[jsr-314-open] view actions prototype for your review

[Ken Paulsen]

Hi Dan,

How is <s:viewAction ... /> different than <f:event /> (besides that it 
is not generalized)?

FYI, I have found firing a "page-level" event at the beginning of the 
restoreView phase to be more useful than before rendering.  In 
JSFTemplating the event is called "initPage", although I also support 
"beforeEncode" (at the component or page level).

Ken

Dan Allen wrote:
> Please excuse the fact that this message is not directly spec related 
> atm, but I wanted to share with you a usage of SystemEvents and the 
> metadata facet.
>
> I have implemented the view action proposal that we had implemented 
> around the time we introduced view parameters. I did so using a 
> PreRenderViewEvent listener and a custom component, <s:viewAction>, 
> which is defined in the <f:metadata> facet. I'm hoping that this 
> combination with make it into JSF 2.1 (or even the MR if that is 
> possible).
>
> http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/PrototypeOfPageActionsAvailableInSeam3
>
> http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/seam/modules/trunk/faces/src/main/java/org/jboss/seam/faces/lifecycle/ExecuteViewActionsListener.java
>
> -Dan
>
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