Re: Understanding page lifecycle on return from a faces flow

Hi I think the problem happens because the navigation is executed on invoke application case, but by default f:viewAction is set to be executed on invoke application phase too. Probably f:viewAction is executed before the navigation. Faces Flow allows to set initializer and finalizer methods, so

Understanding page lifecycle on return from a faces flow

Greetings, I am trying to use a viewAction as a mechanism to enforce pre-conditions on pages, and am using faces flows to present any interaction required to enforce the preconditions. For example, imagine a “one click” ordering scheme, where clicking on a link takes you to the confirmation