599)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.addListener(StandardContext.java:2740)
    ... 46 more

WARNING: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild:
start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener     at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:921)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:901)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:733)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.web.WebContainer.loadWebModule(WebContainer.java:2018)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.web.WebContainer.loadWebModule(WebContainer.java:1669)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.web.WebApplication.start(WebApplication.java:109)
    at org.glassfish.internal.data.EngineRef.start(EngineRef.java:130)
    at org.glassfish.internal.data.ModuleInfo.start(ModuleInfo.java:269)
    at
org.glassfish.internal.data.ApplicationInfo.start(ApplicationInfo.java:301)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:461)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:240)
    at
org.glassfish.deployment.admin.DeployCommand.execute(DeployCommand.java:389)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$1.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:348)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:363)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1085)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.access$1200(CommandRunnerImpl.java:95)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1291)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1259)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.AdminAdapter.doCommand(AdminAdapter.java:461)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.AdminAdapter.service(AdminAdapter.java:212)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.tcp.http11.GrizzlyAdapter.service(GrizzlyAdapter.java:179)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.HK2Dispatcher.dispath(HK2Dispatcher.java:117)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper$Hk2DispatcherCallable.call(ContainerMapper.java:354)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:195)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(ProcessorTask.java:849)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.doProcess(ProcessorTask.java:746)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.process(ProcessorTask.java:1045)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.DefaultProtocolFilter.execute(DefaultProtocolFilter.java:228)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.executeProtocolFilter(DefaultProtocolChain.java:137)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:104)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:90)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.HttpProtocolChain.execute(HttpProtocolChain.java:79)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.ProtocolChainContextTask.doCall(ProtocolChainContextTask.java:54)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.SelectionKeyContextTask.call(SelectionKeyContextTask.java:59)
    at com.sun.grizzly.ContextTask.run(ContextTask.java:71)     at
com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:532)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:513)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

SEVERE: Exception while invoking class
com.sun.enterprise.web.WebApplication start method
java.lang.Exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException:
ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener     at
com.sun.enterprise.web.WebApplication.start(WebApplication.java:138)
    at org.glassfish.internal.data.EngineRef.start(EngineRef.java:130)
    at org.glassfish.internal.data.ModuleInfo.start(ModuleInfo.java:269)
    at
org.glassfish.internal.data.ApplicationInfo.start(ApplicationInfo.java:301)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:461)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:240)
    at
org.glassfish.deployment.admin.DeployCommand.execute(DeployCommand.java:389)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$1.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:348)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:363)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1085)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.access$1200(CommandRunnerImpl.java:95)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1291)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1259)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.AdminAdapter.doCommand(AdminAdapter.java:461)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.AdminAdapter.service(AdminAdapter.java:212)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.tcp.http11.GrizzlyAdapter.service(GrizzlyAdapter.java:179)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.HK2Dispatcher.dispath(HK2Dispatcher.java:117)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper$Hk2DispatcherCallable.call(ContainerMapper.java:354)
    at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:195)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(ProcessorTask.java:849)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.doProcess(ProcessorTask.java:746)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.process(ProcessorTask.java:1045)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.DefaultProtocolFilter.execute(DefaultProtocolFilter.java:228)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.executeProtocolFilter(DefaultProtocolChain.java:137)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:104)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:90)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.http.HttpProtocolChain.execute(HttpProtocolChain.java:79)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.ProtocolChainContextTask.doCall(ProtocolChainContextTask.java:54)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.SelectionKeyContextTask.call(SelectionKeyContextTask.java:59)
    at com.sun.grizzly.ContextTask.run(ContextTask.java:71)     at
com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:532)
    at
com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:513)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

SEVERE: Exception while loading the app SEVERE: Exception while
loading the app : java.lang.IllegalStateException:
ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener
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  1. Editorial Team

    You need to use <h:commandButton>, not <h:button>. The <h:button> merely sends a GET request, while the <h:commandButton> submits the form by POST.

    <h:commandButton styleClass="test" value="Log in" action="#{redirectBean.login}" />

    with

    public String login() {
    // Do your business job.

    return "welcome";
}

    See also:

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