Preface:
I understand that DML is not allowed in getters/setters or constructors. The normal workaround to performing DML on page load is to use the action attribute on the page; however, that's not an option in this case.
Page:
<apex:page controller="testPageController">
<c:testComponent/>
</apex:page>
Component:
<apex:component controller="testComponentController">
<apex:form rendered="true">
<apex:actionFunction action="{!init}" name="init"/>
</apex:form>
<script>
init();
</script>
</apex:component>
I have also tried a variant using $(document).ready(init()); as well as setTimeout to no avail.
When I move the <script> tag into the <apex:form> body, the error goes away; however, that's because the init method never fires.
Component controller
public class testComponentController {
public void init() {
update [SELECT Id FROM Contact LIMIT 1];
}
}
I've also tried making the method return a null PageReference to no avail.
Error
When the page loads up I get the following:
DML currently not allowed
Knowing that I can't use getters, setters or constructors and apparently this doesn't work either, is there anyway to fire code when the component is loaded in a context that allows DML? Assume I don't have access to the VF page.
Update
I commented out the call to init and tried to call it from the developer console in chrome and still got the error.
