Turning off an action poller
The standard Visualforce <apex:actionPoller/>
component sends AJAX requests to the server based on the specified time interval. An example use case is a countdown timer that sends the user to another page when the timer expires. But what if the action poller should stop when a condition in the controller becomes true, for example, when a batch apex job completes or an update is received from a third-party system?
In this recipe, we will simulate the progression of a payment through a number of states. An action poller will be used to retrieve the latest state from the server and display it to the user. Once the payment reaches the state Complete
, the action poller will be disabled.
Getting ready
This recipe makes use ...
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