SWF + Primefaces repeat context Path in URL and AJAX not work

Question

the project is developed in Spring 3, Spring web flow 2.3, Spring security 3 and Primefaces 3.2. When I use dispatcher servlet of JSF2 the view reload with AJAX perfectly and I can use tag h:link. But since I use dispatcher servlet from SWF I have started to have problem in two cases above.

For example, when I use h:link tag and its attribute outcome="listActivities, the result is href="WEB-INF/views/WEB-INF/views/listActivities.xhtml". I have could this problem using h:outputlink tag, because the result is href="listActivities" and I have configured SWF for to use UrlBasedViewResolver.

In the case using AJAX then the app not working and the message is serverError: class com.sun.faces.context.FacesFileNotFoundException /WEB-INF/views/WEB-INF/views/comunes/registro.xhtml Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource. The same problem that using h:link.

web.xml

 <!-- Extensión por defecto para el uso de Facelets -->

<context-param>
  <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
  <param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
</context-param>

<context-param>
  <param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name>
  <param-value>Development</param-value>
</context-param>


<!-- Archivo de configuración de Spring -->

<context-param>
  <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
  <param-value>/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml</param-value>
</context-param>

<filter>
    <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

  <filter>
   <filter-name>charEncodingFilter</filter-name>
   <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-class>
  <init-param>
    <param-name>encoding</param-name>
    <param-value>UTF-8</param-value>
  </init-param>
  <init-param>
    <param-name>forceEncoding</param-name>
    <param-value>true</param-value>
  </init-param>
  </filter>
  <filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>charEncodingFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
  </filter-mapping>

  <!-- Carga el spring web application context -->

  <listener>
    <listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>
  </listener>

 <listener>
   <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-..
 </listener>

  <listener>
    <listener-class>
      org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextListener
    </listener-class>
  </listener>

    <!-- Servlet para los recursos de la aplicación -->

   <servlet>
 <servlet-name>Resources Servlet</servlet-name>
 <servlet-class>org.springframework.js.resource.ResourceServlet</servlet-class>
 <load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup>
   </servlet>

   <servlet-mapping>
 <servlet-name>Resources Servlet</servlet-name>
 <url-pattern>/resources/*</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>

   <!-- FronController de la aplicación, maneja todas las request -->

  <servlet>
<servlet-name>Spring MVC Dispatcher Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
    <param-value></param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Spring MVC Dispatcher Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/spring/*</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

<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>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

webflow-config.xml

<!-- Configuración Spring webflow para JSF 2 -->


<bean id="flowController"
           class="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.servlet.FlowController">  
      <property name="flowExecutor" ref="flowExecutor"/>  
    </bean>  


<!-- Configure Web Flow to be able to recognize JSF 2 Ajax requests -->

<bean class="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.servlet.FlowHandlerAdapter">
    <property name="flowExecutor" ref="flowExecutor" />
    <property name="ajaxHandler">
        <bean class="org.springframework.faces.webflow.JsfAjaxHandler"/>
    </property>
</bean>

<!-- Executes flows: the central entry point into the Spring Web Flow system -->

<webflow:flow-executor id="flowExecutor">
    <webflow:flow-execution-listeners>
        <webflow:listener ref="facesContextListener"/>
        <webflow:listener ref="securityFlowExecutionListener" />
    </webflow:flow-execution-listeners>
    <webflow:flow-execution-attributes>
        <webflow:redirect-in-same-state value="false"/>
    </webflow:flow-execution-attributes>
</webflow:flow-executor>

<!-- The registry of executable flow definitions -->

<webflow:flow-registry id="flowRegistry" 
          flow-builder-services="facesFlowBuilderServices" base-path="/WEB-INF/flows">
    <webflow:flow-location-pattern value="/**/*-flow.xml" />
</webflow:flow-registry>

<!-- Configures the Spring Web Flow JSF integration -->

<faces:flow-builder-services id="facesFlowBuilderServices" development="true" />

<!-- Installs a listener that creates and releases the FacesContext for 
            each request. -->

<bean id="facesContextListener"
         class="org.springframework.faces.webflow.FlowFacesContextLifecycleListener"/>

