Bit #21 - Overriding prepareSession() to do session-specific initializations

You can override prepareSession() in your custom Application Module class to do session-specific initializations, such as invoking a stored procedure to initialize the database state for the specific user, store user information, set application-wide configuration parameters based on the user and so on. The framework invokes prepareSession() when the Application Module is first checked-out from the Application Module pool for a new user session.

Example:

     @Override
     protected void prepareSession(Session session) {

          super.prepareSession(session);

         // do session-specific initializations
     }


Context:

Application Module Implementation Class

Bit #20 - Overriding beforeCommit() to execute custom code before commit

Override the Application Module beforeCommit() method in your custom Application Module implementation class to execute any custom code that depends on data already posted to the database. Such code may include - but not limited to - validations done in the database via a stored procedure for example. The framework calls this method after doDML() which means that posted data are available but not yet committed.

Example:

// in your Application Module Implementation class

@Override
public void beforeCommit(TransactionEvent transactionEvent) {

        // call some stored procedure here

       super.beforeCommit(transactionEvent);
}


Context:

Application Module Implementation Class

Bit #19 - Downloading a file

Use an af:fileDownloadActionListener Rich Faces component to download data from the server to a client machine. Add the listener inside the component that will initiate the download, an af:commandButton for example, and specify the content type and the name of the file. Also specify a method in a backing bean that will be called to perform the download. In the backing bean method get the formated data to be saved from the model and use the supplied OutputStream to write the data.


Example:

In .jsf page:

<af:commandbutton id="buttonid"  " text="Download" ...
    <af:filedownloadactionlistener contenttype="application/octet-stream"
                method="#{backingBean.doDownload}"  filename="defaultFilename.txt"/>          
</af:commandButton>

In backing bean:

  public void doDownload(FacesContext facesContext, OutputStream outputStream) {
      // write the neccessary code to get the download data from the Model
      String data = getDownloadData();

      // save to the output stream
      try {
          OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream,"UTF-8");
           writer.write(data);
           writer.close();
          outputStream.close();
      } catch (IOException e) {
          // handle I/O exceptions
      }
  }


Context:

JSF Page
Backing Bean