Command Link in the af:table Component can not Work in the Request Scope

Question

Actually, the problem is that when we click on the command link, the action method #{overview.goToLinkAction} is not triggered.
Here is the codes of action method "goToLinkAction" on the backing bean:
public String goToLinkAction() {
String linkString = (String) AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance()
.getProcessScope().get("linkString");
System.out.println("Link String is: " + linkString);
return "";
The data object list "listOfTransefer" for af:table is composed first time when the page is initialized.
public void onPageLoad() {
this.listOfTransfers = composeListOfTransfers();
But when the commandlink or commandbutton is clicked to pose the form, this onPageLoad method is ignored by using PagePhaseListener:
public void beforePhase(PagePhaseEvent event) {
FacesPageLifecycleContext ctx =
(FacesPageLifecycleContext)event.getLifecycleContext();
if (event.getPhaseId() == Lifecycle.PREPARE_MODEL_ID && needReload()) {
bc = ctx.getBindingContainer();
onPageLoad();
bc = null;
public final boolean needReload() {
if (!isPostback())
return Boolean.TRUE;
else
return alwaysReload();
protected boolean isPostback() {
return Boolean.TRUE.equals(resolveExpression("#{adfFacesContext.postback}"));
That means the method "onPageLoad()" may not be invoked when the commandlink is clicked.
Is there any way to resolve this problem without changing the scope of the backing bean to "session"?
Your response will be very helpful for us.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
if you implicitly say that this works if the managed bean is in session scope then the problems seems to me that one of your evaluation criterias is reset in the request scope, which I think most likely is the needReload() method. Did you add debug statements to the methods to see where exactly it gets stuck?
Frank