spring web flow: how is a request handled?

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In the config file, there are lots of elements: flow-executor, flow-registry, flow-builder-services, viewFactoryCreator, FlowHandlerAdapter, FlowHandlerMapping, etc.

In what order do they work?

When a request comes in, the servelet will dispatch it to a handler, then I guess the spring web flow framework will somehow parse the flow and return a view. But how exactly does the spring web flow framework handle the request? And in what order do those elements defined in the config file work?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '12 at 16:07

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Here is a nice image of the request lifecycle taken from the link. Also here is an article giving you the life-cycle events.

Spring MVC request lifecycle .

answered Jul 16 '12 at 16:07

ManuPK

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thanks. i have seen this when i was googling. but it does not cover web flow and the elements in the web flow config. – Cui Pengfei 崔鹏飞 Jul 17 '12 at 13:23
@CuiPengFei did you find? – SandeepGodara Nov 17 '15 at 17:35

spring web flow: how is a request handled?

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