While that's true, phase listeners don't get triggered in any particular order.
I had problems with the older DataTable because it accessed my application data from a phase listener, and the data it accessed was only available after my application's phase listener ran. Not having examine the code, it could very well be a moot point in this instance as the listener may never access application data. I'd rather see it done as a servlet if it could be done that way. As for the configuration, well, you're gonna have to add in a config line for the myfaces extensions anyway. Being a novice JSF user, give my thoughts only the minor consideration that they're due, and don't beat me up too badly if I'm saying something stupid :) -Mike On 7/14/05, Werner Punz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maksimenko Alexander wrote: > > Hi! > > I'm looking at AjaxPhaseListener. It looks great but I have some question - > > at the end of the method I see > > context.responseComplete(); > > but as I understand all checks are performed before listener is invoked. > > So listener in render phase can't tell controller to skip rendering > > components. Or I was missed something? (I'm using 1.0.9 version) > > > A phase listener is triggerted whenever a request comes in, what ajax > does is to trigger requests without performing a page refresh, thus the > whole phase listener chain is called every time an ajax request goes > against the server. > > So what happens? the user does something xmlhttp triggers a request > against the server, the phase listener is triggered performs its > functions, the result is given back and the client does something with it. > > No refresh cycle is performed. The Phase listener is sort of used as a > request interceptor, kind of like a servlet or servlet filter. > > Hope this helps in understanding what happens. You pretty much can do > the same by using a servlet, but that way you need an extra entry in the > web.xml file a phase listener can be defined simply by adding an entry > in one of the faces-configs, thus it can be delivered automatically with > a component pack. > > > >
