userexceptions redirect to different error page

[veerak]

We have a requirement where in we have to show different error pages for some of the usecases.

Right now I am throwing different exceptions in the places where we need to show a different error page.

As part of error handling approach our web.xml has following entries,

web.xml

<error-page>
    <exception-type>com.test.X1Exception</exception-type>
    <location>/X1error.jsf</location>
</error-page>

<error-page>
    <exception-type>com.test.X2Exception</exception-type>
    <location>/X2error.jsf</location>
</error-page>

<error-page>
    <exception-type>javax.faces.application.FacesException</exception-type>
    <location>/error.jsf</location>
</error-page>

But I am getting redirected to error.jsf no matter what the exception I throw.

I tried extending Exception or FacesException or RuntimeException in X1/X2Exception class, but no matter what I do I always get redirected to error.jsf

Could somebody suggest better way to deal with this situation.

I am using JSF1.2 and richfaces 3.3.0 versions

Thanks,

Veera

[jadtn]

Maybe it ccould help you

http://ovaraksin.blogspot.com/2010/10/global-handling-of-all-unchecked.html

http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edburns/archive/2009/09/03/dealing-gracefully-viewexpiredexception-jsf27