Yes it can, here is a good link: http://jsffaq.com/Wiki.jsp?page=HowToAccessOneManagedBeanFromAnotherMana gedBean
<evangelism>BTW, Shale simplifies this for you</evangelism> -----Original Message----- From: Mike Duffy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Can the FacesContext be Accessed from Outside of a Backing Bean? If I call the following from inside a backing bean, everything works fine: User user = (User) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getSessionMap().g et(Constants.USER_KEY); However, if I make the same call from an object in the session or from a utilty class, I get a null pointer on "FacesContext.getCurrentInstance()". Can the FacesContext be accessed from outside of a backing bean? Thx. Mike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
