Basically, this forces the need to decide upon the STATE_SAVING_METHOD param value before you design your application.
--Vish --- David Geary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2006/11/8, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On 11/8/06, Ramineni Viswanath > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > While on a page, I call the same page with a > different > > > set of query parameters, it is being treated as > a > > > postback. > > > > > > For example my current url is > > > > > > /mainmenu.faces?menuid=0 > > > > > > I have a HtmlOutputLink on this page with the > value > > > set to /mainmenu.faces?menuid=26. When I click > on this > > > link, isPostBack() is showing "true". Is this > the > > > correct and intended behaviour? > > > > > > The mechanism used to declare a request being a > postback is whether the > > ViewController.restoreView() method provided by > JSF determines that there > > was an existing view that could be restored. In > turn, if you are using > > server side state saving with current 1.1 > implementations, this decision > > is > > based solely on the view identifier, not on any > related parameters. Thus, > > if you are using server side state saving, JSF > will treat your two URLs as > > being the same, and will restore the previous > state (and, therefore, the > > postback property will be set to true). > > > > If you were to use client side state saving, on > the other hand, the two > > URLs > > would be considered distinct views (since the > HtmlOutputLink ends up doing > > a > > GET to the second URL), with no state to be > restored, and therefore > > postback > > would be false. > > > Holy cow, I didn't know that. Is that not a bug > according the definition of > a postback? IMO, behaviour that differs depending > upon state-saving mode is > bad news. > > > david > > --Vish > > > > > > Craig > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link For just $24.99/mo., Vonage offers unlimited local and long- distance calling. Sign up now. http://www.vonage.com/startsavingnow/
