How to redirect back to the same page using PrettyFaces?

Question

I'd like to know how to redirect to the same page on action call.

I have this commandButton:

<h:commandButton action="#{someBean.edit}" value="Edit" />

This is the action:

@Named
@RequestScoped
public class SomeBean {

    public String edit() {
        // some logic
        return "theSamePage?faces-redirect=true";
    }

}

But it doesn't redirect to the same page, it just refreshes it so when I try to refresh the page by pressing F5 key, the duplicate submission occurs. This can be solved, under normal circumstances, with post/redirect/get. But faces won't send the redirect when the action method returns the same viewId as the viewId of the page that the request is send from.

I use prettyfaces.

Please update your question. Based on my deleted answer you're using PrettyFaces, but this important detail is missing in the question. — BalusC, Jun 09 '12 at 21:39
It's definitely relevant. The standard JSF solution didn't work for you. — BalusC, Jun 09 '12 at 22:05
I guess you are right. I tried to disable prettyfaces and it worked. I guess it's a prettyfaces bug. — VaclavDedik, Jun 09 '12 at 22:19
If this is a bug in PrettyFaces, please report it in our issue tracker. Thanks! https://github.com/ocpsoft/prettyfaces/issues — Lincoln, Jun 14 '12 at 13:47

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 09 '12 at 22:57

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return "pretty:";

Is pretty much what you need.

edited Jun 09 '12 at 22:57

BalusC

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Thanks bro! You've saved my day big time. – VaclavDedik Jun 09 '12 at 22:51

Paulius Matulionis · Answer 2 · 2012-06-09T21:34:24.380

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I have done some searching and rewriting my answer:

The view id in pretty faces you can get by doing this:

      PrettyContext prettyContext = PrettyContext.newInstance((HttpServletRequest) request); 
      String viewId = prettyContext.getCurrentCalculatedViewId();

Check this for more information: https://groups.google.com/group/prettyfaces-users/browse_thread/thread/f50482709d7ec69b?pli=1

edited Jun 09 '12 at 21:34

answered Jun 09 '12 at 20:24

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This isn't exactly what the OP is asking. The OP needs a redirect to the same view, not a forward to an arbitrary view. – BalusC Jun 09 '12 at 20:57
I tried it but it doesn't work, the double post problem still occurs. – VaclavDedik Jun 09 '12 at 21:00

How to redirect back to the same page using PrettyFaces?

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