Is there a way to execute a JSF managed bean action when a page is loaded?
If that's relevant, I'm currently using JSF 1.2.
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@PostConstruct is run ONCE in first when Bean Created. the solution is create a Unused property and Do your Action in Getter method of this property and add this property to your .xhtml file like this :
<h:inputHidden value="#{loginBean.loginStatus}"/>
and in your bean code:
public void setLoginStatus(String loginStatus) {
this.loginStatus = loginStatus;
}
public String getLoginStatus() {
// Do your stuff here.
return loginStatus;
}
Another easy way is to use fire the method before the view is rendered. This is better than postConstruct because for sessionScope, postConstruct will fire only once every session. This will fire every time the page is loaded. This is ofcourse only for JSF 2.0 and not for JSF 1.2.
This is how to do it -
<html xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core">
<f:metadata>
<f:event type="preRenderView" listener="#{myController.onPageLoad}"/>
</f:metadata>
</html>
And in the myController.java
public void onPageLoad(){
// Do something
}
EDIT - Though this is not a solution for the question on this page, I add this just for people using higher versions of JSF.
JSF 2.2 has a new feature which performs this task using viewAction.
<f:metadata>
<f:viewAction action="#{myController.onPageLoad}" />
</f:metadata>
calling bean action from a will be a good idea,keep attribute autoRun="true" example below
<p:remoteCommand autoRun="true" name="myRemoteCommand" action="#{bean.action}" partialSubmit="true" update=":form" />
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