PhaseListener methods called at wrong time for first time around?

[Venkat Rao]

I have registered a Phase Listener by declaring it in faces-config.xml. In my PhaseListener, I am interested only in the RENDER_RESPONSE phase.   The very first time my application is invoked, the beforePhase() method is called even before the component binding methods are called. I would have expected that all the components would be created, their binding methods would be invoked and *then* would the beforePhase() method for RENDER_RESPONSE be invoked.   On subsequent postbacks, invocations of beforePhase() are as expected (that is, component binding is done first, before the beforePhase() is invoked)   I would appreciate any insights into this behavior. Thanks,   -- venkat