Hi, had it been solely up to me I would have pimped the page with ajax4jsf a while ago :) .
On 09/02/07, Ricardo Tercero Lozano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Try AjaxAnywhere (http://ajaxanywhere.sourceforge.net/). Although it's an Ajax solution, the principal advantage is than this component hadly adds complexity to your page. I've used AjaxAnywhere for a similar functionality with success. Ricardo. On 2/9/07, Mikael Andersson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The browser keeps waiting for the action method to finish (when > submitting), that is why I thought it might be possible to force a > redirect/forward programmatically so the action could do its length > computation and the progress page could be redisplayed (without starting a > new thread). > > - mike > > On 08/02/07, Mike Kienenberger < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If it were me, I'd look at having a meta-refresh tag submit a normal > > action. > > The action would check the status of the background process, and > > either return the "in progress" page again or return the "action > > completed" page. > > > > You shouldn't need to anything strange like try to short-circult the > > JSF lifecycle or manually construct a response. > > > > On 2/8/07, Mikael Andersson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Looking for some more suggestions :), I would prefer not to use ajax > > since > > > it is quite a simple page. > > > > > > I have tried some more (hacky) stuff which didn't work either :( : > > > > > > The below changed the location URL, but don't load the page?? Any > > ideas. > > > > > > public static void programmaticForward2( final String viewId ) > > throws > > > IOException{ > > > FacesContext faces = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); > > > HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) > > > faces.getExternalContext().getResponse(); > > > > > > response.setContentType("text/html"); > > > response.setHeader("Location", "http://localhost:8080/dss " > > > +viewId); > > > > > > faces.responseComplete(); > > > response.getOutputStream().flush(); > > > response.getOutputStream().close(); > > > > > > } > > > > > > The below didn't do anything? > > > > > > public static void programmaticForward3( final String viewId ) > > throws > > > IOException{ > > > FacesContext faces = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); > > > HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) > > > faces.getExternalContext().getResponse(); > > > HttpServletRequest request = > > > (HttpServletRequest)faces.getExternalContext().getRequest(); > > > > > > PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); > > > > > > response.setContentType("text/html"); > > > response.sendRedirect("http://"; +request.getServerName() > > +":" > > > +request.getServerPort() +"/dss" +viewId); > > > > > > faces.responseComplete(); > > > out.flush(); > > > out.close(); > > > > > > } > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Mike no.2 > > > > > > > > > > > > On 07/02/07, Mike Kienenberger < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Here's an ajax solution for a progress bar: > > > > > > > > > > > http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edburns/archive/2005/05/ajaxian_faces_p.html > > > > > > > > > https://blueprints.dev.java.net/bpcatalog/ee5/ajax/usingAJAXwithoutJSF.html > > > > > > > > > > Seems like there should be a way to solve this without ajax, > > though. > > > > Maybe using a meta refresh. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/7/07, Mikael Andersson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I have an action which performs a length operation, I'd like to > > get the > > > > > browser to redisplay the page while the process keeps running on > > the > > > server. > > > > > > > > > > I wonder how I perform a programmatic forward which in an action > > method, > > > > > which causes the browser to re-render the page while the action > > method > > > is > > > > > still running. > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way of doing this without spawning a new Thread? > > > > > > > > > > I made the following futile attempt : > > > > > > > > > > Managed bean: > > > > > > > > > > public String longishRunningAction(){ > > > > > > > > > > try{ > > > > > NavigationUtil.programmaticForward > > > > > ("/report/index.xhtml"); > > > > > } > > > > > catch(Exception e){} > > > > > > > > > > doLongishRunningOperation(); > > > > > > > > > > return null; > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some of the stuff in here were added just to see if the made a > > > difference, > > > > > they didn't :) > > > > > > > > > > public class NavigationUtil { > > > > > > > > > > /** > > > > > * Force a forward programmatically > > > > > * > > > > > * @param viewId the viewId to forward to, ex. > > /report/index.xhtml > > > > > * @throws ServletException > > > > > * @throws IOException > > > > > */ > > > > > public static void programmaticForward( final String viewId > > ) throws > > > > > ServletException, IOException{ > > > > > > > > > > ExternalContext eCtx = > > > > > FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext(); > > > > > HttpServletRequest request = > > > > > (HttpServletRequest)eCtx.getRequest(); > > > > > HttpServletResponse response = > > > > > (HttpServletResponse)eCtx.getResponse(); > > > > > RequestDispatcher dispatcher = > > request.getRequestDispatcher( > > > viewId > > > > > ); > > > > > > > > > > dispatcher.forward(request,response); > > > > > > > > > > FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().responseComplete(); > > > > > > > > > > response.getOutputStream().flush(); > > > > > response.getOutputStream().close(); > > > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
