On 1/23/06, Gary VanMatre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From: Michael Jouravlev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Can JSF store component state completely on client, that is, using
> > Javascript objects? I could not find anything besides _viewstate-like
> > juggling between client and server.
> >
>
> JSF has an option to store the state of the page as a hidden field in the 
> client.
> It's serialized objects that represent the component tree.  Client state is 
> more
> for handling the browser back/ dirty page more than making state available 
> for javascript.

This is what I call _viewstate juggling, hate it. Is it different from
similar thing in ASP.NET?

On 1/23/06, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, that's correct... with every document loaded into the
> browser, anything that existed before is wiped out.  I'm not aware of any
> way around that (and it sure sounds like a security problem if there was).
> A hidden frame is the typical solution in such cases...

So, there are ways besides Ajax? This is good to hear.

> Of course, now
> you can do it with AJAX... you load one page in the beginning that
> contains your AJAX code and a single <div>... every request you make to
> the server goes through an XMLHttpRequest object, and the results are
> stuck into that <div>... this can be a whole page, so in a sense your
> creating a browser inside a browser :)

Yeah, I know, I do that myself. I was curious about independent pages.
This hidden frame thing... Can it work while actual page content is
changed *and* page address is updated in the address line?

Michael.

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