ExceptionHandling with JSF and Tiles

[Michael Heinen]

Hi all,   I am still confused about Exception Handling. I know that this has been discussed on many threads but I don't know how to handle exceptions outside Actions/ActionListeners.   My setup is MyFaces 1.1.1 and Tiles with the JspTilesViewHandlerImpl.   I can create FacesMessages and forward to any outcome page when an exception occurs in an action/actionListener. This is working fine and no problem.   I don't know how to handle serious errors in BackingBean constructors or setters. I tried to catch them and re-throw them as FacesExceptions but my error pages (defined in web.xml) are not displayed.  Instead of the error page the original requested tiles template is partly processed. A ServletException is displayed in place of the tiles-part that caused the error. e.g. ServletException in:/xxx.jsp] Cannot get value for _expression_ '#{ABackingBean.aValue}'    How do others handle exceptions with myFaces and Tiles? Are there any best practices?   Any help would be greatly appreciated. Michael