Use this task to specify which JavaServer Faces implementation
to use. You can use Apache MyFaces 2.0 or the SUN Reference Implementation
1.2 of JSF, or your own implementation.
Before you begin
Ensure that your application is configured for JavaServer
Faces (JSF) using the specific
web.xml context
parameters for the implementation that you have chosen.
Attention: The JSF implementation is a server-wide configuration
setting. Thus, if you have multiple applications which require different
JSF implementations, you must separate the applications into different
application servers or clusters, and specify the implementation by
following the steps in this topic for each application server or cluster.
Alternatively, you can use an isolated shared library, as described
for third-party JSF implementations, as follows.
About this task
For transitioning users: The Application
Server JSF engine determines if the SUN Reference Implementation (RI)
1.2 or Apache MyFaces 2.0 is used from the Application Server run
time. If either is used, the correct listener class is registered
with the web container. You do not need to add the com.sun.faces.ConfigureListener
or the org.apache.myfaces.StartupConfigureListener to your
web.xml file.
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Be Aware: If you want to use a third-party
JSF implementation that is not shipped with the product, then:
- Keep the configuration set to MyFaces.
- Add the third-party listener to the web.xml file
that is required.
- Add the third-party implementation Java archive
(JAR) files to the application as an isolated shared library and associate
it with your application.
You can also configure the JSF implementation on
the Provide JSP reloading options for web modules panel for application
installation and update wizards.
Procedure
Configure the server or cluster to use the JSF implementation
that you want. You can do this task using the administrative console
or the wsadmin tool.
- In the administrative console panel, click
Select
one of the following implementations:
- Sun Reference Implementation 1.2 - Select this option to use the
Sun Reference Implementation 1.2 JSF implementation.
- MyFaces 2.0 - Select this option to use the MyFaces 2.0 JSF implementation.
This option is the default JSF implementation.
- Using the wsadmin tool:
- An example of setting a single server to use the Sun RI 1.2 JSF
implementation:
wsadmin>set server [$AdminConfig list ApplicationServer *server1*]
server1(cells/myNode01Cell/nodes/myNode01/servers/server1|server.xml#ApplicationServer_1183122130078)
wsadmin>$AdminConfig modify $server {{jsfProvider SunRi1.2}}
wsadmin>$AdminConfig save
- An example of setting a cluster to use the MyFaces 2.0 JSF implementation:
wsadmin>set cluster [$AdminConfig list ServerCluster]
cluster1(cells/myNode01Cell/nodes/myNode01/clusters/cluster1|cluster.xml#ServerCluster_1173916133721)
wsadmin>$AdminConfig modify $cluster {{jsfProvider MyFaces}}
wsadmin>$AdminConfig save
Results
Avoid trouble: Your application server
or cluster has now been configured with the JSF implementation you
specified. Any application that uses JSF technology uses that implementation,
unless it is associated with an isolated shared library that contains
a different implementation.
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What to do next
Configure JSF engine parameters as necessary.