> -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Reumann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: scope for backing beans > Sean Schofield wrote the following on 2/14/2005 11:23 AM: > > is an issue that jumps to mind. Also, you'd have to have make sure > > that you were listening to every possible point where the > list might > > change. > That last part is the tricky part. It's super easy if you ... > other queries. The bottom line, though, is this is all nice, > but everywhere I have worked the data often changes from some > other point other than your web app. This is where it gets > very ugly. What are you going to do when some other external > procedure updates your backend data? Accounting for those > entry points can be a royal pain.
You could put the objects into Javaspace and let the space notify you of the changes. But then you'd have an entirely different set of problems and a new development effort in front of you :) Kalle
