? on using faces-config bean properties

I like the idea of being able to set bean property values in faces-config - one because it's sort of self-documenting and two because I can change my app without re-compiling. Now from what I've read and from tests I've conducted, the bean is instantiated on first reference from a jsp - the framework calls the no-arg constructor and then calls the setter methods for any faces-config properties. Fine. But what if these properties are central to the bean's behavior - say they're used in the calculation of other properties. I don't have access to them in the constructor, and trying to do something in the setter for each property would be messy. Any ideas, or am I missing something fundamental?

You have the correct understanding. What I would do if I had a property that was dependant on the value of other properties is do the calculation in the getter of that property. As you said, trying to do it in the setter of the other properties would be messy to say the least. Also, be aware that JSF 1.0 has a bug in that it does not support setting nested properties from a faces-config file.

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