JSF - Event Handling
When a user clicks a JSF button or link or changes any value in the text field, JSF UI component fires an event, which will be handled by the application code. To handle such an event, an event handler is to be registered in the application code or managed bean.
When a UI component checks that a user event has occured, it creates an instance of the corresponding event class and adds it to an event list. Then, Component fires the event, i.e., checks the list of listeners for that event and calls the event notification method on each listener or handler.
JSF also provide system level event handlers, which can be used to perform some tasks when the application starts or is stopping.
Following are some important Event Handler in JSF 2.0 −
| S.No | Event Handlers & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | valueChangeListener
Value change events get fired when the user make changes in input components. |
| 2 | actionListener
Action events get fired when the user clicks a button or link component. |
| 3 | Application Events
Events firing during JSF lifecycle: PostConstructApplicationEvent, PreDestroyApplicationEvent , PreRenderViewEvent. |