p:ajax just to trigger js on itemSelect with autocomplete ?

[Aditya]

I need to trigger a javascript method whenever one of the items/options suggested by autocomplete is selected(clicked). After realizing that onselect attribute is not meant for that purpose. I found another solution to use p:ajax like this :

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<p:autoComplete .....  >
                <p:ajax event="itemSelect" onstart="handleAutocompleteItemSelect();"/>
            </p:autoComplete>

But p:ajax is meant to be used for ajax operations, right ? So using it this way, is it recommended or are there any better ways to do this ?

[tandraschko]

The better way is pe:javascript: http://fractalsoft.net/primeext-showcas ... aviour.jsf
You can use it like p:ajax but it only execute your custom JS. You can't use this for every component and event.
For example, datatable paginate required AJAX to get the new data.