How do I configure JSF url mappings without file extensions?

Question

Most tutorials propose a default JSF configuration similar to the following web.xml:

    javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX&l         


        

Answer 1

You can use Filter to hide this extension and make your URL SEO friendly. One such implementation of Filter is PrettyFaces.

For example: If you need http://host:port/yourapp/login to resolve with your login.xhtml then in pretty filter configure following way

<url-mapping id="login">
    <pattern> /login </pattern>
    <view-id> /legacy/user/login.jsf </view-id>
</url-mapping>

Have a look at two min video tutorial

Answer 2

you can create url mapping like this create faces-config.xml file in WEB-INF folder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<faces-config 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-facesconfig_1_2.xsd"
              version="1.2">

   <navigation-rule>
        <from-view-id>/jsf/demoapp</from-view-id>
        <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>demoapp</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/demoapp.xhtml</to-view-id>
        </navigation-case>
   </navigation-rule>


</faces-config>

in web.xml you have to do 2 entries

    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>jsfServlets</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>jsfServlets</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/jsf/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>