JSF 2 Scriptmanager style functionality

Question

I need to be able to add some javascript to all ajax postback responses (PartialViewContext.isAjaxRequest == true) but I am not succeeding with any implementation I try.

I have tried implementing a

PhaseListener

and adding my script using PartialResponseWriter.insert* to add eval blocks, as well as trying to add the script by creating a script element. (Results in CDATA cannot nest, or just invalid XML)

I have tried decorating PartialViewContextFactory to override the

PartialViewContext.processPartial

and add the script after the wrapped instance has processed it...

How should I go about adding sripts to an Ajax response? Something similar to what .NET has with Scriptmanager.registerClientScriptBlock preferably.

Thank you

Answer 1

Use the javascript libraries that come bundled with your JSF2 implementation (as required by the spec). Here are the API docs:

http://java.sun.com/javaee/javaserverfaces/2.0/docs/js-api/index.html

The jsf.ajax.addOnEvent solves your problem of "adding some javascript to all ajax postback responses":

This function must accept a reference to an existing JavaScript function. The JavaScript function reference must be added to a list of callbacks, making it possible to register more than one callback by invoking jsf.ajax.addOnEvent more than once.