Here goes the link for that servlet http://tinyurl.com/8dv43
inside of invokeApplication() you could do some stuff w/ ValueBindings to populate your bean. -Matthias On 1/27/06, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > > 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? > > right, since no *complicated* calculation for action outcome is needed. > > > 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? > > a feature like this makes it more easier to implement systems like ebay, > where bookmarkable URLs are a must! > > > > > 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. > > ok > > > > > 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. > > so something like > > host/app/foo.faces?param1=foo¶m2=bar > > > > > Good idea - bad idea - better idea ;) ? > > Why not rendering a link to a NonFacesRequestServlet ? > (like the tobago stuff) > > For links like > foo.faces?param1=foo¶m2=bar > > your backing bean construktor (or init() of ViewController) needs to > perform some lookups. > That could be easily done by that mentioned servlet, without doing > that parameter catching stuff inside of your backing bean. > > @Manfred: I guess I saw a ticket in RI stuff for this. What's the EGs > plan for enabling bookmarkable URLs ? > > -Matthias > > > regards, > > > > Martin > > > > -- > > > > http://www.irian.at > > > > Your JSF powerhouse - > > JSF Consulting, Development and > > Courses in English and German > > > > Professional Support for Apache MyFaces > > > > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > Zülpicher Wall 12, 239 > 50674 Köln > http://www.wessendorf.net > mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com > -- Matthias Wessendorf Zülpicher Wall 12, 239 50674 Köln http://www.wessendorf.net mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com
