Can I use multiple faces-config.xml?
macumbr Feb 21, 2006 12:39 PMHi all,
I'm developing a large application with Jboss Seam, and a faces-config.xml has becoming a huge file. So I see in Myfaces project the possibility to set many config files for the navigation rules. Using a parameter javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES in web.xml.
Like this:
<context-param> <param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name> <param-value> /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml, /WEB-INF/other-file.xml </param-value> </context-param>
So, when I run Jboss the deploy works fine. In a console appears the read of files:
14:06:36,032 INFO [FacesConfigurator] Reading config /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml 14:06:36,360 INFO [FacesConfigurator] Reading config /WEB-INF/murilo.xml 14:06:36,407 INFO [FacesConfigurator] Reading config /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml
Jboss read two times the faces-config.xml, Is Seam reading the second time?
But when I open the first page the follow exception raise up:
14:07:04,063 ERROR [SeamExceptionFilter] uncaught exception handled by Seam javax.servlet.ServletException at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:125) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:92) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:122) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java:23) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(SeamExceptionFilter.java:44) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.ajaxanywhere.AAFilter.doFilter(AAFilter.java:41) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.CustomPrincipalValve.invoke(CustomPrincipalValve.java:54) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:174) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) 14:07:04,078 ERROR [[Faces Servlet]] Servlet.service() for servlet Faces Servlet threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.seam.contexts.PageContext.getCurrentReadableMap(PageContext.java:62) at org.jboss.seam.contexts.PageContext.get(PageContext.java:52) at org.jboss.seam.contexts.Contexts.lookupInStatefulContexts(Contexts.java:125) at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1026) at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1016) at org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle.resumeConversation(Lifecycle.java:272) at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.restoreAnyConversationContext(SeamPhaseListener.java:140) at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.afterPhase(SeamPhaseListener.java:95) at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.informPhaseListenersAfter(LifecycleImpl.java:536) at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.restoreView(LifecycleImpl.java:164) at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:66) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:106) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:92) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:122) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java:23) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(SeamExceptionFilter.java:44) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.ajaxanywhere.AAFilter.doFilter(AAFilter.java:41) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.CustomPrincipalValve.invoke(CustomPrincipalValve.java:54) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:174) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
This is a pretty funcionality of JSF, because it organize better the config files and help the developers don't fight by the overwrite other modifications.
Is this funcionality possible?
Thanks in advance.
Murilo Henrique Marecki Foltran