How can I redirect in JSF 2.0

Question

I want to redirect from a link in a JSF page, how can I do it?

In HTML I can use tag for this. But in JSF I use

Answer 1

Assuming that you'd like to redirect to some.xhtml which is placed in web root folder:

1. You can just continue using plain HTML.

    go to some page
   

   For conditional rendering, just wrap it in an .

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2. Or use with implicit navigation.

   Note: no need to prepend context path nor to include FacesServlet mapping.

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3. Or use with ?faces-redirect=true.

   Note: no need to prepend context path nor to include FacesServlet mapping.

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4. Or use , but you need to specify context path.

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Redirecting to an external URL is already answered in this duplicate: Redirect to external URL in JSF.

See also:

• How to navigate in JSF? How to make URL reflect current page (and not previous one)
• When should I use h:outputLink instead of h:commandLink?
• JSF implicit vs. explicit navigation