Just run into this nice little "feature" with JSF - mapping Faces servlet to /* leads to an infinite loop. Well, it's pretty logical when explained, but unfortunately the whole JSF spec is full of these little peculiarities. Some other examples are using < redirect /> looses the messages, the infamous back button problem with server-side state saving etc.
It's still the best web app framework for Java at the moment, but there's a lot of work ahead. Luckily, we can proactively fix these problems in MyFaces - you too can participate to this Apache project.
Posted by thoughts at June 16, 2005 04:32 PM | TrackBack