to put it in a nutshell: add GET-processing to JSF...
+100 ;-) regards Alexander -----Original Message----- From: Martin Marinschek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 10:35 AM To: MyFaces Development Subject: Bookmarking, History and JSF Hi all, I'm having ideas again. Must come from too much work with JSF ;) My idea: Bookmarking is a problem with JSF, right? Except you use h:outputLink, but then there's this slight problem with not being in the action system anymore ;) Now, what do I want to be able to see in my history or to bookmark? I want to bookmark simple pages, where state is not so important at all. Or only a small portion of the state is important... Those simple pages I usually refer to with an "action" attribute that is put (as a string) directly on the <h:commandLink /> or <h:commandButton/> tag, right? Why not render out this action attribute as a parameter to the URL of the link optionally, not submitting a form and loosing all JSF state, but having a bookmarkable link? The developer can decide then: - do I need this link to be bookmarked - do I want this link to use the plain old JSF posting system with state-saving. Enhancement: we could additionally render out params to this link as - yes, right, params to the URL. So people can optionally build there web-apps just like they were used to when JSF wasn't around. Good idea - bad idea - better idea ;) ? regards, Martin -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces
