There was a bug in Shale 1.0.4 ( http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/SHALE-409) that prevented ajax4jsf working with shale. It is fixed in the nightly builds. Just waiting on the release of shale 1.0.5, but the project seems to have stalled.
On 10/3/07, Crabb, Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As soon as I start using Shale 1.0.4, Ajax4Jsf stops working. I believe > the issue is as follows: > > 1.) Ajax4Jsf depends upon the javax.faces.ViewRoot being an instance of > AjaxViewRoot. > 2.) Shale depends upon the javax.faces.ViewRoot being an instance of > ShaleViewRoot. > > I believe I am correct in saying that my application can only use one > implementation of javax.faces.ViewRoot; the one being used in my case is > simply the last jar that is being loaded, which happens to be Shale (I > could also specify my own ViewRoot in my WEB-INF faces-config and then > niether AjaxViewRoot or ShaleViewRoot will be used). That being the > case, is it even possible to use both Ajax4Jsf and Shale in the same > application? > > Can anyone shed some light on my confusion? Why does Shale override the > ViewRoot implementation when that immediately stops me from using other > 3rd party products that override ViewRoot? > > > > A bit of extra information: > > Shale 1.0.3 does not provide it's own implementation of > javax.faces.ViewRoot; that being the case, I can successfully use it > with ajax4jsf. > > Also, I can use ajax4jsf with Shale 1.0.4 if I specify in the following > in my own WEB-INF faces-config > > > > <component> > <component-type>javax.faces.ViewRoot</component-type> > > <component-class>org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot</component-cla > ss> > <component-extension> > <component-family>javax.faces.ViewRoot</component-family> > </component-extension> > > </component> > > > I believe this works simply because my copy of faces-config.xml is the > last configuration loaded, so my override takes precedence. > > However, this can break Shale because now Shale sees an instance of > AjaxViewRoot rather than ShaleViewRoot. > > So I am stuck with not knowing how to make both products work > simultaneously. > > > > > >
