Gina vernon wrote:Hi,
And I can't get it to work.
Elaborate the problem in detail. What happens? What happens not?
On a related note, i have read a lot of articles that call the validating class a 'backing bean'. How is it different from a 'managed bean'. And why is it called a bean when it doesn't have any set/get methods?
The validator class is not a backing bean class. Either the article is wrong or you misinterpreted the article.
To the point, a backing bean is a
java class which can be managed by JSF as managed bean. A managed bean is a backing bean instance which is been managed by JSF.