I use shale and I was wondering if there is there an easy way to know in a
backing bean on the postback that the user actually pressed a commandLink that
navigates to another page than the one the backing bean is for. I want to avoid
unecessary database calls.
Let me give you an example. Let's say I have a table with rows (populated from
the database) and I have on each row a commandLink to delete that row. On the
same page I have another commandLink to navigate to another page. If I delete
the row the table has to be populated as early as possible for the deleteRow
event to be fired. However, if I navigate to another page I don't want to query
that table from the database which would happen even if I set immediate to true
for the commandLink that navigates the other page. Of course I have the option
of using a hidden link to delete the row but ...
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