Restore-view phase question

[Richard Wallace]

Hello all,

I have a question regarding the restore-view phase.  What I want to do 
is create a phase listener to try and process get parameters.  The idea 
is that I'd have a phase listener which registers for the after 
restore-view event.  So, my question is, if there is no view to restore, 
such as a first visit to the page, is this event always fired?

Another thought I'd had is that I'd like to be able to determine whether 
there was any view to restore in my phase listener so I know whether to 
look at the get parameters or not.  If there was a view to restore, I 
don't really care about the get parameters because the user is coming 
from another JSF page.  Otherwise, they could be coming from a link sent 
in an email or something else and I want to use the get parameters to 
set properties (like search parameters, etc.) on my backing beans.  So, 
is there a way to determine if the user came from a JSF page or a plain 
old link?

Thanks,
Rich