This is to be done by nesting a <f:ajax>
in it.
In effects,
<p:commandButton ... process="@form" update=":statusBlock" />
does exactly the same as
<h:commandButton ...>
<f:ajax execute="@form" render=":statusBlock" />
</h:commandButton>
Note that the subtle difference with the PrimeFaces equivalent is that PrimeFaces defaults to @form
in the process/execute, while the <f:ajax>
one defaults to @this
, so you might need to explicitly specify execute="@form"
over all place where you didn’t specify the process
attribute in the PrimeFaces component.