IComponent</code></a> is activated by the user, during the <em>Apply Request Values</em> or
 <em>Invoke Application</em> phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value
 of the <code>immediate</code> property.
 </p>

 <p>
 Note that it's possible that the returned <code>MethodExpression</code> is just a wrapper
 around a <code>MethodBinding</code> instance whith was set by a call to
 <a href="../../../javax/faces/component/ActionSource.html#setAction-javax.faces.el.MethodBinding-"><code>Ac