Hi Mike, > 2) do something in the form renderer to indicate that the state needs to be > saved, maybe setting a request attribute that can be checked in saveView to > determine whether to actually save state or just return null.
I would lean towards option 2 - I donĀ“t see how the saved state would be used at all if there is no form on the page - there cannot be a postback to it, so this memory is anyways wasted. best regards, Martin -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces