9 Replies Latest reply on Mar 4, 2015 8:59 PM by shmu80

ui:include does not working

shmu80 Mar 3, 2015 5:17 AM

Hi,

The ui:include is not working in my project. I was struggling with this since a week ago, and it just a starting of my project. Hopefully somebody may give me some advice.

Thanks a lot.

Below is my project file organization

Source code for main.xhtml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"

xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich" xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j"

xmlns:c="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core">

<h:head>

<title>Testing</title>

</h:head>

<h:body>

<h:outputStylesheet library="css" name="application.css" />

<ui:insert name="top">Top</ui:insert>

<ui:include src="templates/template.xhtml" />

</div>

<ui:include src="templates/include/sideNavi.xhtml" />

</div>

<ui:insert name="content">Content</ui:insert>

</div>

</h:body>

</html>

sideNavi.xhtml

<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"

xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j"

xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich" xmlns:c="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core">

<rich:panelMenu style="width:200px" itemMode="ajax" groupMode="ajax"

groupExpandedLeftIcon="triangleUp"

groupCollapsedLeftIcon="triangleDown"

topGroupExpandedRightIcon="chevronUp"

topGroupCollapsedRightIcon="chevronDown" itemLeftIcon="disc"

itemChangeListener="#{nav.updateCurrent}">

<rich:panelMenuGroup label="Group 1">

<rich:panelMenuItem label="Item 1.1" name="Item_1_1" />

<rich:panelMenuItem label="Item 1.2" name="Item_1_2" />

<rich:panelMenuItem label="Item 1.3" name="Item_1_3" />

</rich:panelMenuGroup>

</rich:panelMenu>

</ui:composition>

When I run the project in tomcat 7, the display is same as below. While I view the source, the source code is able to refer to the file properly.

View Source for main.xhtml

View source, click from the link templates/include/sideNavi.xhtml

1. Re: ui:include does not working

michpetrov Mar 3, 2015 8:58 AM (in response to shmu80)

Hi,

your files are not going through the Faces servlet, you're not supposed to be seeing the components in the source code - all is supposed to be translated into HTML. What does your web.xml look like?
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2. Re: ui:include does not working

shmu80 Mar 3, 2015 9:47 AM (in response to michpetrov)

This is my web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="3.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd">

    <display-name>Test Project</display-name>

    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name>
        <param-value>Development</param-value>
    </context-param>

    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.SKIP_COMMENTS</param-name>
        <param-value>true</param-value>
    </context-param>

    
    <context-param>
        <param-name>org.richfaces.SKIN</param-name>
        <param-value>blueSky</param-value>
    </context-param>

    
    <context-param>
        <param-name>org.richfaces.CONTROL_SKINNING</param-name>
        <param-value>enable</param-value>
    </context-param>

    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

    
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Resource Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.richfaces.webapp.ResourceServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Resource Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/org.richfaces.resources/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

    
    <context-param>
        <param-name>org.richfaces.resourceMapping.enabled</param-name>
        <param-value>true</param-value>
    </context-param>

    <session-config>
        <session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
    </session-config>

    <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>faces/index.jsp</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list>

    <login-config>
        <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
    </login-config>

</web-app>
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3. Re: ui:include does not working

michpetrov Mar 3, 2015 10:07 AM (in response to shmu80)

I don't think *.xhtml should be used for the servlet, try visiting the pages as .jsf instead of .xhtml
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4. Re: ui:include does not working

shmu80 Mar 3, 2015 10:48 AM (in response to michpetrov)

After I modify the index.jsp to following code <jsp:forward page="templates/main.jsf" /> instead of <jsp:forward page="templates/main.xhtml" />.
Now the page keep showing java.lang.NullPointerException.
Appreciate if you can advice.
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5. Re: ui:include does not working

michpetrov Mar 3, 2015 12:11 PM (in response to shmu80)

JSP is not compatible with RichFaces 4, don't use that. Make main.jsf the welcome file.
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6. Re: ui:include does not working

shmu80 Mar 3, 2015 8:25 PM (in response to michpetrov)

It still return me Null Pointer Exception after I modify main.jsf as welcome file.
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7. Re: ui:include does not working

shmu80 Mar 3, 2015 9:25 PM (in response to shmu80)

I refer to the sample code from showcase project provided by Richfaces. It is using page forward from index.jsp to index.xhtml, but it is working well.
I just wondering why my project will encounter this issue compare with the showcase project.
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8. Re: ui:include does not working

michpetrov Mar 4, 2015 6:56 AM (in response to shmu80)

Can you share the project? It might be easier to find the issue if I try to deploy it myself.
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9. Re: ui:include does not working

shmu80 Mar 4, 2015 8:59 PM (in response to michpetrov)

Hi,
It is working at this moment after I remove following code in web.xml.
<servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

Make main.xhtml as welcome file instead of main.jsf.
<welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>faces/templates/main.xhtml</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list>

I hope this is permanently fix my issue, and may not trigger some problem for my following development work.

Thank you.
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