Myfaces 2.0.5. I have been reading the JSF docs on the f:metadata tag..., e.g. http://javaserverfaces.java.net/nonav/docs/2.0/vdldocs/facelets/f/metadata.htmland http://myfaces.apache.org/core20/myfaces-impl/tlddoc-facelets/index.html
I cannot seem to get f:metadata to work, e.g. */WEB-INF/templates/basic.xhtml* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" > <h:head> <ui:insert name="header"/> </h:head> <h:body> <f:view> <ui:insert name="metadata"/> <ui:insert name="content"/> </f:view> </h:body> </html> and then reference that template */test.xhtml* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" template="/WEB-INF/templates/basic.xhtml"> <ui:define name="metadata"> <f:metadata> <f:viewParam name="id"/> </f:metadata> </ui:define> <ui:define name="content"> <h1>The big news stories of the day</h1> </ui:define> </ui:composition> whenever i try to access the test.xhtml view I get the following: *[In Jetty 8.0.0.M2] * HTTP ERROR 500 Problem accessing /test.xhtml. Reason: /test.xhtml at line 8 and column 19 <f:metadata> Parent UIComponent j_id1187866547_41aebe2a should be instance of UIViewRoot Caused by: javax.faces.view.facelets.TagException: /test.xhtml at line 8 and column 19 <f:metadata> Parent UIComponent j_id1187866547_41aebe2a should be instance of UIViewRoot at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.jsf.core.ViewMetadataHandler.apply(ViewMetadataHandler.java:61) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.DefineHandler.applyDefinition(DefineHandler.java:86) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:167) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.TemplateContextImpl$TemplateManagerImpl.apply(TemplateContextImpl.java:128) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.TemplateContextImpl.includeDefinition(TemplateContextImpl.java:92) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeDefinition(DefaultFaceletContext.java:433) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.InsertHandler.apply(InsertHandler.java:93) at javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:51) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.jsf.core.ViewHandler.apply(ViewHandler.java:156) at javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.applyNextHandler(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:59) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentTagHandlerDelegate.apply(ComponentTagHandlerDelegate.java:324) at javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.apply(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:54) at javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:51) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:57) at javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:51) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:45) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:322) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:369) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:347) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeFacelet(DefaultFaceletContext.java:215) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:140) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:57) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:45) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.apply(DefaultFacelet.java:143) at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.FaceletViewDeclarationLanguage.buildView(FaceletViewDeclarationLanguage.java:327) at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RenderResponseExecutor.execute(RenderResponseExecutor.java:66) at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:239) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:191) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:546) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:483) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:119) at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:516) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:230) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:956) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:411) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:188) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:891) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:117) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:247) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:151) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:114) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:353) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:598) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:1059) at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:590) at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:212) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:427) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:510) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.access$000(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:34) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:40) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$2.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:450) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) [In Tomcat 7.0.12] HTTP Status 500 - type Exception report message description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception javax.servlet.ServletException: /test.xhtml at line 8 and column 19 <f:metadata> Parent UIComponent j_id1187866547_41aebe2a should be instance of UIViewRoot javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:205) root cause javax.faces.view.facelets.TagException: /test.xhtml at line 8 and column 19 <f:metadata> Parent UIComponent j_id1187866547_41aebe2a should be instance of UIViewRoot org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.jsf.core.ViewMetadataHandler.apply(ViewMetadataHandler.java:61) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.DefineHandler.applyDefinition(DefineHandler.java:86) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:167) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.TemplateContextImpl$TemplateManagerImpl.apply(TemplateContextImpl.java:128) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.TemplateContextImpl.includeDefinition(TemplateContextImpl.java:92) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeDefinition(DefaultFaceletContext.java:433) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.InsertHandler.apply(InsertHandler.java:93) javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:51) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.jsf.core.ViewHandler.apply(ViewHandler.java:156) javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.applyNextHandler(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:59) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentTagHandlerDelegate.apply(ComponentTagHandlerDelegate.java:324) javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.apply(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:54) javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:51) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:57) javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:51) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:45) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:322) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:369) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:347) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeFacelet(DefaultFaceletContext.java:215) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:140) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:57) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:45) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.apply(DefaultFacelet.java:143) org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.FaceletViewDeclarationLanguage.buildView(FaceletViewDeclarationLanguage.java:327) org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RenderResponseExecutor.execute(RenderResponseExecutor.java:66) org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:239) javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:191) note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.12 logs. Apache Tomcat/7.0.12 Which says it's not the container... If I try direct with no template, e.g. test2.xhtml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" > <h:head> <ui:insert name="header"/> </h:head> <h:body> <f:view> <f:metadata> <f:viewParam name="id"/> </f:metadata> <h1>The big news stories of the day</h1> </f:view> </h:body> </html> Then I get: javax.servlet.ServletException: /test2.xhtml at line 14 and column 21 <f:metadata> Parent UIComponent j_id1723811066_66bf44b9 should be instance of UIViewRoot javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:205) Which tells me I must be reading http://javaserverfaces.java.net/nonav/docs/2.0/vdldocs/facelets/f/metadata.htmlseriously wrong Oh, before I forget, here is my web.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app version="2.5" 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-app_2_5.xsd"> <context-param> <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name> <param-value>server</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name> <param-value>.xhtml</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>javax.faces.FACELETS_SKIP_COMMENTS</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name> <!--<param-value>Production</param-value>--> <param-value>Development</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>com.sun.faces.validateXml</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </context-param> <listener> <listener-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener</listener-class> </listener> <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>*.xhtml</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <session-config> <session-timeout>60</session-timeout> </session-config> </web-app> Any and all help appreciated -Stephen