I have simple jsf page with form:

<h:form>

   <h:commandButton value="test" action="#{jsfTest.doit}" >

   </h:commandButton>

</h:form>

With viewScoped class:

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@Named(value="jsfTest")

@ViewScoped

public class JsfTest {

          public JsfTest() {

                         System.out.println("New");

          }

  public String doit(){

                         System.out.println("doit");

                         FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();

                         UIViewRoot root = ctx.getViewRoot();

                         System.out.println("uiviewRoot: "+root.toString());

                         return null;

          }

}

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And every time i click the button new UIViewRoot and my JsfTest is created:

20:18:51,455 INFO  [stdout] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1) New

20:18:51,457 INFO  [stdout] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1) doit

20:18:51,457 INFO  [stdout] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1) uiviewRoot: javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot@11b1e39

20:18:56,548 INFO  [stdout] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1) New

20:18:56,548 INFO  [stdout] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1) doit

20:18:56,549 INFO  [stdout] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1) uiviewRoot: javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot@5b56c4

But JsfTest class is ViewScoped. It shoud stay the same at postback to the same page.

I cant figure out where is the problem.