Edited by post to try and explain what I am trying to accomplish.
I am trying to fill a field with a value sent by a post to the page. The input value is an ID that I want to insert into the field so the user does not have to fill out all the fields again.
<h:inputText value="#{bowlingEvent.ID}" />
What i am trying to do is simply.
bowlingEvent.ID = param['id'];
How is that done in jsf 2.x ?