Unable to get FacesContext

[nandhana03]

I've written a class which extends GenericFacesPortlet.  I'm unable to get  FacesContext .  On giving FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(), itz returning null.   I'm using  portletbridge-api-2.0.0.FINAL.jar  &  portletbridge-impl-2.0.0.FINAL.jar.   My JSF version is JSF 1.2. 

My web.xml configuration :

   <servlet> 
        <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
      <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name>
      <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping> 
  
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

Is there any additional configuration which I need to do ????????

Anybody plz help me rectify this...thnx in advance....

[alexsmirnov]

GenericFacesPortlet calls javax.portlet.faces.Bridge implementation that actually performs the same actions as FacesServlet ( it creates and destroys FacesContext, and executes JSF Lifecycle ). GenericFacesPortlet only creates bridge instance ( based on configuration ) and initializes it.

Therefore, FacesContext is not available from Portlet methods, it just not created yet.