Re: navigation component (or POSTs in JSF)

[Matthias Wessendorf <ma...@matthias-wessendorf.de>]

Matt,

also in short ;)

In JSF everything is a POST,
that is because of JSF is restoring the component tree
from the view that creates a page.

If you use GET, it means that you give up any possibility
of component tree restoring.

HTH,
Matthias

Matt Conway wrote:
> Matthias Wessendorf wrote:
> 
>> in short to 2) that is *normal* in JSF
> 
> 
> Strange - if you feel like it could you (or someone else) explain why 
> this is so I can get a better understanding of JSF internals?  I assume 
> this is something that will addressed in future specs?  It just doesn't 
> seem right that something so basic being broken is considered normal.
> 
>> use <redirect/> inside of your navigation rules
>> and you'll see the *right* page.
> 
> 
> Thanks - I tried this and while it does show the right page, now the 
> active navigation entry is no longer higlighted!
> 
>>> 1) If I go to another page (which also has a commandNavigation link) 
>>> via some other action like a commandLink, the active 
>>> commandNavigation does not get updated.
>>> 2) The URL in the location bar reflects the last page navigated to 
>>> rather than the current one.
>>