Hello,
Section 11.3 of the spec states that any exceptions thrown by the call
to beforePhase() or afterPhase()
of a PL should log and swallow them.
Butash, Bob wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to convert a JSF 1.1 application to leverage JSF 1.2. In
> my application I have made it available that phase listeners can
> thrown an exception. I than catch that exception in my lifecycle's
> execute method where I handle it. It appears with JSF 1.2 a
> questionable coding practice was introduced in that exceptions are now
> merely logged and then eaten. Here is the code that I'm referring to:
>
>
> catch (Exception e) {
> if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
> LOGGER.warning("phase("
> + phaseId.toString()
> + ','
> + context
> +
> ") threw exception: "
> + e
> + ' '
> + e.getMessage()
> +
> "\n"
> + Util.getStackTraceString(e));
> }
> // move the iterator pointer back one
> if (listenersIterator.hasPrevious()) {
> listenersIterator.previous();
> }
> }
>
> I know that the spec states that the after phase should be invoked,
> however is eating exceptions the right move here???
>
> Thanks for your thoughts
>