Support for JSF 2.1/2.0 on Java EE 6 Container

[saravanan-kandaswamy]

Hi,

I am trying to use the Bootsfaces for my sample JSF application which is using JSF 2.1. When i try to use the b:image, i ran into runtime error. As per the documentation.

BootsFaces is targeted at Java EE 6/7 and requires a Java 1.6 or later VM.
JSF 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 are supported.
BootsFaces supports Oracle Mojarra 2.2+ and Apache MyFaces 2.2+

Could you please tell me is Bootsfaces is compatible to be used for JSF 2.1/JSF 2.0 for Java EE 6 ?
If yes what will be known set of limitations.

Thanks in Advance.

Saravanan K

[chongma]

Could you post the error you are getting? If it is a sample application is the code on GitHub so we can see it? BootsFaces should support jsf versions as specified in the docs

[saravanan-kandaswamy]

I am trying to use the https://github.com/TheCoder4eu/BootsFacesWeb.git code to deploy in JBoss EAP 6.2 GA. (which is Java EE 6 compatible).

the build is successful, when I try to deploy its goes fine, when i try to access the page which has <b:image JSF tag in it, i am getting the following error.

I know that the code base which is getting referred is from JSF 2.2, since the docs are referring that it will be compatible with JSF 2.0/2.1/2.2.

Wanted to know if there are any alternatives

Log:
13:05:13,159 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/BootsFacesWeb].[Faces Servlet]] (http-/127.0.0.1:8080-1) JBWEB000236: Servlet.service() for servlet Faces Servlet threw exception: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.faces.application.ResourceHandler.isResourceURL(Ljava/lang/String;)Z
at net.bootsfaces.component.image.ImageRenderer.getImageSource(ImageRenderer.java:122) [bootsfaces-1.2.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:1.2.1-SNAPSHOT]
at net.bootsfaces.component.image.ImageRenderer.encodeBegin(ImageRenderer.java:65) [bootsfaces-1.2.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:1.2.1-SNAPSHOT]
at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeBegin(UIComponentBase.java:826) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1777) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1782) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1782) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1782) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1782) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1782) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
at com.sun.faces.application.view.FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.renderView(FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.java:439) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
at com.sun.faces.application.view.MultiViewHandler.renderView(MultiViewHandler.java:124) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
at javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:286) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:120) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:101) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:594) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:295) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:149) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.jboss.as.web.security.SecurityContextAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityContextAssociationValve.java:169) [jboss-as-web-7.3.0.Final-redhat-14.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-14]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:145) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:97) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:102) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:336) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:653) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:920) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744) [rt.jar:1.7.0_51]

[chongma]

i thought the BootsFacesWeb showcase imported its own Faces library dependencies in the pom.xml? depending on which profile you choose... also i just realised this bug is posted in the BootsFaces-OSP instead of BootsFacesWeb https://github.com/TheCoder4eu/BootsFacesWeb project?

[saravanan-kandaswamy]

BootsFaceWeb Project uses BootsFaces-OSP binaries for it to be executed, I can replicate the same using the Helloworld example with <b:image tag in it which has the JSF 2.1/2.0 dependency. The POM file i have modified with JSF 2.1 with that i ran into the above issue.

<dependency>
			<groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId>
			<artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId>
			<version>2.1.0</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
                  <dependency>
			<groupId>net.bootsfaces</groupId>
			<artifactId>bootsfaces</artifactId>
			<version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
		</dependency>

Need to know if BootsFaces-OSP supports JSF 2.1/2.0.

[stephanrauh]

I've just looked it up: in theory, the method that's reported missing should be available since JSF 2.0.

[stephanrauh]

@chongma I think the issue shouldn't be moved to the BootsFacesWeb project. If it's a bug, it's not caused by the showcase but by the core library. As least that's what my gut feeling tells me.

[stephanrauh]

@saravanan-kandaswamy I believe you've already seen it, but just for the sake of completeness: did you eliminate the jsf-impl.jar and the jsf-api.jar from the pom.xml? Both libraries are provided by JBoss, so it's not a good idea to include a second copy with the class path.

[saravanan-kandaswamy]

I havent removed those Jars from POM.xml. I have just reduced the version from 2.2 to 2.0. With that i have built the BootfacesWeb project and deployed. JBoss EAP 6.2 supports only JSF 2.0. Hence I am running into this error.

The real question is Bootfaces supports JSF 2.0/2.1?

[stephanrauh]

@TheCoder4eu Do we still support JSF 2.0? And what about JSF 2.1?

[chongma]

i would say that if JSF 2.0 or 2.1 do not contain the function javax.faces.application.ResourceHandler.isResourceURL that the answer is no.

[stephanrauh]

It seems we've lost compatiblity to JSF 2.0 and 2.1 already in August 2015.

So I suggest giving up this compatibility officially in order to benefit from the new features of JSF 2.2.