Easy way to do it without much complicate front-end code is to use a bean setter to do the initialization job (assuming all you need is the common data initialization case):
request: http://server/webapp/something.faces?xyz=abc faces-config.xml: <faces-config> .......... <managed-bean> <managed-bean-name>somebean</managed-bean-name> <managed-bean-class> com.company.Bean </managed-bean-class> <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope> <managed-property> <property-name>initialRequest</property-name> <value>#{params.xyz}</value> </managed-property> .......... JSF will automatically evaluate #{params.xyz} upon bean instantiation. MPF a écrit : > Hi! > How can I realize that? > My application get called with a link that contains a parameter whom i need > to load data. Need to write a frontcontroller?how? > > someone can help? > > best regards >