Well, if that was the case, then the only remaining issue would be to make sure that your JSF page is synchronized with your location bar. That is, you should put <redirect/>'s in all of your navigation cases.
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:19:11 -0500, Thomas Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a little rusty on my HTTP, but I don't think that hitting > the "back" button always gets things from the browser's cache - > specifically, I'm thinking about the "Expires" and the "Cache-Control" > HTTP response headers that can be sent along with the original page: > e.g. if > the server sets the "no-cache" option on Cache-Control or sets an > Expires date that's in the past, then the browser shouldn't use a > cached page. > > I'm a newsbie when it comes to JSF, but does JSF not set these > headers? In theory, this would solve the synchronization issue that > is being mentioned: when the <back> button is hit, the browser should > go to the server to re-fetch the page; JSF should be able to synchronize > off that request, no? > > But maybe my memory on the caching stuff is a bit stale...can't remember > if all browsers implemented it to spec. > > Hope this helps, > tom > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Heath Borders-Wing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 2:27 PM > To: MyFaces Discussion > Subject: Re: Back Button problems > > I don't think there is a way you coudl do this with javascript because > when you hit the back button you aren't talking with the server at all, > you are just going through the browser's cache. > > On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 08:45:08 -0700, Arinaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok that makes sense. > > But is there any way to force JSF to refresh the View when a page is > > loaded in the browser? > > > > Or is it possible to send a request automatically on page load if the > > View is not synchronized with the current page? > > > > I think I could use javascript to do a form submit on page load, but > > how would I check the current JSF View using javascript? Is it > > possible? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Heath Borders-Wing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:35 AM > > > To: MyFaces Discussion > > > Subject: Re: Back Button problems > > > > > > I tried the same thing. > > > > > > I don't know why client side state saving was throwing a > > > NotSerializableException, but I know why you have to submit twice. > > > > > > Let's say you have two pages: A and B. If you submit a form on page > > > > A and navigate to page B, the view that JSF currently has stored is > > > page B. So, if you use the browser's 'back' button to navigate to > > > page A, JSF will take one request to synchronize the page and the > > > view. Then the second request will be normal. > > > > > > I don't think that switching to client side state saving will change > > > > this behavior. > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:31:06 -0700, Arinaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Hello All, > > > > I hope someone can please help me with this -- > > > > > > > > Currently when I navigate back to a form that has previously been > > > > submitted, using the browser back button, I need to click > > > the submit > > > > button twice in order for the form to actually resubmit. The first > > > > > click seems to reset the form, clearing any changes that have been > > > > > made to input fields since navigating back to the form. > > > > > > > > We are currently using server-side state saving method, and > > > I thought > > > > this might be the problem, so I tried switching this to client, > > > > but then the FacesServlet throws a > > > > java.io.NotSerializableException. > > > > > > > > Has anyone had either of these two problems? > > > > How can I get the browser back button to work? > > > > Using MyFaces 1.0.7. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Arinaya > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > If you don't have a GMail account, I probably have 5 invites. Just > > > ask! -Heath Borders-Wing > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > If you don't have a GMail account, I probably have 5 invites. Just ask! > -Heath Borders-Wing > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- If you don't have a GMail account, I probably have 5 invites. Just ask! -Heath Borders-Wing [EMAIL PROTECTED]
