Where's the correct place to initialize a JSF custom component (in this case, a subclass of HtmlForm)? Because much of my initializing involves manipulating the component's children components, I decided to override getChildren() and do my initialization there - BAD IDEA!
...it turns out that getChildren() is called BEFORE restoreState(), so when you submit the form, restoreState isn't called and getChildren() fails because it's in an uninitialized state. I was thinking about using initializers or constructors, but then I figured to avoid it because some initialization could depend on the component properties getting populated first. (And initializers/constructors would be called before those properties get populated, via their setters.) It looks like I'm running out of options - what's the best practice on this? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Difficulties-of-initializing-a-custom-component-tp22655436p22655436.html Sent from the MyFaces - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
