JSF: poll server, render button/link, so user can refresh view?

P:poll is fine but a WebSocket/Comet Framework could be nicer (and not really complicated to add). And as you are using Primefaces, you could use Atmosphere ( http://atmosphere.java.net ). They had a p:push to achieve such a goal.

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