JSF Exception: /main.jsp not found in external context as a Resource

Question

Hi,

I have a User Interface built using "IceFaces". And it's deployed on a portal built using "LifeRay". The UI application is getting undeployed automatically from the portal sometimes. And the log is showing the following error message :-

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javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.Exception: javax.faces.FacesException: Problem in renderResponse: /main.jsp Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.MainServlet.service(MainServlet.java:175)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)

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Caused by: java.lang.Exception: javax.faces.FacesException: Problem in renderResponse: /main.jsp Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource
at com.icesoft.faces.context.View.servePage(View.java:136)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.core.MultiViewServer.service(MultiViewServer.java:55)
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Caused by: javax.faces.FacesException: Problem in renderResponse: /main.jsp Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource
at com.icesoft.faces.facelets.D2DFaceletViewHandler.renderResponse(D2DFaceletViewHandler.java:296)
at com.icesoft.faces.application.D2DViewHandler.renderView(D2DViewHandler.java:153)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:109)

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /main.jsp Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletFactory.resolveURL(DefaultFaceletFactory.java:121)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletFactory.getFacelet(DefaultFaceletFactory.java:91)
at com.icesoft.faces.facelets.D2DFaceletViewHandler.renderResponse(D2DFaceletViewHandler.java:268)
... 171 more

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The UI has only .xhtml pages and no jsp page so I have no idea why it's trying to render a main.jsp page. Also, after it gets deployed again it works fine for some time before the exception resurfaces.

Will be grateful if you can provide any pointer to the root cause or how to fix this problem.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Do you have the following in your web.xml?

   <context-param>
      <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
      <param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
   </context-param>