How do I configure JSF url mappings without file extensions?

Question

Most tutorials propose a default JSF configuration similar to the following web.xml:

<context-param>
    <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
    <param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
</context-param>


<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>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
    <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

With this configuration the corresponding *.xhtml files in my webapp are only found by the Faces Servlet if the corresponding URLs ends with the file extension .jsf (e.g. http://localhost/welcome.jsf). Is it possible to configure web.xml so URLs that do not end with .jsf are also processed as JSF pages using the same *.xhtml files?

In other words I would like to have URLs that do not depend on the server side implementation.

Answer 1

You can use Filter to hide this extension and make your URL SEO friendly. One such implementation of Filter is PrettyFaces.

For example: If you need http://host:port/yourapp/login to resolve with your login.xhtml then in pretty filter configure following way

<url-mapping id="login">
    <pattern> /login </pattern>
    <view-id> /legacy/user/login.jsf </view-id>
</url-mapping>

Have a look at two min video tutorial

Answer 2

you can create url mapping like this create faces-config.xml file in WEB-INF folder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<faces-config 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/javaee/web-facesconfig_1_2.xsd"
              version="1.2">

   <navigation-rule>
        <from-view-id>/jsf/demoapp</from-view-id>
        <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>demoapp</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/demoapp.xhtml</to-view-id>
        </navigation-case>
   </navigation-rule>


</faces-config>

in web.xml you have to do 2 entries

    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>jsfServlets</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>jsfServlets</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/jsf/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>