Thread: JSF directory structur

Can somebody tell me if there is a requirement for JSF pages to be in a directory called "pages"? I have created an application and when all the pages are either in the root or in a file called "pages" everything works fine. However when I try to move the pages into a directory called "test" the pages are no longer recognised. I get a Error 500 for all the pages in the "test" directory!!!

Just to be clear, the file directory was:

Web Pages > pages > dashboard.xhtml

and this was accessible at URL:

http://localhost:8080/Application/pages/dashboard.xhtml

I then changed the file directory to:

Web Pages > test > dashboard.xhtml

and I get an error 500 at URL:

http://localhost:8080/Application/test/dashboard.xhtml

BTW this is my web.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="3.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" 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-app_3_0.xsd">
    <display-name>Web2Framework</display-name>
    <!-- CONTEXT PARAMETERS -->
    <context-param>
        <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
        <param-value>
            /WEB-INF/spring/app-context.xml
        </param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
        <param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name>
        <param-value>/WEB-INF/log4j.xml</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <!-- LISTENER DECLARATION -->
    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>
    </listener>
    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
    </listener>
    <!-- FILTER DECLARATION -->
    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name>
        <param-value>Production</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <filter>
        <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
        <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
    </filter>
    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
        <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
        <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
    </filter-mapping>
    <!-- SERVLET DECLARATION -->
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <!-- WELCOME PAGES -->
    <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>/welcome.xhtml</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

Yes sorry...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<faces-config version="2.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
              xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" 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_2_0.xsd">
 
        <!-- NAVIGATION RULES -->
    <navigation-rule>
        <from-view-id>/welcome.xhtml</from-view-id>
        <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>admin</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/test/dashboard.xhtml</to-view-id>
            <redirect />
        </navigation-case>
        <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>admintest</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/pages/dashboard.xhtml</to-view-id>
            <redirect />
        </navigation-case>
    </navigation-rule>
 
    <navigation-rule>
        <display-name>accessDenied.xhtml</display-name>
        <from-view-id>/accessDenied.xhtml</from-view-id>
        <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>welcome</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/welcome.xhtml</to-view-id>
        </navigation-case>
    </navigation-rule>
 
 
    <navigation-rule>
        <display-name>test/dashboard.xhtml</display-name>
        <from-view-id>/test/dashboard.xhtml</from-view-id>
        <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>welcome</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/welcome.xhtml</to-view-id>
        </navigation-case>
    </navigation-rule>
 
 
    <!-- Localization -->
    <application>
        <locale-config>
            <default-locale>en</default-locale>
        </locale-config>
 
        <resource-bundle>
            <base-name>tv.tarka.locale.messages.Messages</base-name> 
            <var>message</var>
        </resource-bundle>
      <el-resolver>org.springframework.web.jsf.el.SpringBeanFacesELResolver</el-resolver>
    </application>
 
</faces-config>

This is my problem:

This works:

        <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>admintest</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/pages/dashboard.xhtml</to-view-id>
            <redirect />
        </navigation-case>

This doesn't:

       <navigation-case>
            <from-outcome>admin</from-outcome>
            <to-view-id>/test/dashboard.xhtml</to-view-id>
            <redirect />
        </navigation-case>

Brace yourself, its pretty hard core...

<h:commandButton value="admintest" action="admintest" />
<h:commandButton value="admin" action="admin" />

I have been experimenting with other directory names (admin, user etc.) and it really does only seem to want to work with a directory called "pages"!!! I seem to be able to have unlimited* directories under the "pages" and still work.

(*I've tested 3!)

After 3 hours I have finally found the answer... If you have ever read "the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" you'll know what I mean when I say that the answer is on par with "THE ANSWER". In Netbeans you can't move files by dragging them to a new directory, you have to recreate them from scratch. If you drag them the IDE just doesn't acknowledge that they exist!