<c: if  test="${requestScope.backing_index.resultCount > 0}">
            Страницы:
            <c:forEach begin="0" end="${requestScope.backing_index.navListSize}" var="i" step="1">
              <c:set var="caption" scope="request" value="${requestScope.backing_index.navList[ i ]}"/> 
              <h:commandLink value="#{caption}" title="#{caption}"
                             action="#{backing_index.search}"
                             actionListener="#{backing_index.pageActionPerformed}">
              </h:commandLink>
            </c:forEach>
          </c: if >

   public   void  pageActionPerformed(javax.faces.event.ActionEvent actionEvent)
  {
    // Add event code here...
    currPos = (String)((HtmlCommandLink)actionEvent.getSource()).getValue();
  }