Jsf filter.....why doesn't start????????

Question

Hi guys,
excuse me if i repeat a my old post,but now i have more clear ideas about problems.
I've developed an authorization filter in my jsf application that when a page is loaded try to find a visit object in the session,if it doesn't find show login page.
It's simple as concept,but in my application my filter doesn't start!
Can you help me?
My filter is very simple
package giu;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class AuthorizationFilter implements Filter
  FilterConfig config = null;
  ServletContext servletContext = null;
  public AuthorizationFilter()
  public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException
    config = filterConfig;
    servletContext = config.getServletContext();
  public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response,
                       FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException
    Utils.log(servletContext, "Inside the filter");
    HttpServletRequest httpRequest = (HttpServletRequest)request;
    HttpServletResponse httpResponse = (HttpServletResponse)response;
    HttpSession session = httpRequest.getSession();
    String requestPath = httpRequest.getPathInfo();
    Visit visit = (Visit)session.getAttribute("visit");
    if (visit == null)
      session.setAttribute("originalTreeId", httpRequest.getPathInfo());
      Utils.log(servletContext, "redirecting to " + httpRequest.getContextPath() +
                "/faces/Login.jsp");
      httpResponse.sendRedirect(httpRequest.getContextPath() +
                "/faces/Login.jsp");
    else
      session.removeAttribute("originalTreeId");
      String role = visit.getUser().getRole();    }
    Utils.log(servletContext, "Exiting the filter");
  public void destroy()
}my Login.jsp and index.jsp pages are in WebContent folder,while the other pages are in the Webcontent/protected.
What i miss?
Here is my web.xml, i thing the error is here,it's how filter doesn't intercept the requests...can you help me?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
                         "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
<web-app>
<context-param>
  <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
  <param-value>client</param-value>
</context-param>
<filter>
  <filter-name>AuthorizationFilter</filter-name>
  <filter-class>giu.AuthorizationFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
  <filter-name>AuthorizationFilter</filter-name>
  <url-pattern>/faces/protected/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<servlet>
  <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name>
  <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
  <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name>
  <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name>
  <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
  <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<resource-ref>
  <description>DB Connection</description>
  <res-ref-name>jdbc/nomedb</res-ref-name>
  <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
  <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>
</web-app>and index.jsp
<jsp:forward page="/Login.jsf"/>

Answer 1

Your web.xml looks fine. If it hasn't worked yet, try this.
1)
    <filter>
        <filter-name>AuthorizationFilter</filter-name>
        <filter-class>giu.AuthorizationFilter</filter-class>
    </filter>
    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>AuthorizationFilter</filter-name>
        <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name>
    </filter-mapping>2) Modify your filter code to check for /faces/protected/*