jsf - primefaces selectonemenu - setter is not called -

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my selectonemenu neither call setter nor getter after chosing option. map displayed correctly in dropdown.

here code:

      <p:selectonemenu id="filter" value="#{mypatientsbean.selectedfilter}"         valuechangelistener="#{mypatientsbean.activatedefaultfilter}">         <f:selectitems value="#{mypatientsbean.defaultfilterentries.entryset()}" var="map" itemvalue="#{map.value}" itemlabel="#{map.key}"/>         <p:ajax update="patientdata" event="change" />       </p:selectonemenu> 

and here backing bean:

    public map<string, string> getdefaultfilterentries() {         return getpatientforfilter().getdefaultfilterentries(getcurrentuser().hasright(userright.patientviewall));     }       public void setselectedfilter(string index) {         selectedfilter = integer.parseint(index);         if (selectedfilter == -1) {             setusedefaultfilter(false);         }     }      public string getselectedfilterstring() {         return integer.tostring(selectedfilter);     } 

the valuechangelistener called too..

would grateful help. tried :( list doesn't solve problem neither.

just remove valuelistener , replace ajax tag below

<p:ajax listener=#{mypatientsbean.activatedefaultfilter}" update="patientdata" />