Use custom URL extension with JSF

Question

I want to use a custom URL extension for my facelets. Like, let's say, .asdf instead of .xhtml or .jsf.

I added the mapping to my web.xml:

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

The index.asdf is located in WebContent/facelets/common/index.asdf but if I try to access it with the browser (http://localhost:8080/Project/facelets/common/index.asdf)I get the following error message:

HTTP Status 404 - /Project/facelets/common/index.jsp

type Status report

message /Project/facelets/common/index.jsp

description The requested resource is not available.

Apache Tomcat/7.0.39

Note that it says .jsp even though I haven't used the .jsp extension anywhere. Any pointers what's wrong there?

This pointed me in the right direction. Thanks! – mediocre Nov 06 '13 at 15:03 — mediocre, Nov 06 '13 at 15:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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Ok, it looks like I misunderstood some of the basics here. I renamed my files on disk to index.asdf, which I shouldn't have. They should keep the .xhtml extension and only the extension I access them with is the new one. Now everything works as expected. If you want to restrict access to these raw .xhtml files use this https://stackoverflow.com/a/5675913/989919

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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