When are interceptors applied?

[andrew.rw.robinson]

Are interceptors (like the conversational interceptor) only applied in the invoke application phase?

I am using my on load code from jsf-comp to redirect to a new page on load. The code uses the MethodBinding class to get the bean's "action" method. I invoke it then use the result to pass to the navigation handler if not a specific return type. The method I am calling is on a conversational bean. The problem is that it seams the interceptor is never fired, or at least is not working.

JBoss-seam CVS
Tomcat 5.5 w/ EJB embedded container

Code:

@Name("registerUser")
@Interceptors(SeamInterceptor.class)
@Stateful
@Conversational(ifNotBegunOutcome="choose.registration.type")
@Intercept(InterceptionType.ALWAYS)
public class RegisterNewUserAction
 implements RegisterNewUser, Serializable
{
...
 public String validateInConversation()
 {
 if (user == null)
 return "welcome";
 else
 return null;
 }

When I create a method binding on "#{registerUser.validateInConversation}" and execute it, I get "welcome" as the result instead of the expected "choose.registration.type".

Is this a limitation of Seam, a bug in my setup and/or environment?

FYI: I am invoking the method binding from inside of a phase listener that is registered after the seam phase listener. The phase listens to the before render response phase.

Thanks,
Andrew

[gavin.king]

Depends upon the @Intercept setting. By default, they are not triggered during RESTORE_VIEW.

[andrew.rw.robinson]

I had set "@Intercept(InterceptionType.ALWAYS)" as shown above. Isn't this what I needed to ensure this? Also, there was no view to restore, this was right before render response and on a new view (my phase listener is calling the method manually)

[andrew.rw.robinson]

Any answer to this? I am still having to work around this issue. It would be great if the interceptors would intercept during on load instead of just during invoke application.