JSF resource caching in Designer?

This depends on the Axon.ivy Designer version:

• Versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.14, 7.x

Yes, this is correct, JSF resource caching is enabled in all 7.x versions of the Axon.ivy Designer.

Fortunately it is quite simple to disable caching: Just add following entry in your Designer's webapps/ivy/WEB-INF/web.xml file:

  <context-param>
    <param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name>
    <param-value>Development</param-value>
  </context-param>

Note: Setting javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE to Development will also enable XML validation for .xhtml files. This can potentially cause validation errors during dialog execution, e.g. you can get a javax.faces.view.facelets.TagException when calling your Html Dialog:

An Error Occurred:

/webContent/layouts/TaskTemplate.xhtml at line 151 and column 88 <ic:ch.ivy.addon.portalkit.component.responsivenesshandlebutton> Attribute 'toolTip' is required
viewId=/ch.ivyteam.view.path_info/2/ch.ivyteam.ivy.project.portal.examples.showcase.PrimefacesElements/PrimefacesElements.xhtml
location=C:\designers\AxonIvyDesigner8.0.0.1910311028_Windows_x64\webapps\ivy\ch.ivyteam.view.path_info\2\ch.ivyteam.ivy.project.portal.examples.showcase.PrimefacesElements\PrimefacesElements.xhtml
phaseId=RENDER_RESPONSE(6)
Caused by:
javax.faces.view.facelets.TagException - /webContent/layouts/TaskTemplate.xhtml at line 151 and column 88 <ic:ch.ivy.addon.portalkit.component.responsivenesshandlebutton> Attribute 'toolTip' is required
 at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.composite.CompositeComponentResourceTagHandler.createComponent(CompositeComponentResourceTagHandler.java:144)
+ Stack Trace
+ Component Tree
+ Scoped Variables

• Versions 7.0.15 and 8.0 and later:

In these versions JSF resource caching is disabled by default.

Note: In these versions JSF XML validation is enabled. As mentioned above, this can potentially cause validation errors during dialog execution. If fixing the issues is not possible (e.g. because the problem is caused by a required component you don't have permission to change) you can set javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE to Production.