title: primefaces autocomplete event itemSelect listener value null in ManagedBean
body: <p>I am using Primefaces 3.4.2 Autocomplete.</p>
  
  <p>In ManagedBean when I select a row as I type characters in autocomplete, I am not able to get the value in method <code>handleSelect(SelectEvent event)</code> {</p>
  
  <p>What could be the reason for this? Ideally I would like to fill or populate other columns in jsf page when I select a row from autocomplete values.</p>
  
  <p>JSF code for autocomplete</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;p:autoComplete value="#{empMB.selectedEmployee}"
                              id="basicPojo" minQueryLength="3" 
                              completeMethod="#{myMB.complete}" var="p"
                              itemLabel="#{p.empName}" 
                               converter="#{employeeNameConverter}"
                              forceSelection="true" &gt;                           
                              &lt;p:ajax event="itemSelect" 
                              listener="#{myMB.handleSelect}" /&gt; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>ManagedBean method </p>
  
  <pre><code>public void handleSelect(SelectEvent event) {
  String value = (String) event.getObject();
  System.out.println("selected "+value);
  </code></pre>