JsessionId getting appended to image rendered by h:graphicImage

[selfcare]

Hi,

Am using JSF 1.2

I have an image which should be clickable. Below is how I have coded,

<h:commandLink value="" action="#{myBean.myAction}>

      <h:graphicImage value="image-location-in-webserver">

</h:commandLink>

Am using h:commandLink because on click of this image I have to do some business validations and hence I need to call a method in bean.

My bean is session scoped. I can't go with request scope because of some other problems.

I tried javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD setting it to client instead of server.

Even then when my page is rendered, image is not getting redered because jsessionid is getting appended to url like below when viewed in web developer.

http://myDomain/static-files/images/myImage.jpg;jsessionid=77F2A5D24CF1D5C3C4882778BC521263.node1

If jsessionid is not appended, my image gets rendered.

I tried URL rewrite in urlrewrite.xml as mentioned below. It didnt work

http://javatechworld.blogspot.in/2011/01/how-to-remove-jsessionid-from-url-java.html

I wrote a rewrite rule in Apache web server. Didnt work!

I have to use h:graphicImage instead of <img src> because I need to call a method in bean. If I use <img> tag, jsessionid is not appended.

Please help!

Regards,

Vikas

[periklis_douvitsas]

Hi,

In your code in the jsp page,how do you have the value of the h:graphicImage?

What i mean is do you have like this <h:graphicImage value="http://myDomain/static-files/images/myImage.jpg">

or do you have smothing like this

<h:graphicImage value="/static-files/images/MyImage.jpg">

If you have like in the first example, i think you have it wrong. You should not put the whole http://blabla . Maybe the application thinks that you want to access somethign outside of your application. Since, this image is in your code, (in a folder in your web applciation) and not somewhere in the internet in another server you should put the relative url of the image.

so something like the second example

have a look at these web pages

http://www.mkyong.com/jsf2/jsf-2-graphicimage-example/

http://www.roseindia.net/jsf/graphicImage.shtml

make sure you set the value correct. (the relative path)

aslo leave the setting javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD

to server as it was before and do not wrire any rewrite rule in aapche web server.

Hope it helps

[selfcare]

Hi Periklis,

Thanks.

I have <h:graphicImage value="/static-files/images/MyImage.jpg">   in my code. Its a relative URL.

But, the image is lying in Apache web server and not in my war file. I dont want to put the image in my war file, because tomorrow if requirement changes

and if I need to change the image then I cant redeploy my war in server. I just want to update the image on the fly in web server.

Keeping this in my mind, I am retrieving the image from web server using a relative url like "/static-files/images/MyImage.jpg". So, how to solve this?

Regards,

Vikas

[periklis_douvitsas]

Hi,

In the conf folder

ie for the default configuration  server\default\conf there is a file called jboss-service.xml.

In this one there is a section

  <attribute name="URLs">

         deploy/

      </attribute>

the comments above these help you a lot.

I think this is where you have to put the relative url of the file.

i.e something like this

<attribute name="URLs">

         deploy/, file:/static-file/images/MyImage.jpg

      </attribute>

have it a try

[selfcare]

Hi Periklis,

I had a look into jboss-service.xml file. It doesn't have an entry for attribute name="URLs" . Are you trying to say I need to make a new entry for URL attribute?

Am using Jboss AS 5.1.0 GA

Regards,

Vikas

[periklis_douvitsas]

Hi,

for jboss 5 have a look at this page

https://community.jboss.org/wiki/HowToDeployMyApplicationInAnExternalDirectoryInJBoss-5

so you should put in this file under the  <list elementClass="java.net.URI">

the entry

<value>file:///static-file/images/MyImage.jpg</value>

Good luck