Re: Using myfaces for a wizard type application

2006-11-18 Thread Gerald Müllan
Hi, well, t:saveState should exactly fit your needs in this case and it doesn`t come with any burden. Just use it in your wizard page like this: t:saveState value=#{yourWizardPageBean}/ The yourWizardPageBean then is a kind of representation of the whole wizard steps. For instance, you can

Re: Using myfaces for a wizard type application

2006-11-18 Thread Matthias Wessendorf
inside of trinidad, there is also a pageFlowScope -M On 11/18/06, Andrew Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Conversational state is made for this type of work. There is one in the sandbox (haven't used it). JBoss-Seam is excellent for conversations (what I used). Also the shale framework has a

RE: Using myfaces for a wizard type application

2006-11-17 Thread Julian Ray
One way is to use the tomahawk saveState control. Use a single request level bean to collect your form data. Save the bean use saveState in each page of the wizard. If the user wants to cancel use an action which either navigates to a page where there is not saveState (the wizard backing bean is

Re: Using myfaces for a wizard type application

2006-11-17 Thread Andrew Robinson
Conversational state is made for this type of work. There is one in the sandbox (haven't used it). JBoss-Seam is excellent for conversations (what I used). Also the shale framework has a dialog manager that can do something similar I think. Other than that, use t:saveState or a4j:keepAlive