AjaxStateManager doesn't support compression

[cstefkivoila]

Hello,

I am now using RichFaces for more than two years and I am very pleased of using it. It is a very powerful framework which allows me to do complicated Ajax with simple tags! :)

However, I noticed that the RichFaces state manager (org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxStateManager) does not support compression.
In other words, the parameter org.apache.myfaces.COMPRESS_STATE_IN_SESSION is completely ignored.
After checking the code of the version 3.3.2.SR1, it seems that compressing the view state has not been implemented in RichFaces.

Is there any reason for that?
JSF is doing it, so why not RichFaces?

I extended the AjaxStateManager and implemented the compression on my own project. It seems to work perfectly fine and to use less memory.

Would it be something you would consider to add directly into RichFaces?
If yes, you can find the code of my extended state manager at the following URL: http://www.logikdev.com/2009/11/17/richfaces-is-too-greedy/

[nbelaevski]

Hello,

Thank you for reporting this! I've created JIRA RFC: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-8145

[jbalunas]

Hi cstefkivoila,

First thanks for reporting back to the community the issue - especially with a fix and suggestion :-)

Nick and I have discussed this and feel it something we should be able to get in for the RichFaces 3.3.3 release. However we'll need you to [electronically] sign the JBoss contributor agreement before we can add you code to the projects source.

The link is http://www.jboss.org/contribute and is pretty straight forward. You just use your jboss user ID. Also if you could add a patch file to the jira that would be a big help.

Thanks again!!!

[cstefkivoila]

Thank you very much for adding this functionality to the next RichFaces version. :)
I added a patch to the jira issue.
Don't hesitate to contact me if the patch didn't work.

[jbalunas]

I've signed the contributor agreement and thanks again for the patch.