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public class CategorySearchController {
 
    // the results from the search. do not init the results or a blank rows show up initially on page load
    public List<categoryWrapper> searchResults {get;set;}
    // the categories that were checked/selected.
    public List<categoryWrapper> selectedCategories {
        get {
            if (selectedCategories == null) selectedCategories = new List<categoryWrapper>();
            return selectedCategories;
        }
        set;
    }      
 
    // the text in the search box
    public string searchText {
        get {
            if (searchText == null) searchText = 'Category'; // prefill the serach box for ease of use
            return searchText;
        }
        set;
    } 
 
    // constructor
    public CategorySearchController() {}
 
    // fired when the search button is clicked
    public PageReference search() {
 
        if (searchResults == null) {
            searchResults = new List<categoryWrapper>(); // init the list if it is null
        } else {
            searchResults.clear(); // clear out the current results if they exist
        }
        // Note: you could have achieved the same results as above by just using:
        // searchResults = new List<categoryWrapper>();
 
        // dynamic soql for fun
        String qry = 'Select c.Name, c.Id From Cat3__c c Where c.Name LIKE \'%'+searchText+'%\' Order By c.Name';
        // may need to modify for governor limits??
        for(Cat3__c c : Database.query(qry)) {
            // create a new wrapper by passing it the category in the constructor
            CategoryWrapper cw = new CategoryWrapper(c);
            // add the wrapper to the results
            searchResults.add(cw);
        }
        return null;
    }   
 
    public PageReference next() {
 
        // clear out the currently selected categories
        selectedCategories.clear();
 
        // add the selected categories to a new List
        for (CategoryWrapper cw : searchResults) {
            if (cw.checked)
                selectedCategories.add(new CategoryWrapper(cw.cat));
        }
 
        // ensure they selected at least one category or show an error message.
        if (selectedCategories.size() > 0) {
            return Page.Category_Results;
        } else {
            ApexPages.addMessage(new ApexPages.message(ApexPages.severity.ERROR,'Please select at least one Category.'));
            return null;
        }       
 
    }       
 
    // fired when the back button is clicked
    public PageReference back() {
        return Page.Category_Search;
    }       
 
}

 
<apex:page controller="CategorySearchController">
    <apex:form >
        <apex:pageBlock mode="edit" id="block">
 
            <apex:pageBlockButtons >
                <apex:commandButton action="{!next}" value="See Results" disabled="{!ISNULL(searchResults)}"/>
            </apex:pageBlockButtons>
            <apex:pageMessages />
 
            <apex:pageBlockSection >
                <apex:pageBlockSectionItem >
                    <apex:outputLabel for="searchText">Search for Categories</apex:outputLabel>
                    <apex:panelGroup >
                    <apex:inputText id="searchText" value="{!searchText}"/>
                    <!-- We could have rerendered just the resultsBlock below but we want the  -->
                    <!-- 'See Results' button to update also so that it is clickable. -->
                    <apex:commandButton value="Search" action="{!search}" rerender="block" status="status"/>
                    </apex:panelGroup>
                </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
            </apex:pageBlockSection>
 
            <apex:actionStatus id="status" startText="Searching... please wait..."/>
            <apex:pageBlockSection title="Search Results" id="resultsBlock" columns="1">
                <apex:pageBlockTable value="{!searchResults}" var="c" rendered="{!NOT(ISNULL(searchResults))}">
                    <apex:column width="25px">
                        <apex:inputCheckbox value="{!c.checked}"/>
                    </apex:column>
                    <apex:column value="{!c.cat.Name}" headerValue="Name"/>
                </apex:pageBlockTable>
            </apex:pageBlockSection>
        </apex:pageBlock>
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>

 
<apex:page controller="CategorySearchController">
    <apex:form >
        <apex:pageBlock >
 
            <apex:pageBlockButtons >
                <apex:commandButton action="{!back}" value="Back"/>
            </apex:pageBlockButtons>
            <apex:pageMessages />
 
            <apex:pageBlockSection title="You Selected" columns="1">
                <apex:pageBlockTable value="{!selectedCategories}" var="c">
                    <apex:column value="{!c.cat.Name}"/>
                </apex:pageBlockTable>
            </apex:pageBlockSection>           
 
        </apex:pageBlock>
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>

 
public class CategoryWrapper {
 
    public Boolean checked{ get; set; }
    public Cat3__c cat { get; set;}
 
    public CategoryWrapper(){
        cat = new Cat3__c();
        checked = false;
    }
 
    public CategoryWrapper(Cat3__c c){
        cat = c;
        checked = false;
    }
 
    public static testMethod void testMe() {
 
        CategoryWrapper cw = new CategoryWrapper();
        System.assertEquals(cw.checked,false);      
 
        CategoryWrapper cw2 = new CategoryWrapper(new Cat3__c(name='Test1'));
        System.assertEquals(cw2.cat.name,'Test1');
        System.assertEquals(cw2.checked,false);       
 
    }
 
}