How to get count of globalOnly FacesMessages better?

jsf, jsf-2

Solution

Global only messages are identified by a `null` client ID.

So, this should do, in combination with another getter taking a client ID:

int globalOnlyMessagesCount = facesContext.getMessageList(null).size();

Problem

I write a "not so correct" code to count the globalOnly messages programatically. ``` for (final FacesMessage message : facesContext.getMessageList()) { if (!message.getClass().getCanonicalName().equals("javax.faces.component.MessageFactory.BindingFacesMessage")) { globalOnlyMessagesCount++; } } ``` For non-jsf developres: `javax.faces.component.MessageFactory.BindingFacesMessage` is a non-visible class, so instanceof doesn't work. As I found the message is a `BindingFacesMessage` or `FacesMessage` Is there any better solution? (except I put the string literal to constant).

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