I think you want to use something like this:
<h:commandLink action="#{tie to action}"> <h:outputText value="Click This Link"/> <f:param name="editParameter" value="parameterValue"/> </h:commandLink>
In your bean action you would use something like this:
FacesContext fc = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
String value = (String) fc.getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap().get("editParameter");
I think this would do the trick...however I cannot
test it out at this time.
Hope this helps.