3 Replies Latest reply on Mar 13, 2006 6:11 PM by gavin.king

Can I use multiple faces-config.xml?

macumbr Feb 21, 2006 12:39 PM

Hi all,

I'm developing a large application with Jboss Seam, and a faces-config.xml has becoming a huge file. So I see in Myfaces project the possibility to set many config files for the navigation rules. Using a parameter javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES in web.xml.

Like this:

 <context-param>
 <param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name>
 <param-value>
 /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml, /WEB-INF/other-file.xml
 </param-value>
 </context-param>

So, when I run Jboss the deploy works fine. In a console appears the read of files:

14:06:36,032 INFO [FacesConfigurator] Reading config /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml
14:06:36,360 INFO [FacesConfigurator] Reading config /WEB-INF/murilo.xml
14:06:36,407 INFO [FacesConfigurator] Reading config /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml

Jboss read two times the faces-config.xml, Is Seam reading the second time?

But when I open the first page the follow exception raise up:

14:07:04,063 ERROR [SeamExceptionFilter] uncaught exception handled by Seam
javax.servlet.ServletException
 at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:125)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:92)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:122)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java:23)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(SeamExceptionFilter.java:44)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.ajaxanywhere.AAFilter.doFilter(AAFilter.java:41)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.CustomPrincipalValve.invoke(CustomPrincipalValve.java:54)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:174)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
14:07:04,078 ERROR [[Faces Servlet]] Servlet.service() for servlet Faces Servlet threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at org.jboss.seam.contexts.PageContext.getCurrentReadableMap(PageContext.java:62)
 at org.jboss.seam.contexts.PageContext.get(PageContext.java:52)
 at org.jboss.seam.contexts.Contexts.lookupInStatefulContexts(Contexts.java:125)
 at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1026)
 at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1016)
 at org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle.resumeConversation(Lifecycle.java:272)
 at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.restoreAnyConversationContext(SeamPhaseListener.java:140)
 at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.afterPhase(SeamPhaseListener.java:95)
 at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.informPhaseListenersAfter(LifecycleImpl.java:536)
 at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.restoreView(LifecycleImpl.java:164)
 at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:66)
 at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:106)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:92)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:122)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java:23)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(SeamExceptionFilter.java:44)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.ajaxanywhere.AAFilter.doFilter(AAFilter.java:41)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.CustomPrincipalValve.invoke(CustomPrincipalValve.java:54)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:174)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

This is a pretty funcionality of JSF, because it organize better the config files and help the developers don't fight by the overwrite other modifications.

Is this funcionality possible?

Thanks in advance.

Murilo Henrique Marecki Foltran

1. Re: Can I use multiple faces-config.xml?

gavin.king Mar 1, 2006 5:54 PM (in response to macumbr)

Errr, I'm not sure, I have never tried to use this feature. Seam does not try to read faces-config.xml.
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2. Re: Can I use multiple faces-config.xml?

deniss.parhomenko Mar 2, 2006 3:05 AM (in response to macumbr)

Im my application I use 3 different faces config xml, and when server start, I also see, that faces-config.xml readed twice, but application work withou any problem, but seam configuration located in another faces config(faces-config-seam.xml) file, not faces-config.xml
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3. Re: Can I use multiple faces-config.xml?

gavin.king Mar 13, 2006 6:11 PM (in response to macumbr)

Related:

http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=79066
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