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Symptom

Suppose you published an Application Module method as a client method, f.ex.:

public void yourMethod() {
   System.out.println("Hello World");
}

You created an ADF Faces page and included the following in your page definition (<yourPage>PageDef.xml):

...
  <executables>
    ...
    <invokeAction Binds="yourMethod" id="executeYourMethodAction"
                  RefreshCondition="${!adfFacesContext.postback}"/>
    ...
  </executables>
  <bindings>
...
  <methodAction id="yourMethod" InstanceName="AppModuleDataControl.dataProvider"
                DataControl="AppModuleDataControl" MethodName="yourMethod"
                RequiresUpdateModel="true" Action="999"
                IsViewObjectMethod="false"/>
  </bindings>
</pageDefinition>


The aim is to execute yourMethod when the page first renders (controlled by the RefreshCondition).
The method is correctly executed, but you see it's executed twice.
The Log window of JDeveloper shows:

Hello World
Hello World 


Cause

The property Refresh is not defined for the invokeAction.
Its default value is ifNeeded, what means that the related action binding will be invoked twice during each request.

Solution

You should change the default Refresh setting for the invokeAction bindings to either prepareModel or renderModel.
With prepareModel, your invokeAction will be invoked before the JSF invokeApplication phase.
With renderModel, your invokeAction will be invoked after the JSF invokeApplication phase.

Since JSF's invokeApplication phase is when the JSF action events fire, you should decide if you want your invokeAction to trigger before (prepareModel) or after (renderModel) the action listeners have performed their processing,

For more information, see the ADF Develoepr's Guide, topic "10.5.5.3 Correctly Configuring Refresh Property of InvokeAction Executables"