is there any example code you know of that you could share? And can I have a pony?
;-) On 4 March 2011 16:56, Kito Mann <kito.m...@virtua.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> and if this/these .xhtml file(s) are actually facelets pages... will that >> work? > > > Yep. > >> >> >> On 4 March 2011 16:54, Kito Mann <kito.m...@virtua.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello Stephen, >>> >>> With JSF 2, you can use the resource handling mechanism to load resources >>> from META-INF/resources -- this works for composite components, images, etc. >>> If you want to serve .xhtml files from a JAR, you need to write a custom >>> ResourceResolver, which is a trivial exercise. See: >>> http://ocpsoft.com/opensource/create-common-facelets-jar/. >>> --- >>> Kito D. Mann | twitter: kito99 | Author, JSF in Action >>> Virtua, Inc. | http://www.virtua.com | JSF/Java EE training and >>> consulting >>> http://www.JSFCentral.com - JavaServer Faces FAQ, news, and info | >>> twitter: jsfcentral >>> +1 203-404-4848 x3 >>> >>> * Listen to the latest headlines in the JSF and Java EE newscast: >>> http://blogs.jsfcentral.com/roller/editorsdesk/category/JSF+and+Java+EE+Newscast >>> * See you at JAX and JSF Summit 2010 June 20-23rd in San Jose: >>> http://jaxconf.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Stephen Connolly < >>> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Just a quick question as I am doing some research. >>>> >>>> I cannot remember (and my google searches are just turning up far far >>>> too >>>> much noize) whether it is possible to server content directly from jars >>>> on >>>> the classpath rather than only from the wars. >>>> >>>> I'm thinking of a case where you might have a plugin mechanism, or a >>>> core >>>> functionality and you want to be able to merge that into your web >>>> application without expanding the jar file as a war overlay. >>>> >>>> I cannot recall if I only dreamt reading that you could do the >>>> following, or >>>> if you actually can. >>>> >>>> Jar would look something like: >>>> >>>> / >>>> com >>>> somecompany >>>> ... >>>> META-INF >>>> faces-config.xml >>>> content >>>> plugin.xhtml >>>> >>>> And then if the webapp had that jar on the classpath, a request for >>>> /contextRoot/plugin.xhtml would server the content from the jar file and >>>> not >>>> bomb out because the file does not exist in the war file itself. >>>> >>>> -Stephen >>>> >>> >>> >> >
