AddNoteForm(MarkupContainer container, String id, IModel<Note> noteModel) { super(container, id, noteModel); new FeedbackPanel(this, "formFeedback"); textModel = new Model<String>(); Note n = noteModel.getObject(); if (n != null) { textModel.setObject(n.getText()); } new TextArea<String>(this, "text", textModel).setRequired(true); }