how to invoke a event/bean method on Page reload?

[ashishagw]

I want to invoke a bean method or an event on every page reload.

Can you please guide me as how to do so?

[healeyb]

Use <f:event type="preRenderView" listener="#{bean.setupPage}"/>. Note that this will get invoked even for

partial ajax updates, so it can be useful to add a method to an abstract class of your backing bean like

this:

public boolean isAjaxRequest() {

        return FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getPartialViewContext().isAjaxRequest();

}

Regards,

Brendan.