Hi Jakob, Many thanks for your prompt feedback.
In fact, I have understood from 'JEE 6 Tutorial' that JSF implementations are expected to manage templates like CSS and JS resources. Please refer to the bold parts of below section extracted from the Tutorial page 118: Web resources are any software artifacts that the web application requires for proper rendering, including images, script files, *and any user-created component libraries*. Resources must be collected in a standard location, which can be one of the following. ■ A resource packaged in the web application root must be in a subdirectory of a resources directory at the web application root: resources/resource-identifier. ■ A resource packaged in the web application’s classpath must be in a subdirectory of the META-INF/resources directory within a web application: META-INF/resources/resource-identifier. The JavaServer Faces runtime will look for the resources in the preceding listed locations, in that order. Resource identifiers are unique strings that conform to the following format: [locale-prefix/][library-name/][library-version/]resource-name[/resource-version]. Elements of the resource identifier in brackets ([]) are optional, indicating that only a resource-name, which is usually a file name, is a required element. *Resources can be considered as a library location. Any artifact, such as a composite component or a template that is stored in the resources directory, becomes accessible to the other application components, which can use it to create a resource instance.* END OF JEE 6 TUTORIAL >From the above, I was expecting that MyFaces would found my resource 'templateInClasspath.xhtml'. Anyway, I will use your proposed solution as a workaround for the time being. Warm regards. Younes Ouadi On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Jakob Korherr <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Younes, > > Unfortunately #resource['...'] does not work that way. You should only > use it for getting the browser path to HTML resources like css or > javascript files, e.g.: > > <link href="#resource['lib:style.css']" rel="stylesheet" /> > > > In your example you need to use Resource.getUrl() in a managed bean, > so something like that: > > <ui:composition template="#{myBean.templatePath}"> > > > public String getTemplatePath() > { > FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); > > Resource resource = > facesContext.getApplication().getResourceHandler() > .createResource("templateInClasspath.xhtml", "mytempl"); > URL url = resource.getURL(); > > return url.toExternalForm(); > } > > I hope this helps. > > Regards, > Jakob > > > 2011/2/19 Younes Ouadi <[email protected]>: > > Hello deras, > > > > I have a hands-on experience with JSF. I have been able to develop a > first > > application. And I'm now in the stage of reorganizing it for a better > > management. I'm trying to move 'templates' to classpath in order to share > > them in jar for different applications. But I'm stack there. Pages that > > reference that template are not rendered and MyFaces returns the error > (see > > below for full details of the error): java.io.FileNotFoundException: > > > /lab-jsf-rsrcmng/javax.faces.resource/templateInClasspath.xhtml.xhtml?ln=mytempl > > Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource > > > > Please help in pointing the missing part in my application. > > > > *1) Project:* > > *1.1) Hierarchy* > > lab-jsf-rsrcmng > > * pom.xml* > > src/main/webapp > > * home2.xhtml* > > WEB-INF > > * faces-config.xml* > > * web.xml* > > src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/mytempl > > * templateInClasspath.xhtml* > > * > > * > > *1.2) pom.xml* > > <project > > xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > > xsi:schemaLocation=" > > http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 > > http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd > > " > >> > > <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> > > > > <groupId>lab-jsf</groupId> > > <artifactId>lab-jsf-rsrcmng</artifactId> > > <packaging>war</packaging> > > <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> > > > > <name>LAB::JSF::RESOURCE MANAGEMENT</name> > > <url>http://maven.apache.org</url> > > > > <properties> > > <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version> > > <jsp.version>2.1</jsp.version> > > <myfaces.version>2.0.3</myfaces.version> > > </properties> > > > > <dependencies> > > <dependency> > > <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> > > <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> > > <version>${servlet.version}</version> > > <scope>provided</scope> > > </dependency> > > <dependency> > > <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId> > > <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId> > > <version>${jsp.version}</version> > > <scope>provided</scope> > > </dependency> > > <dependency> > > <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.core</groupId> > > <artifactId>myfaces-api</artifactId> > > <version>${myfaces.version}</version> > > </dependency> > > <dependency> > > <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.core</groupId> > > <artifactId>myfaces-impl</artifactId> > > <version>${myfaces.version}</version> > > </dependency> > > <dependency> > > <groupId>junit</groupId> > > <artifactId>junit</artifactId> > > <version>4.8.2</version> > > <scope>test</scope> > > </dependency> > > </dependencies> > > > > <build> > > <plugins> > > <plugin> > > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > > <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> > > <version>2.0.2</version> > > <configuration> > > <source>1.5</source> > > <target>1.5</target> > > </configuration> > > </plugin> > > </plugins> > > <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName> > > </build> > > </project> > > > > *1.3) home2.