Configuring for Facelets

Configuring for Facelets

To configure TimeZone to support Facelets, we need to modify both the deployment descriptor (web.xml or web_myfaces.xml) and the JavaServer Faces configuration file (faces-config.xml).

1. Add a context parameter to the deployment descriptor file (web.xml or web_myfaces.xml), to inform the application server that the default file extension for Facelets is .xhtml, since some application servers assume .jsp or .jspx extensions.
<context-param>
 
		<param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
 
		<param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
 
</context-param>
 
2. For development purposes, add a context parameter to the deployment descriptor file, to enable Facelets debug logging.
<context-param>
 
		<param-name>facelets.DEVELOPMENT</param-name>
 
		<param-value>true</param-value>
 
</context-param>
 
3. Enable some strict verifications in JSF, by adding these context parameters to the deployment descriptor file.
<context-param>
 
		<param-name>com.sun.faces.validateXml</param-name>
 
		<param-value>true</param-value>
 
		<description>
 
				Set this flag to true, if you want the JavaServer Faces Reference
 
				Implementation to validate the XML in your faces-config.xml 
resources
 
				against the DTD. Default value is false.
 
		</description>
 
</context-param>
 

 
<context-param>
 
		<param-name>com.sun.faces.verifyObjects</param-name>
 
		<param-value>true</param-value>
 
		<description>
 
				Set this flag to true, if you want the JavaServer Faces Reference 
 
				Implementation to verify that all of the application objects you 
have 
 
				configured (components, converters, renderers, and validators) can 
be 
 
				successfully created. Default value is false.
 
		</description>
 
</context-param>
 

 
4. Set the application view handler in the JavaServer Faces configuration file (faces-config.xml).
<application>
 
		<view-handler>
 
				com.icesoft.faces.facelets.D2DFaceletViewHandler
 
		</view-handler>
 
</application>
 

 