Upgrade from JSF 1.1 to JSF 1.2 (Mojarra and MyFaces) failed.

Question

Dear all,
I tried to upgrade from JSF 1.1 to JSF 1.2 but failed. The application starts OK in jsf 1.1 both myfaces and RI, but failed to start using JSF 1.2.
My environment is as follows.
- JDK 1.5
- Tomcat 6.0
- Facelet
- JSF Mojarra 1.2
The error is as follows, occurs when starting tomcat (my application is in context /web)
INFO: Initializing Sun's JavaServer Faces implementation (1.2_01-b04-FCS) for context '/web'
Feb 12, 2009 10:39:40 AM com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener contextInitialized
INFO: Completed initializing Sun's JavaServer Faces implementation (1.2_01-b04-FCS) for context '/web'
Feb 12, 2009 10:39:40 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Feb 12, 2009 10:39:40 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [web] startup failed due to previous errors
What I have included in WEB-INF/lib are:
- JSTL 1.2 (standard.jar and jstl.jar)
- JSF mojarra 1.2 (jsf-api.jar and jsf-impl.jar)
- Facelets( el-api.jar, el-impl.jar, and jsf-facelet.jar)
- commons-digester.jar
- commons-beanutils.jar
- commons-logging.jar
- commons-collection.jar
Documentation that I read from mojarra FAQ states that i need EL, but EL has been included in Facelets.
Am i missing something? The following is the part of web.xml that i used, maybe useful to locate what i am missing.
<web-app xmlns="[http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee]"
xmlns:xsi="[http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance]"
xsi:schemaLocation="[http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee] [http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd]"
version="2.4">
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
<param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- Special Debug Output for Development -->
<context-param>
<param-name>facelets.DEVELOPMENT</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- Optional JSF-RI Parameters to Help Debug -->
<context-param>
<param-name>com.sun.faces.validateXml</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>com.sun.faces.verifyObjects</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</context-param>
<!--use this if start using JSF 1.2 -->
<context-param>
<param-name>com.sun.faces.injectionProvider</param-name>
<param-value>com.sun.faces.vendor.GlassFishInjectionProvider</param-value>
</context-param>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>faces</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup>
</servlet

Answer 1

Hi BalusC,
Thank you for your time answering my question.
For the first point, you were right. Now I have downloaded the latest Mojarra release.
As for the case of web.xml, i should mentioned that I have tried declaring it as Servlet API 2.4 and Servlet API 2.5, and still got the error. My web.xml that declares as 2.5 looks as follows:
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaeeweb-app_2_5.xsd"
version="2.5">
On the third point, maybe i stated my problem in a wrong way. What I meant was, I tried each implementation separately, and both implementation did not work.
About Glassfish injection, i followed the step in Mojarra FAQ regarding the following error.
JSF1033: Resource injection is DISABLED
This error showed when i started tomcat. However, since I use the latest Mojarra release, the message error disappear. I have deleted the "glasshfish injection provider" from web.xml, and the error has disappeared.
Here's the latest of my tomcat startup messages (after i replaced the Mojarra libraries, declared as servlet 2.5 in web xml, and removed glassfish injection provider from web.xml).
Feb 18, 2009 9:41:58 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: Loaded APR based Apache Tomcat Native library 1.1.14.
Feb 18, 2009 9:41:58 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: APR capabilities: IPv6 [false], sendfile [true], accept filters [false], random [true].
Feb 18, 2009 9:41:59 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-80
Feb 18, 2009 9:41:59 AM org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-8009
Feb 18, 2009 9:41:59 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 772 ms
Feb 18, 2009 9:41:59 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Feb 18, 2009 9:41:59 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.18
Feb 18, 2009 9:42:01 AM com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener contextInitialized
INFO: Initializing Mojarra (1.2_12-b01-FCS) for context '/web'
Feb 18, 2009 9:42:01 AM com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener contextInitialized
WARNING: JSF1059: WARNING! The com.sun.faces.verifyObjects feature is to aid developers not using tools. It shouldn''t be enabled if using an IDE, or if this application is being deployed for production as it will impact application start times.
Feb 18, 2009 9:42:06 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Feb 18, 2009 9:42:06 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
*SEVERE: Context [web] startup failed due to previous errors*
Feb 18, 2009 9:42:07 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-80
Feb 18, 2009 9:42:07 AM org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-8009
Feb 18, 2009 9:42:07 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 8116 ms
The application still failed to start.There wasnt enough information for me to digest what is actually went wrong, other than SEVERE: Listener start. And let me say this again, the application starts OK when I used JSF 1.1 (Reference Implementation or MyFaces).
Anyone has the same experience.?
Thanks in advance.
Edited by: niner on Feb 17, 2009 7:11 PM