Re: JSF can handle GET requests *just as easily* as other frameworks

[Joey Geiger]

You can pass get requests, but you lose the current state of the 
application.
I have a setup that uses a URL like /product/product.jsf?prodid=1234
product.xhtml (partial)
...snip...
<c:set var="bean" value="#{productPageBean}"/>
<c:set var="entity" value="#{bean['product']}"/>
<h:outputText value="#{productPageBean['redirect']}" escape="false" 
rendered="#{not productPageBean.found}" />
...snip...
<span class="hugeBoldText">#{entity['title']}</span>
...snip...

ProductPageBean.java (partial)
protected void init() {
this.productid = FacesUtils.getRequestParameter("prodid");
this.product = dao.getProduct(this.productid);      
}

FacesUtils.java (partial)
public static String getRequestParameter(String name) {
return 
(String)FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap().get(name);
}