On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Stephen Connolly < [email protected]> wrote:
> is there any example code you know of that you could share? Just copy the CustomResourceResolver and web.xml section from http://ocpsoft.com/opensource/create-common-facelets-jar/. > > And can I have a pony? > That'll cost you :-). > > > > On 4 March 2011 16:56, Kito Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Connolly < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> and if this/these .xhtml file(s) are actually facelets pages... will that >>> work? >> >> >> Yep. >> >>> >>> >>> On 4 March 2011 16:54, Kito Mann <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Stephen, >>>> >>>> With JSF 2, you can use the resource handling mechanism to load >>>> resources from META-INF/resources -- this works for composite components, >>>> images, etc. If you want to serve .xhtml files from a JAR, you need to >>>> write >>>> a custom ResourceResolver, which is a trivial exercise. See: >>>> http://ocpsoft.com/opensource/create-common-facelets-jar/. >>>> --- >>>> Kito D. Mann | twitter: kito99 | Author, JSF in Action >>>> Virtua, Inc. | http://www.virtua.com | JSF/Java EE training and >>>> consulting >>>> http://www.JSFCentral.com - JavaServer Faces FAQ, news, and info | >>>> twitter: jsfcentral >>>> +1 203-404-4848 x3 >>>> >>>> * Listen to the latest headlines in the JSF and Java EE newscast: >>>> http://blogs.jsfcentral.com/roller/editorsdesk/category/JSF+and+Java+EE+Newscast >>>> * See you at JAX and JSF Summit 2010 June 20-23rd in San Jose: >>>> http://jaxconf.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Stephen Connolly < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Just a quick question as I am doing some research. >>>>> >>>>> I cannot remember (and my google searches are just turning up far far >>>>> too >>>>> much noize) whether it is possible to server content directly from jars >>>>> on >>>>> the classpath rather than only from the wars. >>>>> >>>>> I'm thinking of a case where you might have a plugin mechanism, or a >>>>> core >>>>> functionality and you want to be able to merge that into your web >>>>> application without expanding the jar file as a war overlay. >>>>> >>>>> I cannot recall if I only dreamt reading that you could do the >>>>> following, or >>>>> if you actually can. >>>>> >>>>> Jar would look something like: >>>>> >>>>> / >>>>> com >>>>> somecompany >>>>> ... >>>>> META-INF >>>>> faces-config.xml >>>>> content >>>>> plugin.xhtml >>>>> >>>>> And then if the webapp had that jar on the classpath, a request for >>>>> /contextRoot/plugin.xhtml would server the content from the jar file >>>>> and not >>>>> bomb out because the file does not exist in the war file itself. >>>>> >>>>> -Stephen >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
