How to return Javascript as partial response?

Question

As response to an Ajax-request I want to return Javascript that is executed on the client immediately. I tried it like this but it doesn\'t work:

Answer 1

writer.write("alert(’Works!’);");

Curly quotes are not a valid string delimiter in JS. Use straight quotes.

writer.write("alert('Works!');");

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Unrelated to the concrete problem, based on your question history you're using PrimeFaces, or at least familiar with it. In that case, just use RequestContext#execute() instead of this mess.