Is it possible to use a JSF (PrimeFaces) page in the following fashion ? :
- external application (not JSF-based) does an HTTP GET with URL parameters
- JSF page reads those parameters (e.g. as described here) and invokes a backing bean business method, without rendering anything to the user's browser
- The user is transparently sent to a page corresponding to the navigation outcome of the backing bean method invoked in step 2.
In other words, the PrimeFaces page of step 2 is involved only for the side effect of calling the backing-bean business method and is never displayed. The user after clicking on a link on the external application of step 1 lands in the page of step 3.