Redirecting user when idle in JSF with PrimeFaces

Question

I would like to send user to /login.xhtml if he/she is idle for a given period of time. I have tried PrimeFaces <p:idlemonitor> but can't figure out how to achieve this.

Answer 1

Use the IdleMonitor component <p:idleMonitor>

<p:idleMonitor timeout="3000">
    <p:ajax event="idle" listener="#{idleMonitorBean.processTimeOut()}"/>
</p:idleMonitor>

_{Note: timeout in millseconds}

Then in your listener method just specify the redirect() path.

@Model
public class IdleMonitorBean {

    public void processTimeOut() throws IOException {
        FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().redirect(
                "/contextroot/index.xhtml");
    }
}