Question

I try to build a JSF 2.0 Web application which is using libraries including EJBs and FacesConverters/ManagedBeans.

My war file looks like this:

-WEB-INF/
 |-beans.xml
 |-lib/
 |  |-myejb.jar
 |  |-myconverter.jar

both jar files contain also a beans.xml file placed into the META-INF folder.
The strange thing is, that the EJBs are working well.
But my converter included in the myconverter.jar file is not seen form my web application. I got the following message:

javax.faces.FacesException: Ausdrucksfehler: Benanntes Objekt org.imixs.VectorConverter nicht gefunden.

When I put the converter class directly into the classes from my web module it works.

The converter class looks like this:

...
@FacesConverter(value="org.imixs.VectorConverter")
public class VectorConverter implements Converter {

I am using no faces-config.xml

the converter is added in my xhmtl file like this:

<h:inputTextarea required="false"
    value="#{teamController.members}">
    <f:converter converterId="org.imixs.VectorConverter" />
 </h:inputTextarea>

So my question is: why is the converter not seen when it is placed into a jar module?

I am running the app on GlassFish 3.1.1

thanks for any help

Answer 1

Does myconverter.jar also contain a /META-INF/faces-config.xml? I think this is required so the your container also scans for JSF annotations in the JAR file. An empty faces-config.xml like this should to the job:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<faces-config xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" version="2.0">

</faces-config>