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[jsr372-experts] Re: [1056-flexibleStateSaving] thoughts about state saving

From: manfred riem <manfred.riem_at_oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:22:45 -0500

Hi Arjan,

Can you go into specific with regards to the attribute you would like to
see?

Thanks!
Manfred

On 9/24/14, 10:48 AM, Arjan Tijms wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> A while ago I created umbrella issue
> https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES_SPEC_PUBLIC-1056 that
> asked for more flexible state saving in JSF.
>
> The issue being an umbrella issue actually asks for a couple of more
> specific things, but all about where state is saved, not how state is
> saved.
>
> Perhaps the most important part of the issue is the ability to set per
> view whether state is saved on the server or the client. Currently
> this can only be set globally for the entire application.
>
> I looked in the RI code a while ago and did some experiments with a
> custom build and the per view setting seemed doable. An attribute on
> f:view would be the most straightforward place to set this I guess.
>
> I wonder what your thoughts about this are.
>
> Kind regards,
> Arjan Tijms