Notify the user about the end of the session in JSF 2.3

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JavaEE, JSF-2.3, Websocket, WebApplication, WildFly.
For each user, a session is created, within which it operates, authorization, authentication, and so on. After 15 minutes of inactivity, the session is automatically destroyed, thanks to the settings of web.xml -

<session-config>
  <session-timeout>15</session-timeout>
</session-config>

In JSF-2.3 available WebSocket, so I decided to do so ExitBean.java -

@Inject
@Push(channel = "exit")
PushContext push;

@PreDestroy
public void sessionTimeOut() {
    push.send("exitEvent");
}

On the page, respectively, exit.xhtml -

<h:form >
  <f:websocket channel="exit" scope="session">
    <f:ajax event="exitEvent" onevent="PF('dlg1').show()"/>
  </f:websocket>
</h:form>

At the end of the session, judging by the logs, the sessionTimeOut() method works, it's still @PreDestroy, but there is no response on the page.
For the test, I placed a button on the exit.xhtml page, by clicking on which the sessionTimeOut() method is called. When this button is clicked, event - "exitEvent", executes as expected, invoking the PrimeFaces script PF('dlg1').show(), which displays a dialog box.
I suspect that websockets are killed even earlier than the @Predestroy method is called.
There is another option with the websocket, it looks like this:

<h:form >
  <f:websocket channel="exit" scope="session" onclose="PF('dlg1').show()"/>
</h:form>

But it works only when the page loads and again no reaction to the end of the session.
Two questions:

How to handle the end of a session using websockets?
In extreme cases, offer an alternative.

I believe to listen to the server timing out sessions you need an HttpSessionListener like this: http://www.groupkt.com/post/7ee95bbd/session-timeout-handling-in-java.htm — Melloware, Aug 07 '18 at 23:53
@Melloware: in a `HttpSessionListener` there's no `HttpServletRequest`/`HttpServletResponse` available, so there would be no way to notify the client in some way. — BalusC, Aug 10 '18 at 23:28
@BalusC good point. I didn't know you could do this in JSF 2.3 as I am still sadly on JSF 2.1. :) . Your solution below is excellent. — Melloware, Aug 11 '18 at 12:40

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Your technical problem is that you didn't specify a function reference in onevent or onclose attribute. It goes like:

onevent="function() { PF('dlg1').show() }"
onclose="function() { PF('dlg1').show() }"

or

onevent="functionName"
onclose="functionName"

where functionName is defined as a real function:

function functionName() {
    PF('dlg1').show();
}

The correct approach is explained in Events section of javax.faces.Push javadoc:

<f:websocket channel="exit" scope="session" 
    onclose="function(code) { if (code == 1000) { PF('dlg1').show() }}" />

or

<f:websocket channel="exit" scope="session"  onclose="exitListener" />

function exitListener(code) {
    if (code == 1000) {
        PF('dlg1').show();
    }
}

Notify the user about the end of the session in JSF 2.3

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