@FacesComponent on shared library

Question

I'm trying to use a custom jsf component on Websphere 8.5. The component class is annotated with @FacesComponent.

The component is on a shared lib jar on the server. I already have an faces-config inside the jar META-INF folder.

If the jar is inside my ear file it works as expected, but when its on a sharedlib it gives me "Undefined component type MyUIActionList" error.

Any ideas on how to make this work?

Answer 1

Web fragment JARs belong in WAR/WEB-INF/lib and absolutely not in EAR/lib nor Server/lib.

See also a.o. chapter 8.1 of Servlet 3.0 specification (emphasis mine):

8.1 Annotations and pluggability

In a web application, classes using annotations will have their annotations processed only if they are located in the WEB-INF/classes directory, or if they are packaged in a jar file located in WEB-INF/lib within the application.

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End of story.