JSF 1.2: How to keep request scoped managed bean alive across postbacks on same view?

Question

Is it possible to keep a request scoped bean alive across postbacks on the same page?

The general problem is, as the bean gets trashed on end of request and recreat

Answer 1

I'll assume that the session scope is not an option, otherwise this question makes little sense.

You can do it using Tomahawk . Add the following line somewhere to the page:

RichFaces does also the same:

Or if there is room, upgrade to at least JSF 2.x and put the bean in view scope:

@ManagedBean
@ViewScoped
public class Bean implements Serializable {
    // ...
}

Regardless of the way, the same bean will be there when you postback to the same view and keep returning null or void from action methods.

See also:

• How to choose the right bean scope?
• Difference between View and Request scope in managed beans