Page parameters and SLSB

[enrokuta]

I use a stateless session bean to get a list of members based on three parameters defined in pages.xml as follows:

<page view-id="/members.xhtml" action="#{memberListingService.setMemberList}">
 <param name="st" value="#{memberListingService.status}"/>
 <param name="pn" value="#{memberListingService.pageNumber}"/>
 <param name="ps" value="#{memberListingService.pageSize}"/>
</page>

Does Seam call the three setters and the action method on the same instance or not?

[pmuir]

Not guaranteed (though it probably will). Read about the contract a SLSB gives you.

[enrokuta]

As you said Pete, it is not guaranteed as per the contact a SLSB gives. I have been using this approach for a while now and never has an issue with it. However, I might use a SFSB just to be on the safe side.