[seam-dev] Re: ViewExpiredException

[Pete Muir]

I disagree. I don't think a component library should change the
behaviour of JSF when it's components are not in use on the page.

Ok, so when will there be a 3.2.0.BETA release that we can start
testing with Seam?

On 20/02/2008, Alexandr Smirnov <asmirnov at exadel.com> wrote:
> Really, it's not a bug. Different JSF specifications have a different
>  behaviors for a this case. So, RichFaces classes should be JSF 1.2
>  compatible for a ViewExpiredExceptions.
>  SUN RI check VievHandler/StateManager instances at the restore view
>  phase. For a JSF 1.2, no view is created by framework, but, for a JSF
>  1.1 classes, they should call ViewHandler.createView method , for an
>  empty UIViewRoot creation.
>  I'll chech implementation code for a correct support of the all cases.
>  This is not a problem for a RichFaces 3.2. development branch, so it
>  already targeted for a JSF 1.2
>
>
>  Pete Muir wrote:
>  > But we're not using a4j/rf components, we are just submitting a h:form
>  > with a h:commandButton - so the behaviour should *not* deviate from
>  > the underlying JSF impl.
>  >
>  > And actually, if you do some debugging, you'll see that the problem
>  > isn't that RF needs to throw a ViewExpiredException, but that, in the
>  > updateModel method of UIInput without RichFaces the viewRoot is null,
>  > so the RI throws the exception, with RichFaces, it isn't null, so the
>  > exception isn't thrown.
>  >
>  > I don't know if this is a bug in RF or in the JSF RI - if you need me
>  > to chase this down I guess that I can spend time on it but I would
>  > prefer not to.
>  >
>  > Thanks
>  >
>  > On 19/02/2008, Alexandr Smirnov <asmirnov at exadel.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >> ViewExpiredException is a JSF 1.2 feature. RichFaces 3.1.x keep JSF 1.1
>  >> compatibility, so, it follow to jsf 1.1 specifications.
>  >> To support ViewExpiredException, we need a switch dependencies to JSF
>  >> 1.2, as far as no such class in the JSF 1.1 API.
>  >> Pete Muir wrote:
>  >>
>  >>> http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/RF-2294
>  >>>
>  >>> This is one is affecting SeamFramework.org and is urgent. We need to
>  >>> get a fix into the 3.1.x branch.
>  >>>
>  >>> Thanks guys :)
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>
>  >
>  >
>  >
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