In JSF, when a request arrives, it should go through 6 phases to process the request. The first stage is called Restore the View , and the last stage is called Render the Response. I wonder where JSP works in these 6 phases. If JSP only works in the last phase, how can JSF restore the view first time the user view the page with no existing component tree in the session, because the information about the definition of the tree resides in the JSP by the form of JSF tags. So I think maybe both the *Restore the View* and *Render the Response* need JSP to be involved.
-- Wang Zeng
