execute javascript code after jsf action?

[ronaldj52]

I have code like this:

<script>
function myFunction(){
 //do something
}
</script>
<a4j:commandLink action="#{someBean.itemClicked}" >
 <f:param name="listEntry" value="#{node.ref.id}"/>
 <h:outputText value="#{node.ref}"/>
</a4j:commandLink>

and I want the myFunction() to be called, but only when the action #{someBean.itemClicked} has finished executing.

i can for example not use onComplete attribute since it is just looking at the client side and not on the server side....

any ideas how to achieve this?

[fmarwede]

Are you sure?

In my opinion "oncomplete" is executed AFTER server side action. Please remember, these are ajax enabled components...

[ronaldj52]

yes, i tried it already :(

also from the documentation:

"oncomplete - JavaScript code for call after request completed on client side"

[ronaldj52]

ok, now i am not so sure if i am right;
what my javascript does is a redirect to a jsf page in the parent window, and now i seem to get the correct values in the parent window (yesterday i was sure that i sometimes got the old values sometimes, indicating that the javascript got executed sometimes before the acton had finished executing)

so, to sum up, i go for onComplete at the moment, and will see if i get any problems. would be nice though to be sure that actually always work :)

[juanignaciosl]

I don't know if this will be useful for you, but I use oncomplete intensively in several applications and I have no problem with it.

[ilya_shaikovsky]

RonaldJ52,

seems we have not cleared explanation at "oncomplete - JavaScript code for call after request completed on client side"

oncomplete - called after ajax request completed and all updates on client finished.

So it's the attribute you need.