Can I “pass” an object with a JSF param tag?

Question

What I\'m looking for is to have an f:param tag with an Object of my own choosing in the value attribute. Then, in the backing bean method for the action, I would like to be

Answer 1

You can't do that with . It needs to be appended to the URL of the request, so it really needs to be a String. Just use instead.

E.g.

This way the #{otherBean} is just available as this.otherBean inside submit() method. This way you also don't need to mess with the request parameter map (for which in case of I would rather have used managed property injection with #{param.name} instead).

Alternatives are using in combination with a Converter or using Tomahawk's . Also see this blog article for more background info and examples.