Testing JSF with JMeter

[Tim Francisco]

Hello,
I am trying to do load/performance test of JSF2.0/richfaces application with JMeter but having some issues with it. I am following this instruction from here JMeter.

But I am still having an issue as follows:

    
javax.servlet.ServletException: viewId:/account.jsf - View /account.jsf could not be restored.
        at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:325)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:206)
        at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:290)
        at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:388)
        at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:515)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:852)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: javax.faces.application.ViewExpiredException: viewId:/account.jsf - View /account.jsf could not be restored.
        at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase.execute(RestoreViewPhase.java:212)
        at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:101)
        at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase.doPhase(RestoreViewPhase.java:110)
        at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:118)
        at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:312)
        ... 18 more

Can some one please help help me figure out why I am getting ViewExpiredException?
Thanks.

[Tobi Witte]

Hello Tim,

I had the same problem and solved it. Here's what I did:

Locate the "viewState"-tag in the page source (Browser -> View Source)

Adjust the regex expression in the "Regular Expression Extractor" according to page source

Put your Regular Expression Extractor at the right place

The regex:
In my case I added autocomplete="off". My Regex now looks like this:

<input type="hidden" name="javax\.faces\.ViewState" id="javax\.faces\.ViewState" value="(.+?)"autocomplete="off" />

Location of Regular Expression Extractor
I added the Regular Expression Extractor as child of the initial HTTP Request.

|-ThreadGroup
|
|- serverapp/start.xhtml -> This is my initial HTTP Request
|  |
|  |- HTTP Header Manager
|  |- Regular Expression Extractor 
|
|- serverapp/page2.xhtml

It took me a few days to figure it out. I'm not sure what it was, maybe the wrong regex expression or the wrong location of the "Regular Expression Extractor". Finally it works.

Tobi