Building JSF from source

Thanks. Should I be able to build by just checking out the JSF_1_1_ROLLING branch? I'm running in to a lot of build problems.

Here is my current setup.

1. Checked out the JSF_1_1_ROLLING branch

- had some trouble with "\jsf-ri\src\com\sun\faces\taglib\htmlbasic"

- received this error: Input_TextAreaTag.java,v is ambiguous; could mean Input_TextareaTag.java,v or Input_TextAreaTag.java

- worked around the error for now.

2. Installed Tomcat 5.5x

3. Setup the Tomcat 5.5x specific build.properties file by specifing:

- jsf.build.home

- container.home

- dependency.base.dir

4. Installed all fo the dependency jars to the dependency.base.dir.

5. Installed the correct version of Ant

6. ran ant from the base directory.

The first build error I encountered was from "\jsf-ri\build.xml" line 148:

<copy file="${build.generate.tld.dir}/html_basic.tld"

toDir="${build.classes.dir}/META-INF"/>

The file "html_basic.tld" does not exist. Looking for it in CVS, it in "jsf-ri\conf\share" it does not exist and according to CVS history, the file is in the attic.

So, to proceed, I commented out this line in build script. The next error I get is an xslt error in the same build.xml. It fails xslt translation here:

<xslt in="${build.dir}/classes/com/sun/faces/standard-html-renderkit.xml"

out="merged.xml"

style="conf/xslt/merge-config.xsl">

<xmlcatalog id="facesDTDs">

<dtd publicId="-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.1//EN"

location="${build.dir}/classes/com/sun/faces/web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd"/>

<dtd publicId="-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.0//EN"

location="${build.dir}/classes/com/sun/faces/web-facesconfig_1_0.dtd"/>

</xmlcatalog>

</xslt>

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Noah

jsfnoaha at 2007-7-13 2:49:37 >

Yes, jsf-tools was in my source tree. I decided to run ant from just jsf-tools and discovered I had a problem with my "jsf.build.home". It was set like this:

jsf.build.home=C:\javaserverfaces-sources

I changed it to this:

jsf.build.home=C:/javaserverfaces-sources

This fixed my problem with the "html_basic.tld" not being found. Thanks for the help on this.

Now I am left with one remaining problem during the xslt of the standard-html-renderkit.xml. Here is my full error:

create.runtime.config:

[xslt] Processing C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\build\classes\com\sun\faces\standard-html-renderkit.xml to C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\merged.xml

[xslt] Loading stylesheet C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\conf\xslt\merge-config.xsl

[xslt] C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/conf/xslt/merge-config.xsl:0:0: Fatal Error! java.lang.NullPointerException Cause: java.lang.NullPointerException

[xslt] Failed to process C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\build\classes\com\sun\faces\standard-html-renderkit.xml

BUILD FAILED

C:\javaserverfaces-sources\build.xml:61: The following error occurred while executing this line:

C:\javaserverfaces-sources\build.xml:32: The following error occurred while executing this line:

C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\build.xml:305: Fatal error during transformation

jsfnoaha at 2007-7-13 2:49:37 >

Here is some more information. I ran ant with the "-debug" argument and got this information about the error:

create.runtime.config:

Could not load a dependent class (junit/framework/TestListener) for type junit

Adding reference: facesDTDs

[xslt] Using class org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.TraXLiaison

[xslt] In file C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\build\classes\com\sun\faces\standard-html-renderkit.xml time: 1138854592792

[xslt] Out file C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\merged.xml time: 0

[xslt] Style file conf/xslt/merge-config.xsl time: 1092762322000

[xslt] Processing C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\build\classes\com\sun\faces\standard-html-renderkit.xml to C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\merged.xml

[xslt] Loading stylesheet C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\conf\xslt\merge-config.xsl

resolveEntity: 'null': 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/standard-html-renderkit-impl.xml'

Class org.apache.tools.ant.types.resolver.ApacheCatalogResolver loaded from parent loader (parentFirst)

Apache resolver library found, xml-commons resolver will be used

Using catalogpath ''

No matching catalog entry found, parser will use: 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/standard-html-renderkit-impl.xml'

resolveEntity: '-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.1//EN': 'http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd'

Matching catalog entry found for publicId: '-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.1//EN' location: 'build/classes/com/sun/faces/web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd'

fileName C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\build\classes\com\sun\faces\web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd

catalog entry matched a readable file: 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd'

resolveEntity: 'null': 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/uicolumn-props.xml'

No matching catalog entry found, parser will use: 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/uicolumn-props.xml'

resolveEntity: 'null': 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/uicomponent-props.xml'

No matching catalog entry found, parser will use: 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/uicomponent-props.xml'

resolveEntity: 'null': 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/uicommand-props.xml'

...

...

...

No matching catalog entry found, parser will use: 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/focus-attrs.xml'

resolveEntity: 'null': 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/i18n-attrs.xml'

No matching catalog entry found, parser will use: 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/i18n-attrs.xml'

resolveEntity: 'null': 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/input-attrs.xml'

No matching catalog entry found, parser will use: 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/input-attrs.xml'

resolveEntity: 'null': 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/selectone-radio-attrs.xml'

No matching catalog entry found, parser will use: 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/selectone-radio-attrs.xml'

resolve: '../../build/classes/com/sun/faces/jsf-ri-config.xml' with base: 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/conf/xslt/merge-config.xsl'

resolveEntity: '-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.1//EN': 'http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd'

Matching catalog entry found for publicId: '-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.1//EN' location: 'build/classes/com/sun/faces/web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd'

fileName C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\build\classes\com\sun\faces\web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd

catalog entry matched a readable file: 'file:///C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/build/classes/com/sun/faces/web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd'

[xslt] C:/javaserverfaces-sources/jsf-ri/conf/xslt/merge-config.xsl:0:0: Fatal Error! java.lang.NullPointerException Cause: java.lang.NullPointerException

[xslt] Failed to process C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\build\classes\com\sun\faces\standard-html-renderkit.xml

[subant] Exiting C:\javaserverfaces-sources\jsf-ri\build.xml.

jsfnoaha at 2007-7-13 2:49:37 >

In my continued effort to debug the xslt step in the jsf-ri build.xml, I decided to load "standard-html-renderkit.xml" in a JUnit test to figure out if the problem is with the entity resolution or the XSL Translation. I found that the entity resolution is fine.

When I try to perform the XSLT in my JUnit test, I get this error:

[Fatal Error] :1:95: White spaces are required between publicId and systemId.

Error: javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.jdom.IllegalNameException: The name "" is not legal for JDOM/XML namespaces: Namespace URIs must be non-null and non-empty Strings.

Any ideas? (I am trying to build the JSF_1_1_ROLLING branch)

jsfnoaha at 2007-7-13 2:49:37 >