It depends on the version.
If you're using 1.2_04 or later, the response won't be buffered until a
state marker has been written. At that point buffering
begins in order to support writing the state after the the rendering of
the component tree has completed.
Gurkan Erdogdu wrote:
> JSF 1.2 RI uses buffering I think and use context parameter to size
> buffering name as *'com.sun.faces.responseBufferSize* '
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mikael Andersson <mail.micke_at_gmail.com>
> To: users_at_javaserverfaces.dev.java.net
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:52:40 AM
> Subject: Is rendered output buffered or streamed?
>
> Hi
>
> I wonder if JSF 1.2 RI is buffering the rendered output, or if it is
> streaming it back to the browser?
>
> Asking because I had an issue a while ago with the the myfaces
> extension filter which buffered everything before writing the response
> to the client, which caused memory problems when rendering a lot of
> data.
>
> Many thanks,
> Mike
>
>
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