Hi,
Resource resource = facesContext.getApplication().getResourceHandler()
.createResource("templateInClasspath.xhtml", "mytempl");
exactly implements this functionality. It looks for
templateInClasspath.xhtml in /mytempl and in
/META-INF/resources/mytempl just like your tutorial says.
Regards,
Jakob
2011/2/19 Younes Ouadi <[email protected]>:
> Hi Jakob,
> Many thanks for your prompt reply. I really appreciate it.
> I got your point. It is clear that I'm misusing the '#{resource['...']}'
> mechanism.
> Apart from your proposed solution, how I can instruct MyFaces to behave as
> described in the JEE 6 Tutorial: 'The JavaServer Faces runtime will look for
> the resources in the preceding listed locations, in that order (Web Context
> then Classpath)'?
> You might telling your self: what a lazy guy I'm dealing with. Please,
> forgive me please, it is not my intention.
> I was developing ZK application (v3.6) where I have developed a mechanism to
> load resources from where I need. When I read this part of the Tutorial, I
> said to my self: some code is there to avoid with JSF.
> Many thanks for your valuable help.
> Younes Ouadi
>
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Jakob Korherr <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> That is all true. However, #{resource['...']} gives you a path like
>> /context-root/faces/javax.faces.resource/resourceName.suffix, thus a
>> URL for the browser. In <ui:composition template="..."> you need the
>> path to the file on the server! And this is something else entirely!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jakob
>>
>> 2011/2/19 Younes Ouadi <[email protected]>:
>> > 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
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jakob Korherr
>>
>> blog: http://www.jakobk.com
>> twitter: http://twitter.com/jakobkorherr
>> work: http://www.irian.at
>
>
--
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twitter: http://twitter.com/jakobkorherr
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