prerenderview

I am implementing infinite scrolling using jquery waypoints and jsf following link . I have prerender for one of the xhtml on which infinite scrolling is required . Now, as waypoint sends ajax request so why for every scroll it is calling prerender that means whole page is getting refeshed. Please let me know how to solve this. BalusC You seem to think that the preRenderView event is invoked only once during the construction of the view and not invoked on subsequent requests on the same view. This is untrue. The preRenderView event is invoked right before rendering of the view. The view is

I have an issue with the order and number of executions of an f:event type="preRenderView" . During my search here I found as usual answers from BalusC in this and this post related to my problem - still it leaves two questions for me: When I put one f:event type="preRenderView" in the template file (for managing common tasks like checks about the user state which applies for all my views) and another f:event type="preRenderView" in each view (for handling view specific initializations), I wonder why the listener method from the view is called before the one from the template. When I put the

When should one use the preRenderView event to initialize data for a page versus using the viewAction? Are they equal in use and do they have the same effect? preRenderView Event <f:metadata> <f:event type="preRenderView" listener="#{myBean.initialize}"/> </f:metadata> or viewAction <f:metadata> <f:viewAction action="#{myBean.initialize}"/> </f:metadata> kolossus In practice, they can be used to achieve the same effect, but viewAction (new with JSF2.2) comes with the following enhancements: onPostback : viewAction comes with this attribute that allows you to specify whether you want the action

I'm starting from What can <f:metadata>, <f:viewParam> and <f:viewAction> be used for? I have a pre render view event listener: <f:metadata> <f:event type="preRenderView" listener="#{loginBean.performWeakLogin()}" /> </f:metadata> which invokes the following method: public String performWeakLogin() { FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); String parameter_value = (String) facesContext.getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap().get("txtName"); if (parameter_value != null && parameter_value.equalsIgnoreCase("pippo")) { try { return "mainPortal"; } catch (IOException ex