Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition) General Discussion

I am using Java studio creator to develop a simple web application. Being a great Java fan, both standard and entreprise edition, I gave JSF a go - even if, in the end, I spent a tremendous amount of time working around technical limitation. Probably a problem of design by my side.

I have a page that updates record in a database, using CachedRowSetDataProviders. I used the tutorial as an example, and it works well enough.

Except that I can't have my CheckBox Component working as intended. Since my DB store this boolean value as an int, I used the indications in the page http://developers.sun.com/jscreator/reference/techart/2/checkbox_component.html , and bound my checkbox to a page's bean value, whose getter and setter in turn retrieve & set the value in the DataProvider.

This is not working as intended. I have lazyly "logged" my getter/setter methods, and while the getter is called whenever the page is rendered, the setter never get called when I submit my form. The component is part of a virtual form and I double checked it was properly configured.
I have bound the 'selected' property of the checkbox to the bean's boolean, although the JSC bound the 'selectedValue' property if I happen to use the "Bind to data..." contextual menu.

I was previously successfull in using a methodBinding to the valueChange event for Checkboxes (out of ignorance of better method to use), but I would like to use the built in ability to map a component to a property, because this would simplify my code.

thanks in advance,