The JSF Life Cycle

• Restore View
  • Construct component tree if this is the page's first request
  • Retrieve component tree if not (retains form information between requests)

• Apply Request Values - Iterate over component tree, allowing objects to store their values

• Process Events
  • Add to event queue if button or link has been clicked
  • Can be done after any phase

• Process Validations
  • Convert form strings to submitted values (objects of any type)
  • Perform correctness checks

• Update Model - Update beans that are wired to components

• Invoke Application
  • Execute action method of button or link causing form submission
  • String result used by navigation handler to look up next page

• Render Response - Encode response and send to browser