Link: Ajax Navigation

Description One of reasons for dissemination of single-page applications is the performance it brings with navigation between screens without the cost of a full page load, specially JS/CSS. JSF 2.3 advanced a lot when the subject is GET requests with h:link, f:metadata and f:viewAction check my project JSF-PERFECT-CRUD to check how much I use it on my applications.

Would be great primefaces provide a way to navigate between pages without a full HTTP request and this way provide the feeling of single-page applications without the added complexity of a client-side JavaScript framework.

Describe the solution you would like

• First implementation could be on p:link, when user set ajax=true primefaces changes the browser’s URL using the History API, update h:body with content of new page and merge his h:head.
• Second would be on all components that implements action property, when a action with ?redirect=true is performed, a AJAX navigation needs to be handled.

I know it is not a simple thing to do and maybe changes a lot original JSF navigation but I was there when @cagataycivici made things like client-side validations.

Additional context Some inspiration can be found on Turbolinks and PJAX.

Example XHTML

<h:link value="List Students" outcome="/views/students/index.xhtml" ajax="true" />

[GedMarc]

But i’m not going to help doing it that way, agree with Thomas, if you can’t do it using raw JS or JQuery, don’t give it an attempt.

Wonder if I should actually … hmm

[GedMarc]

+100, MPA’s is the only thing making PF unusable for post mobile-wave applications