Using facelets in .xml files
gmarcus Jun 26, 2007 12:08 AMSeam 1.2.1 on JBoss 4.0.5
Similar to the blog example, I would like to use a .xml file with facelet tags to dynamically generate a valid xml HTTP response. When I call the .xml file, I just get the contents of the file without it being processed by Facelets:
Here is my web.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" ?> <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" version="2.4"> <!-- Ajax4jsf (must come first!) --> <filter> <display-name>Ajax4jsf Filter</display-name> <filter-name>ajax4jsf</filter-name> <filter-class>org.ajax4jsf.Filter</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>ajax4jsf</filter-name> <url-pattern>*.seam</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <context-param> <param-name>org.ajax4jsf.VIEW_HANDLERS</param-name> <param-value>org.jboss.seam.ui.facelet.SeamFaceletViewHandler</param-value> </context-param> <!-- Seam --> <listener> <listener-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener</listener-class> </listener> <filter> <filter-name>Seam Filter</filter-name> <filter-class>org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>Seam Filter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <servlet> <servlet-name>Seam Resource Servlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.ResourceServlet</servlet-class> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Seam Resource Servlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/seam/resource/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <!-- MyFaces --> <listener> <listener-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener</listener-class> </listener> <!-- Facelets development mode (disable in production) --> <context-param> <param-name>facelets.DEVELOPMENT</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>facelets.SKIP_COMMENTS</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </context-param> <!-- JSF --> <context-param> <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name> <param-value>client</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name> <param-value>.xhtml</param-value> </context-param> <servlet> <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.seam</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <security-constraint> <display-name>Restrict raw XHTML Documents</display-name> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>XHTML</web-resource-name> <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern> </web-resource-collection> <auth-constraint> <role-name>NONE</role-name> </auth-constraint> </security-constraint> </web-app>
and here is my .xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" ?> <events xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"> <ui:component> <f:view contentType="text/xml"> <data wiki-url="#{basepath}" wiki-section="first attempt" > <ui:repeat value="#{goals}" var="g"> <event start="#{g.formattedDate}" title="#{g.title}"> <h:outputText value="#{g.text}"/> </event> </ui:repeat> </data> </f:view> </ui:component> </events>