I have a problem with running JSF 2.0 on AppEngine. I have following index.xhtml
and if I deploy it and open the page, there is nothing but the Title and the page's source code is completely the same as it was written - no changes from <h:head>
to <head>
whatsoever.
index.xhtml
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html">
<h:head>
<title>Title</title>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:inputText value="Text"/>
</h:body>
</html>
appengine-web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<appengine-web-app xmlns="http://appengine.google.com/ns/1.0">
<application>app</application>
<version>1</version>
<sessions-enabled>true</sessions-enabled>
<!-- Configure java.util.logging -->
<system-properties>
<property name="java.util.logging.config.file" value="WEB-INF/logging.properties"/>
</system-properties>
</appengine-web-app>
web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
version="2.5">
<display-name>Task Manager</display-name>
<description>Internal task manager</description>
<!-- Seems like GAE 1.2.6 cannot handle server side session management.
At least for JSF 2.0.1 -->
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>client</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- Recommendation from GAE pages -->
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name>
<param-value>Production</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
<param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- ***** Accommodate Single-Threaded Requirement of Google AppEngine -->
<context-param>
<param-name>com.sun.faces.enableThreading</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- ***** Load the JavaServer Faces Servlet ***** -->
<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>
<!-- ***** Specify session timeout of thirty (30) minutes. ***** -->
<session-config>
<session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
</session-config>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.xhtml</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
Stacktrace after the change
W 2011-06-25 03:13:11.763
EXCEPTION
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet
at com.google.appengine.runtime.Request.process-32c47fe3ad43decc(Request.java)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:266)
at org.mortbay.util.Loader.loadClass(Loader.java:91)
at org.mortbay.util.Loader.loadClass(Loader.java:71)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Holder.doStart(Holder.java:73)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.doStart(ServletHolder.java:242)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:685)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:140)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1250)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:517)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:467)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at com.google.net.rpc.impl.RpcUtil.runRpcInApplication(RpcUtil.java:422)
at com.google.net.rpc.impl.Server$RpcTask.runInContext(Server.java:573)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable$1.run(TraceContext.java:448)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext.runInContext(TraceContext.java:688)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContextNoUnref(TraceContext.java:326)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContext(TraceContext.java:318)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable.run(TraceContext.java:446)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
E 2011-06-25 03:13:11.766
javax.servlet.ServletContext log: unavailable
javax.servlet.UnavailableException: javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Holder.doStart(Holder.java:79)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.doStart(ServletHolder.java:242)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:685)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:140)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1250)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:517)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:467)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.AppVersionHandlerMap.createHandler(AppVersionHandlerMap.java:202)
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.AppVersionHandlerMap.getHandler(AppVersionHandlerMap.java:171)
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.JettyServletEngineAdapter.serviceRequest(JettyServletEngineAdapter.java:123)
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime.handleRequest(JavaRuntime.java:260)
at com.google.apphosting.base.RuntimePb$EvaluationRuntime$2.handleRequest(RuntimePb.java:9673)
at com.google.net.rpc.impl.RpcUtil.runRpcInApplication(RpcUtil.java:422)
at com.google.net.rpc.impl.Server$RpcTask.runInContext(Server.java:573)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable$1.run(TraceContext.java:448)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext.runInContext(TraceContext.java:688)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContextNoUnref(TraceContext.java:326)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContext(TraceContext.java:318)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable.run(TraceContext.java:446)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
W 2011-06-25 03:13:11.768
Failed startup of context com.google.apphosting.utils.jetty.RuntimeAppEngineWebAppContext@11d2066{/,/base/data/home/apps/s~cse-info/1.351380543505614038}
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.lang.Class.isAssignableFrom(Native Method)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.doStart(ServletHolder.java:256)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:685)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:140)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1250)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:517)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:467)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.AppVersionHandlerMap.createHandler(AppVersionHandlerMap.java:202)
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.AppVersionHandlerMap.getHandler(AppVersionHandlerMap.java:171)
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.JettyServletEngineAdapter.serviceRequest(JettyServletEngineAdapter.java:123)
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime.handleRequest(JavaRuntime.java:260)
at com.google.apphosting.base.RuntimePb$EvaluationRuntime$2.handleRequest(RuntimePb.java:9673)
at com.google.net.rpc.impl.RpcUtil.runRpcInApplication(RpcUtil.java:422)
at com.google.net.rpc.impl.Server$RpcTask.runInContext(Server.java:573)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable$1.run(TraceContext.java:448)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext.runInContext(TraceContext.java:688)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContextNoUnref(TraceContext.java:326)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContext(TraceContext.java:318)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable.run(TraceContext.java:446)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
C 2011-06-25 03:13:11.775
Uncaught exception from servlet
javax.servlet.UnavailableException: Initialization failed.
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.AppVersionHandlerMap.createHandler(AppVersionHandlerMap.java:211)
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.AppVersionHandlerMap.getHandler(AppVersionHandlerMap.java:171)
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.JettyServletEngineAdapter.serviceRequest(JettyServletEngineAdapter.java:123)
at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime.handleRequest(JavaRuntime.java:260)
at com.google.apphosting.base.RuntimePb$EvaluationRuntime$2.handleRequest(RuntimePb.java:9673)
at com.google.net.rpc.impl.RpcUtil.runRpcInApplication(RpcUtil.java:422)
at com.google.net.rpc.impl.Server$RpcTask.runInContext(Server.java:573)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable$1.run(TraceContext.java:448)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext.runInContext(TraceContext.java:688)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContextNoUnref(TraceContext.java:326)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContext(TraceContext.java:318)
at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable.run(TraceContext.java:446)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
This typically happens if a request is not handled by the Faces Servlet and has is not specifically about GAE.
What URL did you used to access your page? Since you declared a prefix mapping, you have to insert /faces/ into your URLs, e.g. my.appspot.com/faces/mypage.xhtml.
I would recommend going for suffix mapping and using .xhtml exclusively:
This can happen if the request URL as you've in the browser address bar does not match the URL pattern of the
FacesServlet
as definied inweb.xml
. It's the one responsible for parsing the Facelet file, creating theFacesContext
and doing all the JSF works.You have mapped the
FacesServlet
on/faces/*
, so that means that you've to include/faces/
after the context path in the request URL to get it to run. I.e.Alternatively, you can also change the URL pattern to
so that all XHTML (Facelet) files will be parsed by
FacesServlet
anyway.Check this link for MyFaces and GAE Support. It has some hints about how to setup correctly this environment and if you need more information you can suscribe to MyFaces Users Mailing List. To see a running example using JSF on GAE check this link MyFaces HTML5 Demo