jsf - List from managed bean is not showing in faces datatable -

i can't list obtained managed bean show in datatable in jsf.

when debug it, list has 1 element when calls method on bean, page shows no elements in datatable.

the managed bean is:

@managedbean @viewscoped public class mybeanmb {      private list<mybean> results = new arraylist<mybean>();     private mybean mybean = new mybean();     @ejb     private mybeanservice mybeanservice;      public string findmybeans() {         results = mybeanservice.findmybeans(mybean);         mybean = new mybeans();         if (results != null && !results.isempty()) {             return "success";         }         facescontext.getcurrentinstance().addmessage(null, new facesmessage("no results found"));         return null;     } 

and form in index.xhtml page looks this:

<h:form>             <h:messages />             <h:outputlabel value="nombre: " for="nombre"/>             <h:inputtext id="nombre" value="#{mybeanmb.mybean.name}" />             <h:commandbutton value="buscar" action="#{mybeanmb.findmybeans}" />              <h:datatable id="list" value="#{mybeanmb.results}" var="item">                 <h:column>                     <f:facet name="header">                         <h:outputtext value="name"/>                     </f:facet>                     <h:outputtext value= "#{item.name}" />                 </h:column>             </h:datatable>         </h:form> 

what missing?

when return success in managed bean, jsf navigate success.xhtml view (this assuming haven't set navigation rule in faces-config.xml file) , list should handled in view, not in index.xhtml. in order fix code, change findmybeans method return void instead of string.

public void findmybeans() {     results = mybeanservice.findmybeans(mybean);     mybean = new mybeans();     if (results != null && !results.isempty()) {         return;     }     facescontext.getcurrentinstance().addmessage(null, new facesmessage("no results found")); }