It seems that if the partialSubmit="true" attribute is used on a commandButton that is used to submit a page, a redirect is done to display the next page rather than a forward. This makes displaying a message to the user with a call to FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(FacesMessage) in the method that is specified in the commandButton action attribute not work since th emessage is stored in request scope.
I am interested in hearing how others deal with this situation. I am currently handling this by setting a session attribute with the FacesMessage and then in the backing bean of my new view page, I am checking the session for the attribute, and if it exists, I then call FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage() with it and removed the attribute from the session. Can anyone suggest a better way of doing this? The reason I am setting partialSubmit="true" is to be able to use the <tr:statusIndicator> tag on my page to display a 'Processing...' message. Thanks in advance, Richard
