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Separating .xhtml in subfolders

I'm using JSF for my project and I want to separate .xhtml files in subfolders.

My current directory structure is as follows:

webapp/
    resources/
    WEB-INF/ (beans.xml, web.xml)
    faces/ (test.xhtml)
    login.xhtml
    register.xhtml
...

But when I try to access [PROJECT]/faces/test.xhtml it never works. I get a 404 Not Found error with the following description: "/test.xhtml Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource."

The stackOverflow question: Organizing .xhtml files in subfolders has exactly the same problem and still hasn't received any helpful answers regarding this problem.

As an alternative I can also ofcourse use container managed authentication, but I refuse to do so, because it should be possible to just separate views in different subfolders, right?

web.xml:

<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.5"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
  <display-name>Project</display-name>
  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>timeline.xhtml</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>

  <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>

  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

</web-app>
Solution

  • Okayy I solved my problem by removing the following line of code:

      <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

    I don't know why that was a problem though.