Is seam page action normally executed as an initial request or on a postback?

Question

I implemented some page action on one of my view..it appears that when i load or access the page/view.. the method on my component get executed every time..IS this normal behavior in seam or i am missing something...

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I already solved my problem..What i am trying to accomplish is a initial request when a page is requested either by typing the page URL of the page in the address bar or from a result of a bookmark. In SEAM it is achieved via they call page action.You declare page action in component descriptor or the component.xml...

<page view-id="/list.xhtml">
    <action execute="#{conpoentName.componentMethod}" on-postback="false"/>

If the attribute on-postback is not stated..what happen is a continues call to component method when i tried to access the page..it's like having a infinite call..

Anybody knows what is happening in the background?..Its seams related to postback..

Answer 1

Yes it is normal behavior. Take a look at Seam FAQ JSF Postback You want to perform an action when a page is initially loaded, if you don't want that action executed on repeated access you use the Postback attribute, or put some logic in the execute method to prevent it.