Inserting multiple datas in 1 entity in a page - jsf

Question

i have a CRUD generated create form:
<div class="create-form">
<h:form>
<h:inputText id="name" value="#{pointController.selected.name}" title="#{bundle.CreatePointTitle_name}" required="true" />
<h:inputText id="term" value="#{pointController.selected.term}" title="#{bundle.CreatePointTitle_term}" required="true" />
<p:commandButton styleClass="btn" action="#{pointController.create}" value="#{bundle.CreatePointSaveLink}" />
</h:form>
</div>
<button>add new form</button>
i have a button that if clicked it will create another form same as above using javascript. (2 inputText, name and term)
my goal is, with 2 or more forms, depending how many forms the user wants, with 1 commandButton that is clicked it will insert everything in the database.
example:
first form: name = first form test, term = first form testterm
2nd form: name = 2nd form test, term= 2nd form testterm
after clicking the command button
2 rows will be inserted in the same table in the database.
but i'm not sure what would be the structure for page for this.

Answer 1

You can't send data from many forms in a single request using JSF components, you should serialize all the data and send it manually. It would be better to have a List<Item> and every time you click in the button it will create a new item on the list and update an UIContainer that will display the items of the list.
This would be a start example of the above:
#ManagedBean
#ViewScoped
public class ItemBean {
private List<Item> lstItem;
public ItemBean() {
lstItem = new ArrayList<Item>();
addItem();
}
//getters and setter...
public void addItem() {
lstItem.add(new Item());
}
public void saveData() {
//you can inject the service as an EJB or however you think would be better...
ItemService itemService = new ItemService();
itemService.save(lstItem);
}
}
JSF code (<h:body> content only):
<h:form id="frmItems">
<h:panelGrid id="pnlItems">
<ui:repeat value="#{itemBean.lstItem}" var="item">
Enter item name
<h:inputText value="#{item.name}" />
<br />
Enter item description
<h:inputText value="#{item.description}" />
<br />
<br />
</ui:repeat>
</h:panelGrid>
<p:commandButton value="Add new item" action="#{itemBean.addItem}"
update="pnlItems" />
<p:commandButton value="Save data" action="#{itemBean.saveData}" />
</h:form>