[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Closed: (JBSEAM-858) Add a explicit section to the conversation section of the documentation about the components bindings in conversation scoped components

Add a explicit section to the conversation section of the documentation about the components bindings in conversation scoped components --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-858 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-858 Project: JBoss Seam Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Documentation Affects Versions: 1.1.6.GA Environment: Any Reporter: Mike Quilleash Assigned To: Gavin King Fix For: 1.1.7.GA Binding UIComponents into the conversation scoped component does not work because the bindings are executed during the restore view phase which is before the conversation context is available. A small section to the documentation with a (recommended?) workaround would be useful. The workaround suggested on the Seam forums has been to use an event scoped component to hold the bindings and then inject into the conversation component. Note that bindings that cross event boundaries have other issues as described in the facelets FAQ (briefly) here. http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Projects/FaceletsFAQ#I_m_getting_Duplicate_... Some blurb.... Conversational scope and UIComponent bindings Conversational components have one minor limitation which is they cannot be used to hold bindings to JSF UIComponents. On a postback request the bindings are updated during the Restore View phase which is before the conversation context is available. To work around this use an event scoped component to store the component bindings and inject it into conversation components that require it Example @Name( "componentBindings" ) @Scope( ScopeType.EVENT ) public class ComponentBindings { private HtmlPanelGrid htmlPanelGrid; // getters and setters } And inject into the conversation component using @In( required = false ) private ComponentBindings componentBindings; Generally required should be false as on a non-postback request the component may be invoked before the bindings are available (e.g. page actions).