Problem with @End(beforeRedirect=true)

[ccurban]

I have got a facelet-page named

cc_distribution.xhtml

And a SFSB with one action method triggered by a commandLink from this page.

 @End(beforeRedirect=true)
 public String updateDistributionList() {
.
.
.
 return "cc_distribution";
 }

Using the following navigation rule in my faces-config.xml:

 <navigation-rule>
 <navigation-case>
 <from-outcome>cc_distribution</from-outcome>
 <to-view-id>/view/manage/cc_distribution.xhtml</to-view-id>
 <redirect/>
 </navigation-case>
 </navigation-rule>

I thought the result would be something like that:
1. I hit the Link.
2. updateDistributionList() is executed
3 the conversation is ended before the redirect
4. redirect to the same page

Unfortunately the redirect occurs without the conversation ending. Any suggestions?

Happy Christmas.

[ccurban]

I forgot to mention I got a begin/create method in the same SFSB:

@Create
 @Begin
 public void init() {
,
,
,
 }

So what I really expected is:
1. I hit the Link.
2. updateDistributionList() is executed
3 the conversation is ended before the redirect
4. redirect to the same page
5. init method is called due to @Create and a the temporary conversation is promoted to a long running one.

But steps 3 and 5 don't occur for me.

Any help is appreciated.

[norman.richards]

This looks odd to me:

<to-view-id>/view/manage/cc_distribution.xhtml</to-view-id>

If you are following the normal seam structure then your view id would simply be "/manage/cc_distribution.xhtml". Do you really have a view directory inside of your WAR? Assuming you don't, I'd expect you to see a redirect failure. Instead you are being redirected back to the same page. That sounds more like a validation error to me. Are you sure updateDistributionList() is even being called?

[ccurban]

Actually I have a "view" directory.

And I actually want to be redirected to the same page, but with ending the old and starting a new long running conversation.

I thought @End(beforeRedirect=true) would exactly do thatm but as stated before I am just redirected to the same page with the old conversation still active.

[ccurban]

Thanks Norman, actually the method has not been called, as I annotated and posted the wrong method.
Annotating the right method works like a charm.
Maybe I should stop working over christmas. :)

/closed.