How the ADF faces lifecycle is different from JSF lifecylce?

Question

This highly voted answer on SO says that ADF faces has a longer lifecycle than JSF . I want to know what are the differences between the two lifecycles and what benefits do those couple of extra lifecycle phases of ADF provide ?

P.S: I am well aware of the JSF lifecycle but I am new to ADF . So you can base your answer on this premise.

Answer 1

The differences between JSF and ADF life cycles are documented here: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E15051_01/web.1111/b31974/adf_lifecycle.htm