Access JSF Pages within WEB-INF directory

Question

Hi,
I am generating a project using JHeadstart 10.1.3
with the default setting for the UI Pages directory (/WEB-INF/page).
This means that the generated pages are placed in the page directory
within the WEB-INF directory.
The generated pages use ADF Faces and the problem is that I can't
get access to the pages in the WEB-INF directory
When I try to deploy to OC4J standalone, the pages in the WEB-INF directory
are not accessible.
I read that I have to construct a index.jspx file that forwards to
the first page (Home.jspx)
This is my index.jspx:
<jsp:root xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page" version="2.0">
<jsp:scriptlet> request.getRequestDispatcher("WEB-INF/page/Home.jspx").forward(request,response);
</jsp:scriptlet>
</jsp:root>
This works, but I now have the problem of not getting a valid FacesContext:
500 Internal Server Error
javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: Cannot find FacesContext
at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentTag.doStartTag(UIComponentTag.java:405)
at com.sun.faces.taglib.jsf_core.ViewTag.doStartTag(ViewTag.java:105)
at web2d_inf._page._Home_jspx._jspService(_Home_jspx.java:100)
[SRC:/WEB-INF/page/Home.jspx:9]
at com.orionserver[Oracle Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.3.0.0) ].http.OrionHttpJspPage.service(OrionHttpJspPage.java:59)
at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspPageTable.compileAndServe(JspPageTable.java:662)
at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspPageTable.service(JspPageTable.java:370)
at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspServlet.internalService(JspServlet.java:478)
etc. etc.
What is the required way of setting up the forward (and having a valid FacesContext)?
I know that this is a JHeadstart problem, but maybe you guys know how to solve it.
Part of my web.xml:
<description>Empty web.xml file for Web Application</description>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>client</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml,/WEB-INF/custom-faces-config.xml,/WEB-INF/JhsCommon-beans.xml,/WEB-INF/AppModule-Breadcrumb-beans.xml,/WEB-INF/Bpas-beans.xml,/WEB-INF/BpasLookup-beans.xml,/WEB-INF/GroupsLookup-beans.xml,/WEB-INF/PersonsLookup-beans.xml,/WEB-INF/OrganizationsLookup-beans.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>CpxFileName</param-name>
<param-value>sumawest.view.DataBindings</param-value>
</context-param>
<filter>
<filter-name>adfFaces</filter-name>
<filter-class>oracle.adf.view.faces.webapp.AdfFacesFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter>
<filter-name>adfBindings</filter-name>
<filter-class>oracle.adf.model.servlet.ADFBindingFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>adfFaces</filter-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>adfFaces</filter-name>
<url-pattern>*.jspx</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>adfFaces</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>adfBindings</filter-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>adfBindings</filter-name>
<url-pattern>*.jspx</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>adfBindings</filter-name>
<servlet-name>ordDeliverMedia</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>ordDeliverMedia</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>oracle.ord.html.OrdPlayMediaServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>releaseMode</param-name>
<param-value>Stateful</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>resources</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>oracle.adf.view.faces.webapp.ResourceServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>ordDeliverMedia</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>ordDeliverMedia</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>resources</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/adf/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<session-config>
<session-timeout>35</session-timeout>
</session-config>
<mime-mapping>
<extension>html</extension>
<mime-type>text/html</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>
<mime-mapping>
<extension>txt</extension>
<mime-type>text/plain</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jspx</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>

Answer 1

I do something similar in my index.jspx file - but I needed to add "faces" to the url path. This will have the faces servlet process it and setup the faces context.
Have you tried changing
request.getRequestDispatcher("WEB-INF/page/Home.jspx").forward(request,response);to
request.getRequestDispatcher("faces/WEB-INF/page/Home.jspx").forward(request,response);