JSF and automatic reload of xhtml files

Question

I had some problems with hot-reloading XHTML files using JRebel, Spring, JSF Mojarra 2.0.3 and WebLogic 10.3.

JRebel reloads regular Java classes and js/css files un

Answer 1

JRebel handles /WebContent folder changes.

The problem is that Facelets do caching and do not reread changed files. To force reread specify the following parameters in web.xml.

JSF 2 (Facelets 2.x):

    javax.faces.FACELETS_REFRESH_PERIOD
    0






    javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE
    Development

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For JSF 1.2 (Facelets 1.x) parameters are:

    facelets.REFRESH_PERIOD
    0


    facelets.DEVELOPMENT
    true

More on JSF context params: http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/6/JSF_Guide/en-US/html/jsf.reference.html#standard.config.params

That custom resource resolver is not needed in your case. That resource resolver is just a tricky way to get xhtml files from custom file system folder. In your case JRebel does that (and even more).