*.jsf extension problem
I am trying to create a simple jsf application.I have made the basic configurations in the web.xml and faces-config.xml.
Everything works ok if the extension of my files is *.jsp. When I change it to *.jsf I have a problem.
I have a start.jsf page with the following code:
<jsp:forward page="/index.jsf"/>
My web.xml is <web-app id="WebApp_9" version="2.4" 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">
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
<param-value>*.jsf</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>*.jsf</url-pattern>
<url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>start.jsf</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
If my start.jsf has a simple hello inside everything works ok. When I am adding the jsp:forward tag it says that it cannot find the Faces Context.
What I cannot understand is why I have to add <servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
in my web.xml? Since I am adding this one also?<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
<url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
