war deployment completed notification

[javatwo]

Hello, I have a web application and it usually takes several minutes for the first request to  complete. I like to issue a HTTP request from inside the war right after it have been deployed, which will make JBOSS server to compile JSP files and other one-time initializations, thus it will take less time to process HTTP requests later on.  This will give user impression of quick response.  Is there a callback mechanism for war deployment?

Thanks.

Dave

[tschaefer]

Hi Dave,

the first time you request a webpage your corresponding JSP files will be compiled. But not all of them, only the necessary JSP files to answer your request. What you need to do is pre-compile your JSP files into class files and place them into your WAR archive.

The following link will tell you how to pre-compile JSPs with Jasper 2:

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/jasper-howto.html#Web_Application_Compilation

Cheers,

Timo.

[javatwo]

Hi Timo, thanks for reply.

I use JSF pages, can it be used for pre-compiling JSF pages?

Is there a way to handle jsf tags such as <h:dataTable>, etc. so that the generated java code will not have <h:dataTable>, but some compiled code.

Thanks,

Dave

[tschaefer]

Hi Dave,

you can also pre-compile you JSF pages. Here is an article which might help you:

http://jee-bpel-soa.blogspot.com/2009/05/pre-compiling-jsp-and-jsf-pages.html

Cheers,

Timo.

[henk53]

Dave Chen wrote:

I use JSF pages, can it be used for pre-compiling JSF pages?

If you use JSF you shouldn't be using JSP at all. Do yourself a favor and use Facelets In the latest version of JSF, JSP has been deprecated for use with JSF.

[javatwo]

I like to move to Facelet, but facing a show stop:

http://community.jboss.org/thread/159706?start=15

I look forward to any help with the issue. Thanks.