Connection Management

Connection Management

Client/server connectivity is a key requirement for ICEfaces applications to function. For this reason, ICEfaces provides connection status monitoring facilities in the client-side AJAX bridge, and a Connection Status component to convey connection status information to the user interface. Connection monitoring in ICEfaces can detect the following states of a client connection:

Idle
Waiting
Lost

If a Connection Status component is present in the page, that component will be updated as connection status changes. See ICEfaces Custom Components for further details on using the Connection Status component.

The connection lost status can be caused by the following conditions.

Session expired
Empty response (not detected in Internet Explorer)
Response timeout

If connection lost status is determined, and no connection status component is present, ICEfaces displays a modal overlay indicating connection lost. A reload of the application is required at this point.

Note: ICEfaces EPS provides more advanced connection management facilities including connection heart beating. See the ICEfaces EPS Developer's Guide for further details.