Chapter 9. State Navigation Pattern
Intent
The State Navigation pattern provides an infrastructure in which HTML content can be navigated, and the state is preserved when navigating from one piece of content to another.
Motivation
Web applications have major state and consistency problems, and some Ajax applications amplify those problems. To illustrate, let's go through the process of buying a plane ticket and note the problems.
I fly regularly for business and as such am always looking for the best price. Because of my ticket-searching capabilities, I have become the travel agent for my wife and a few other people. I search many travel sites and use the permutations and combinations strategy to find the cheapest or most convenient ticket. If I find ...
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