Exception occurs when attempting to use inputFileUpload with MyFaces jars installed in Tomcat shared/lib

[Jonathan Eric Miller]

I'm attempting to make use of MyFaces and the x:inputFileUpload component 
with myfaces.jar and myfaces-jsf-api.jar installed in Tomcat's share/lib 
directory. I found that I'm able to use the standard JSF components with no 
problem doing this. The problem only occurs when I attempt to use 
x:inputFileUpload. I'm guessing that the same is true for any of the other 
extensions although I haven't tested that. As long as I put the jar files in 
my applications lib directory everything works fine. The weird thing is that 
I looked in the META-INF/faces-config.xml in myfaces.jar and I see that the 
component type is registered there. It seems strange that it's able to find 
the other standard JSF components which are also listed in this file. It 
would be great to be able to install the jars in the shared/lib directory 
since I have several applications which make use of JSF.

Is anyone else able to use the extensions from share/lib, or, is this a 
known issue?

Jon
javax.faces.FacesException: Undefined component type 
org.apache.myfaces.HtmlInputFileUpload
       at 
org.apache.myfaces.application.ApplicationImpl.createComponent(ApplicationImpl.java:416)
       at 
javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentTag.createComponentInstance(UIComponentTag.java:485)
       at 
javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentTag.findComponent(UIComponentTag.java:428)
       at 
javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentTag.doStartTag(UIComponentTag.java:256)
       at 
org.apache.jsp.application.inputApplication_jspx._jspx_meth_x_inputFileUpload_0(inputApplication_jspx.java:1828)
       at 
org.apache.jsp.application.inputApplication_jspx._jspx_meth_h_panelGroup_7(inputApplication_jspx.java:1783)
       at 
org.apache.jsp.application.inputApplication_jspx._jspx_meth_h_panelGrid_1(inputApplication_jspx.java:1729)
       at 
org.apache.jsp.application.inputApplication_jspx._jspx_meth_h_form_0(inputApplication_jspx.java:242)
       at 
org.apache.jsp.application.inputApplication_jspx._jspx_meth_f_view_0(inputApplication_jspx.java:185)
       at 
org.apache.jsp.application.inputApplication_jspx._jspService(inputApplication_jspx.java:143)
       at 
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
       at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:673)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:464)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:399)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:302)
       at 
org.apache.myfaces.context.servlet.ServletExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ServletExternalContextImpl.java:405)
       at 
org.apache.myfaces.application.jsp.JspViewHandlerImpl.renderView(JspViewHandlerImpl.java:280)
       at 
org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:300)
       at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:110)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
       at 
edu.uchicago.at.alt.SessionManager.doFilter(SessionManager.java:45)
       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:115)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
       at 
edu.uchicago.at.servlet.http.SessionExpiredFilter.doFilter(SessionExpiredFilter.java:33)
       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:214)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:482)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.FastCommonAccessLogValve.invoke(FastCommonAccessLogValve.java:481)
       at 
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn.invoke(SingleSignOn.java:365)
       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:825)
       at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:738)
       at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:526)
       at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
       at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)