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:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"; > >> > > <h:body> > > <ui:composition > template="#{resource['mytempl:templateInClasspath.xhtml']}"> > > </ui:composition> > > </h:body> > > </html> > > > > > > > > *1.4) faces-config.xml* > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > > > <faces-config > > 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-facesconfig_2_0.xsd > > " > > version="2.0" > >> > > </faces-config> > > > > > > *1.5) web.xml:* > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > > > <web-app > > version="2.5" > > 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_2_5.xsd > > " > >> > > <display-name>lab-jsf-rsrcmng</display-name> > > <session-config> > > <session-timeout>30</session-timeout> > > </session-config> > > <welcome-file-list> > > <welcome-file>home2.xhtml</welcome-file> > > </welcome-file-list> > > <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>/faces/*</url-pattern> > > <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern> > > </servlet-mapping> > > <context-param> > > <description> > > If true, a javascript function will be rendered that is able to restore > the > > former vertical scroll on every request. Convenient feature if you have > > pages > > with long lists and you do not want the browser page to always jump to > the > > top > > if you trigger a link or button action that stays on the same page. > > Default is 'false' > > </description> > > <param-name>org.apache.myfaces.AUTO_SCROLL</param-name> > > <param-value>true</param-value> > > </context-param> > > <context-param> > > <param-name>org.apache.myfaces.USE_ENCRYPTION</param-name> > > <param-value>false</param-value> > > </context-param> > > </web-app> > > > > > > *1.6) templateInClasspath.xhtml* > > <!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:c="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"; > > xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"; > > xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"; > > xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"; > >> > > <f:view contentType="text/html"> > > <h:head> > > <title>LAB::JSF::RSRCMNG</title> > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> > > </h:head> > > <h:body styleClass="natisoft-body" > > > <h:panelGrid columns="1"> > > <f:facet name="header"> > > <ui:insert name="header">Header</ui:insert> > > </f:facet> > > > > <f:facet name="footer"> > > <ui:insert name="trailer">Trailer</ui:insert> > > </f:facet> > > > > <h:panelGroup> > > <ui:insert name="content">Content</ui:insert> > > </h:panelGroup> > > </h:panelGrid> > > </h:body> > > </f:view> > > </html> > > > > *2) Error details* > > > > An Error Occurred: > > java.io.FileNotFoundException: > > > /lab-jsf-rsrcmng/javax.faces.resource/templateInClasspath.xhtml.xhtml?ln=mytempl > > Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource > > > > Caused by: > > java.io.FileNotFoundException - > > > /lab-jsf-rsrcmng/javax.faces.resource/templateInClasspath.xhtml.xhtml?ln=mytempl > > Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource > > - Stack Trace <http://localhost:17080/lab-jsf-rsrcmng/home2.xhtml#> > > > > javax.faces.FacesException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: > > > /lab-jsf-rsrcmng/javax.faces.resource/templateInClasspath.xhtml.xhtml?ln=mytempl > > Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource > > at > org.apache.myfaces.shared_impl.context.ExceptionHandlerImpl.wrap(ExceptionHandlerImpl.java:241) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.shared_impl.context.ExceptionHandlerImpl.handle(ExceptionHandlerImpl.java:156) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:258) > > at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:191) > > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:306) > > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) > > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:240) > > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:161) > > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164) > > at > org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:108) > > at > org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:558) > > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) > > at > org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:379) > > at > org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:243) > > at > org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:259) > > at > org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:281) > > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) > > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) > > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) > > Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: > > > /lab-jsf-rsrcmng/javax.faces.resource/templateInClasspath.xhtml.xhtml?ln=mytempl > > Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource > > at > org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletFactory.resolveURL(DefaultFaceletFactory.java:199) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.getRelativePath(DefaultFacelet.java:289) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:346) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeFacelet(DefaultFaceletContext.java:215) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:140) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:57) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:45) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.apply(DefaultFacelet.java:143) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.FaceletViewDeclarationLanguage.buildView(FaceletViewDeclarationLanguage.java:329) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RenderResponseExecutor.execute(RenderResponseExecutor.java:66) > > at > org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:239) > > ... 16 more > > > > - Component Tree <http://localhost:17080/lab-jsf-rsrcmng/home2.xhtml#> > > <UIViewRoot id="j_id0" inView="true" locale="en_US" > renderKitId="HTML_BASIC" > > rendered="true" transient="false" viewId="/home2.xhtml"/> - State > size:548 > > bytes > > - Scoped Variables <http://localhost:17080/lab-jsf-rsrcmng/home2.xhtml#> > > Request ParametersNameValue*None*Request AttributesNameValue*None*View > > AttributesNameValue*None*Flash AttributesNameValue*None*Application > > AttributesNameValue*None* > > Feb 19, 2011 9:52:09 AM - Generated by MyFaces - for information on > > disabling or modifying this error-page, see Disabling error handling in > > MyFaces <http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/Handling_Server_Errors> > > > > Thank you in advance > > > > Younes Ouadi > > > > > > -- > Jakob Korherr > > blog: http://www.jakobk.com > twitter: http://twitter.com/jakobkorherr > work: http://www.irian.at >
