ADF Bindings Servlet/Filter not invoking Faces Servlet

Question

I'm getting ADF Faces and Facelets working properly with pages written in jspx format, but the Faces Servlet being mapped to jsf format.
The problem I'm getting is while displaying ADF Tables with data retrieved from the database using Toplink and bindings provided by ADF Databindings.
The following is the Web.xml mappings for Faces Servlet and ADF bindings filter:
<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>resources</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/adf/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<filter>
<filter-name>adfBindings</filter-name>
<filter-class>oracle.adf.model.servlet.ADFBindingFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<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>
I'm getting the ADF tables displayed using ADF Bindings, if the faces servlet is mapped for jspx format;but, at the cost of losing Facelets...Facelets is not working with Faces Servlet mapped to jspx format(though written in jspx format, the faces servlet mappping has to be made for jsf format.On the other hand, if I use faces servlet mapping for jsf pages I'm getting Facelets working but ADF Databindings are not working ,(I guess) and hence ADF Faces Tables are not being displayed(I'm getting Access Denied message).
I even tried to change the ADF binding filter mappings
---- from ---- jsp &jspx---- to ----- jsp and jsf ----
But I got the same Access denied message.
I read a similar post on this forum by Mr.Ashish Kumar who said he is using java script and automatic form submission, to refresh the page and that gave him the table working.
as quoted in the post:
af:table displays Access Denied
Why should the page be refreshed at all. I Guess , the Faces Servlet is not being invoked by the ADF Bindings Filter/Servlet, and for this , I suppose , Mr.Ashish is using java script to provide the action required.
And one more thing which that Automatic Refreshing of page using JavaScript cannot do.
Suppose,
I need customised display, rather than just a Table or Form,like:
public String getEmp() {
BindingContainer bindings = getBindings();
OperationBinding operationBinding =
bindings.getOperationBinding("findAllEmp");
Object result = operationBinding.execute();
if (!operationBinding.getErrors().isEmpty()) {
return null;
List<Emp> res=(List<Emp>)result;
for(int i=0;i<res.size();i++)
Emp myrec=res.get(i);
System.out.println("Employee ["+myrec.getEname()+"], Salary ["+myrec.getSal()+"]");
return "";
where I do some customisation in the backing bean.
and I call that method binded to a button as below:
<af:commandButton
text="findAllEmp"
disabled="#{!bindings.findAllEmp.enabled}"
binding="#{backing_Success.commandButton1}"
id="commandButton1"
action="#{backing_Success.getEmp}"/>
What I'm getting is a disabled button.
Why doesn't ADF bindings servlet invoke the faces Servlet?
Can't we make ADF Bindings Servlet invoke Faces Servlet by configuring in the web.xml?
Can't we get ADF Bindings filter mapped to work with jsf pages?
Won't ADF Bindings work with jsf pages, will they work only with jspx pages?
ADF Team,
Please Help me.
Thanking you,
Samba

Answer 1

Hi! Frank,
Thankyou for your Reply.
Yes, Mr.Adam Winer has contributed that library, I guess.
But I already have that adf-facelets.jar in my lib folder ; and with out that the Facelets won't work with ADF faces , in the first place.
I'm getting Facelets working excellently with ADF Faces but I'm not getting ADF Bindings working with Faceletpages.
The thing is even in another application which does not have facelets in it, if we use mapping for jsf pages, ADF Bindings are not working.
I think the ADF bindings filter is configured some where to work with jspx pages only.Could you tell me where to change that entry to make ADF Bindings work with jsf extension?
Thanking you,
Samba.