javax.faces.webapp
Class FacesServlet

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

javax.servlet.Servlet

public final class FacesServlet

extends java.lang.Object

implements javax.servlet.Servlet

FacesServlet is a servlet that manages the request processing lifecycle for web applications that are utilizing JavaServer Faces to construct the user interface.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	CONFIG_FILES_ATTR Context initialization parameter name for a comma delimited list of context-relative resource paths (in addition to /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml which is loaded automatically if it exists) containing JavaServer Faces configuration information.
static java.lang.String	LIFECYCLE_ID_ATTR Context initialization parameter name for the lifecycle identifier of the Lifecycle instance to be utilized.

Constructor Summary

FacesServlet()

Method Summary

void	destroy() Release all resources acquired at startup time.
javax.servlet.ServletConfig	getServletConfig() Return the ServletConfig instance for this servlet.
java.lang.String	getServletInfo() Return information about this Servlet.
void	init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig servletConfig) Acquire the factory instances we will require.
void	service(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request, javax.servlet.ServletResponse response) Process an incoming request, and create the corresponding response, by executing the request processing lifecycle.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CONFIG_FILES_ATTR

public static final java.lang.String CONFIG_FILES_ATTR

Context initialization parameter name for a comma delimited list of context-relative resource paths (in addition to /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml which is loaded automatically if it exists) containing JavaServer Faces configuration information.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

LIFECYCLE_ID_ATTR

public static final java.lang.String LIFECYCLE_ID_ATTR

Context initialization parameter name for the lifecycle identifier of the Lifecycle instance to be utilized.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

FacesServlet

public FacesServlet()

Method Detail

destroy

public void destroy()

Release all resources acquired at startup time.

Specified by:

destroy in interface javax.servlet.Servlet

getServletConfig

public javax.servlet.ServletConfig getServletConfig()

Return the ServletConfig instance for this servlet.

Specified by:

getServletConfig in interface javax.servlet.Servlet

getServletInfo

public java.lang.String getServletInfo()

Return information about this Servlet.

Specified by:

getServletInfo in interface javax.servlet.Servlet

init

public void init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig servletConfig)
          throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Acquire the factory instances we will require.

Specified by:

init in interface javax.servlet.Servlet

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if, for any reason, the startup of this Faces application failed. This includes errors in the config file that is parsed before or during the processing of this init() method.

service

public void service(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request,
                    javax.servlet.ServletResponse response)
             throws java.io.IOException,
                    javax.servlet.ServletException

Process an incoming request, and create the corresponding response, by executing the request processing lifecycle.

Specified by:

service in interface javax.servlet.Servlet

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs during processing

javax.servlet.ServletException - if a servlet error occurs during processing