I agree with Rick. Shale is what you want if you want to do something before rendering. In fact, there is a prerender method in the ViewControllr interface for just such an occassion.
sean On 8/25/05, Rick Reumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/24/05, Saul Qunming Yuan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for your response. I guess I didn't make me clear here. My question > > is how to call a method in the backing bean from a JSF page without > > rendering out anything to the screen. > > > I would suggest using Shale with JSF. Use the Shale jars and then have your > backing bean implement a ViewController (I just extend > AbstractViewController), and then you'll have several nice methods you can > override. One is called prerender(). So if you map this backingbean to the > correct path, for example "fooBar", when "fooBar.jsp" is called the > prerender method is invoked. That's the ultra simplified explanation and > since I'm new to this, others (Craig) will probably elaborate more. It's > really useful though for exactly what you want. > > > > > -- > Rick
