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Asked: 2026-05-16T16:49:53+00:00

In JSF application we are using richfaces (Final.3.3.3). In pom.xml there is dependency on

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In JSF application we are using richfaces (Final.3.3.3). In pom.xml there is dependency on jsf-api-2.0.2, jsf-impl-2.0.2 and jsf-facelets-1.1.15.jar, and in faces-config.xml there is <view-handler> configured like this:

<application>
  <view-handler>com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler</view-handler>
</application>

I know that in JSF2 you don’t need jsf-facelets. You also don’t need to configure <view-handler> in faces-config.xml. So I removed facelets jar and <view-handler> line from faces-config.xml. But when I did it, richfaces didn’t work. E.g. rich:toolBarGroup is not shown.

There is javascript error “document.body is null” that comes from a4j javascript file.

Does richfaces need this specific ViewHandler from jsf-facelets?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Richfaces 3.3.3 does not fully support all the features of JSF2 according to This. You still need facelets. Specifically, the following is quoted from the limitations list on that page:

    RichFaces 3.3.3 does not support JSF 2 built-in facelets (VDL)

    Facelets 1.1.15 should still be used because of dependencies in RichFaces from the Tag Handlers classes.

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