Passing JSF 1.2 inputtext to a method in a session bean

Question

I am learning JSF 1.2 and I have a scenario where a view "profile.jsf" is rendered using a request bean BeanProfile. The bean "BeanProfile" is a request bean because I need updated data in every request and refresh of the view. The view have a <h:commandButton/> that triggers a method in a session bean LoginBean and which should update the user profile before persisting it. So, I need to pass all the information in the profile view to the method in the session bean. I tried using the <f:attribute/> in the <h:commandButton/> like this:

<h:commandButton id="submit" actionListener="#{beanLogin.updateUser}" value="Update">
    <f:attribute name="ttt" value="789"/> <!-- just for debug -->
    <f:attribute name="name" value="#{name}" /> <!-- I will pass just that one for the moment -->
</h:commandButton>

and the component:

<h:inputText id="name"
             binding="#{name}"
             value="#{beanProfile.name}"
             required="true" /> 

in my method i have:

public void updateUser(ActionEvent event) {
    /*Debug*/
    System.err.println("size: "+event.getComponent().getAttributes().size());
    System.err.println("--"+(String) event.getComponent().getAttributes()
            .get("ttt")+"--");;
    UIInput input = (UIInput) event.getComponent().getAttributes().get("name");
    String text = (String) input.getSubmittedValue();
    System.err.println("++"+text+"++");
}

As a result I get:

2014-12-20T01:43:25.850+0100|Severe: size: 1
2014-12-20T01:43:25.850+0100|Severe: --789--
java.lang.NullPointerException ...

So I passed 2 parameters and I only got one in the method in the session bean and that's what caused the java.lang.NullPointerException. I don't know what i am doing wrong. I am working in Eclipse 4.4.1 SR1 using a dynamic web module 3.0 and GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.1 which includes Mojarra 2.2.7.

Update:

I tried the same code using tomcat 8.0.15, MyFaces 1.2.12 and JSTL 1.2 which I was already using with GlassFish and Mojarra. I have the same problem and I found that the bean injection thought the managed-property in faces-config.xml does not work either (null value) in both configurations I used.