Will it work even with request scope? For me it is not working. I will list 2 scenarios: I have a jsf-portlet application for non authenticated users, say something like user registeration. Then for obvious reasons, I cannot have anything in session scope. Registration is 3 step process, and to be able to get user entered values across all 3 views, I have to have javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD as client. Otherwise I do not get user entered values.
Second- For a similar application for logged in users, I can have javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD as server. And when it is server, jsf implementation is storing the state information in session on server. Now it puzzles me when they say that they save the state in session. If it is so, then why would JSF reinitialize when a request comes from outside jsf application, and it is neither initial nor postback request. Is this a bug with my jsf-portlet implementation? Or my wrong understanding of JSF lifecycle? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-Re-Initialize-JSF-Backing-Bean-on-Form-Submit-tf3918359.html#a11216276 Sent from the MyFaces - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

