How to set a bean property from jsf page before executing this f:event listener:

    <f:event type="preRenderComponent" listener="bean.method}"/>

I tried the below code but it does not set the value to the bean property.

    <f:event type="preRenderComponent" listener="bean.method}">
        <f:setPropertyActionListener target="#{bean.howMany}" value="2"/>
    </f:event>

JSF2.1.6 with PF 3.3

EDIT

Any issues with this below code? (This works! but I just want to confirm if there are any issues with this!?)

<f:event type="preRenderComponent" listener="#{bean.setHowMany(15)}"/> 
<f:event type="preRenderComponent" listener="#{bean.method}"/>