<!-- Installs a listener to apply Spring Security authorities -->

<bean id="securityFlowExecutionListener"
         class="org.springframework.webflow.security.SecurityFlowExecutionListener" />


    <!-- configuración MVC para JSF 2 -->

<faces:resources/>

<!-- Dispatches requests mapped to flows to FlowHandler implementations -->

<bean class="org.springframework.faces.webflow.JsfFlowHandlerAdapter">
    <property name="flowExecutor" ref="flowExecutor" />
</bean>

<!-- Maps request paths to flows in the flowRegistry -->

<bean class="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.servlet.FlowHandlerMapping">
    <property name="order" value="1"/>
    <property name="flowRegistry" ref="flowRegistry" />
    <!-- If no flow match, map path to a view to render; e.g. the "/intro" path 
             would map to the view named "intro"    -->
    <property name="defaultHandler">
<bean  class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.UrlFilenameViewController" />
    </property>
</bean>

<!-- Maps logical view names to Facelet templates in /WEB-INF (e.g. 'search' to 
     '/WEB-INF/search.xhtml' -->

<bean id="faceletsViewResolver" 
          class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.UrlBasedViewResolver">
    <property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.faces.mvc.JsfView"/>
    <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/views/" />
    <property name="suffix" value=".xhtml" />
</bean>

<!-- Dispatches requests mapped to org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.Controller
         implementations -->

<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter" />
   </beans>

partial code view

    <ui:define name="content">
    <div class="registroUsuario">
    <h:form id="registroForm">
        <h:panelGrid columns="3">

    <h:outputLabel for="distrito" value="Distrito" styleClass="labelInput" />

    <h:selectOneMenu id="distrito" required="true" requiredMessage="Debe seleccionar un
       distrito" value="#{registro.idDistrito}" title="Seleccione su distrito">

     <f:selectItem itemLabel="Seleccione distrito" itemValue="0"
              noSelectionOption="true"></f:selectItem>
    <f:selectItems var="distrito" value="#{registro.distritos}" itemLabel="#
          {distrito.nombre}" itemValue="#{distrito.idDistrito}">
    </f:selectItems>

    <f:ajax update="barrio calle messageDistrito" render="barrio calle messageDistrito" 
          listener="#{registro.updateBarrio}" event="blur" />

    <f:validateBean for="idDistrito" />
    </h:selectOneMenu>

      <h:message id="messageDistrito" for="distrito" styleClass="messageError" />           

    <h:outputLabel for="barrio" value="Barrio" styleClass="labelInput" />
    <h:selectOneMenu id="barrio" effect="fade" required="true" requiredMessage="Debe
     seleccionar un barrio" value="#{registro.idBarrio}" title="Seleccione su barrio ">

  <f:selectItem itemLabel="Seleccione barrio" itemValue="0" noSelectionOption="true" />     

<f:selectItems var="barrio" value="#{registro.barrios}" itemLabel="#{barrio.nombre}"
               itemValue="#{barrio.idBarrio}">
</f:selectItems>

<f:ajax render="calle messageBarrio" listener="#{registro.updateCalle}" 
         event="valueChange" />
<f:validateBean for="idBarrio" />
</h:selectOneMenu>
<h:message id="messageBarrio" for="barrio" styleClass="messageError" />

The problem detected are: When I specific in URL /spring/.....

1- f:ajax tag dont call to the method in listener attribute but "reload" view and Second point occurs.

2- Repeat context path in URL /WEB-INF/views/WEB-INF/views/ this occurs when I use h:link tag or I change value in a h:selectOneMenu.

3- h:comammdbuton not working, listener attribute dont call to the method.

When I use in URL /faces/...... The above steps work fine.

Why occurs this behaviour?

Kind regards.

What king of tags are you using to define the scope of your beans? if you are using JSF tags try to change to spring mvc tags. — IturPablo
Really, I am use JSF tags.Finally, I have had to advance in the project and unfortunately I have deprecated SWF, but I will remember for next time. Thank you very much. — Rafael Ruiz Tabares

Jasper Vandaele Jasper Vandaele · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-01T17:23:35

The prefix in your faceletsViewResolver must be set to

<property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/" />

and your *.xhtml files should go into the same folder as your flow definition

SWF + Primefaces repeat context Path in URL and AJAX not work

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