Seam Mail-works in synchronous event, error in asynchronous event or servlet

[przemjaskier]

Environment: Seam 2.0.1 and 2.0.2-SNAPSHOT from 13 feb, plain Tomcat 6.0.

I try to send an email from one of services. The same code:

renderer.render(/WEB-INF/emailTemplates/test.xhtml);

invoked from application-scoped component with method annotated as @Observer(foo)

1. works when a synchronous event is invoked in JSF action
using Events.instance().raiseEvent(foo)

2. fails when invoked using Events.instance().raiseAsynchronousEvent(foo) from the same JSF action

3. fails when invoked as both synchronous and asynchronous events from custom servlet bound with web:context-filter.

Case 2. and 3. both lead to this exception:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Application was not properly initialized at startup, could not find Factory: javax.faces.application.ApplicationFactory
     at javax.faces.FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:267)
     at org.jboss.seam.mock.MockFacesContext.<init>(MockFacesContext.java:60)
     at org.jboss.seam.ui.facelet.FaceletsRenderer$RenderingContext.init(FaceletsRenderer.java:95)
     at org.jboss.seam.ui.facelet.FaceletsRenderer$RenderingContext.run(FaceletsRenderer.java:77)
     at org.jboss.seam.ui.facelet.FaceletsRenderer.render(FaceletsRenderer.java:169)

I need to send this email from a service invoked by this custom servlet. How can I accomplish this with Seam-Mail?

TIA

[pmuir]

(2) is untested and I wouldn't necessarily expect (3) to work. File a JIRA feature request for (3) please - but it will require some redesign on how we render mails (hopefully make it much more robust)

[przemjaskier]

Thanks Pete

JBSEAM-2657, ready for voting - anyone?.

Possibility of using Render from an async event would be great, though.

Best regards,
Przemek.

[pmuir]

It works from a method annotated @Asynchronous - see the mail example - if that is good enough for you.

[vladimir.kovalyuk]

Pete, Mail example doesn't work for me. It fails with the same exception Przemyslaw quoted.
I tried Seam 2.0.1GA.

[pmuir]

Deployed to what server?

[vladimir.kovalyuk]

I use JBoss 4.2.1GA:(build: SVNTag=JBoss_4_2_1_GA date= 200707131605)

[pmuir]

I just tested on my install of JBoss 4.2.2.GA and it works fine. Can you give 4.2.2.GA a go?

[danielc.roth]

I just tried it on 4.2.2.GA. Same exception as above.

I have a polling method (@Async.. with @Interval..) which calls another @Async method for sending the mail.

[nico]

From this thread I take it that using a combination of JBoss 4.2.2 GA and Seam 2.0.1GA sending asynchronous email will be dead easy?

I'm using JBoss 4.0.5 and Seam 1.2.0 PATCH 1 and sending asynchronous email is proving to be a bit of a mission.

[nico]

Well Seam 2.0.1GA has it all under AsynchronousMailProcessor.java....now we have a good reason to upgrade.

[vineetmanohar]

Download seam 2.0.2 and look in examples section. There is a class called AsynchronousMailProcessor.java, it worked for me. Another useful page (Seam Asynchronous Email) with all the info you need.