JBWEB006003: Cannot convert .. of type class java.lang.String to class javax

[Amitkumar Fulambarkar]

Hi,
I am migrating the JSF (Version 1.1) application from websphere 7 to JBoss EAP 6.2.
I have removed the references of IBM libraries in the web.xml and added the maven dependencies for jsf jars from Sun. However, when I run the application I get the following error for the pages which has UIComponent.
The application was working on webshere and not giving the error. Is this conflicting with the JSF implementation of JBoss and how to do to resolve it? I can work on JSF upgrade at this stage.
Please help.

ERROR:

JBWEB000309: type JBWEB000066: Exception report

JBWEB000068: message javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: org.apache.jasper.el.JspELException: /login.jsp(55,6) '#{loginHandler.msgIdInput}' JBWEB006003: Cannot convert #{loginHandler.msgIdInput} of type class java.lang.String to class javax.faces.component.UIComponent

JBWEB000069: description JBWEB000145: The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

JBWEB000070: exception

javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: org.apache.jasper.el.JspELException: /login.jsp(55,6) '#{loginHandler.msgIdInput}' JBWEB006003: Cannot convert #{loginHandler.msgIdInput} of type class java.lang.String to class javax.faces.component.UIComponent
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:841)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:774)
	org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspService(login_jsp.java:98)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:69)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:365)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:309)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:242)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847)
	com.sun.faces.context.ExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ExternalContextImpl.java:568)
	com.sun.faces.application.view.JspViewHandlingStrategy.executePageToBuildView(JspViewHandlingStrategy.java:363)
	com.sun.faces.application.view.JspViewHandlingStrategy.buildView(JspViewHandlingStrategy.java:153)
	com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:99)
	com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:101)
	com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139)
	javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:594)

JBWEB000071: root cause

org.apache.jasper.el.JspELException: /login.jsp(55,6) '#{loginHandler.msgIdInput}' JBWEB006003: Cannot convert #{loginHandler.msgIdInput} of type class java.lang.String to class javax.faces.component.UIComponent
	org.apache.jasper.el.JspValueExpression.getValue(JspValueExpression.java:107)
	com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.createComponentApplyAnnotations(ApplicationImpl.java:1940)
	com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.createComponent(ApplicationImpl.java:448)

Thanks
Amit

[Tim Holloway]

I'm afraid we need more information. The full stack trace and the source code of the login page would be a good start.

Although if the JBoss server is a JSF version 2 server, I suspect that you may be having problems stemming from using JSPs as your View Templates. JSPs are not supported as View Templates in JSF2 - you have to use View Template Language (.xhtml) files. VTL supports JSF Facelets which are an integral feature of JSF2.

[Amitkumar Fulambarkar]

Hi Tim,
We are using the old version of JSF 1.2 as this is a legacy application. In our project we just want to migrate the application from webshere 7 to JBoss. For this we are considering the minor changes to be done to remove the dependency of IBM libraries. Hence we are not modifying much of the code.

Please advise if we can solve this issue and migrate the application on JBoss with minimal changes in the code. If not, what is the recommended solution for this.
Source code:
1. LoginHandler.java

package com.bmc.mdm.mdmadmin.handler;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import javax.faces.component.UIInput;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import com.bmc.core.ad.ActiveDirectoryService;
import com.bmc.core.ad.ADEmployee;

public class LoginHandler implements Serializable {
	/**
	 * 
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = -2082247622845992905L;
	private UIInput userNameInput;
	private UIInput passwordInput;
	private UIInput msgIdInput;
	private String msgId;
	private String userName;
	private String password;
	private String returnMsg;
	private String grpName = "ResubmitMDMEvt"; // NT authentication along with member of this DL allows user to Resubmit events.

	FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
	HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest)context.getExternalContext().getRequest();
	protected static final Logger _LOGGER = Logger.getLogger("com.bmc.mdm.mdmadmin.handler.LoginHandler");
	
	public LoginHandler(){

		if(request.getParameter("id")!=null){
			System.out.println("id is "+request.getParameter("id"));
			msgId = request.getParameter("id");
			System.out.println("msgId is "+request.getParameter("id"));
			returnMsg = "loginSuccess";
		}else{
			returnMsg = "loginFail";
		}
		
		if(this.msgIdInput == null){
			UIInput objUIInput = new UIInput();
			objUIInput.setValue(msgId);
			this.setMsgIdInput(objUIInput);
		}
	}
	
	public String processLogin(){
		
		_LOGGER.info("++++++++ processLogin");
		if(request.getParameter("id")!=null){
			System.out.println("id in processLogin "+request.getParameter("id"));
		}
		
		String myUser = "";
		
		userName=(String)this.getUserNameInput().getSubmittedValue()!=null?(String)this.getUserNameInput().getSubmittedValue() :"";
		_LOGGER.info("++++++++ userName is "+userName);
		password=(String)this.getPasswordInput().getSubmittedValue()!=null?(String)this.getPasswordInput().getSubmittedValue() :"";
		
		msgId=(String)this.getMsgIdInput().getSubmittedValue()!=null?(String)this.getMsgIdInput().getSubmittedValue() :"";
		_LOGGER.info("++++++++ msgId is "+msgId);
		if(userName!=null && password!=null && !userName.equalsIgnoreCase("") && !password.equalsIgnoreCase("")){
			
			try {
				ActiveDirectoryService ads = new ActiveDirectoryService();
				ADEmployee employee = ads.getAuthenticationAndEmployeeDetail(userName, password);
				HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);

				if(employee != null){
					boolean isMemberOf = employee.isMemberOf(grpName);
					String employeeName = employee.getFirstName()+" "+employee.getLastName();
					_LOGGER.info("++++++++ employee = "+employeeName+" isMemberOf = "+isMemberOf);
					_LOGGER.info("++++++++ employee DisplayName = " + employee.getDisplayName());
					if(isMemberOf){
						myUser = employee.getDisplayName();
						// set employee display name in session.
						session.setAttribute("EMPDISPNAME",myUser);
						//this.setUserDisplayName(myUser);
						_LOGGER.info("++++++++ Employee display name from session = "+session.getAttribute("EMPDISPNAME"));
						returnMsg = "loginSuccess";
					}else{
						_LOGGER.info("++++++++ "+employeeName+" is not member of "+grpName);
						returnMsg = "loginFail";
					}
				}
			}catch(Exception e){
				e.printStackTrace();
			}		
		}

		HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse)context.getExternalContext().getResponse();
		try {
		    if (!response.isCommitted()) {
		    	context.responseComplete();
		    	response.sendRedirect("messageDetails.jsp?id="+msgId);
		    	return null;
		    } else {
		    	_LOGGER.info(" +++++++++ Response was already committed!");
		    }
		} catch (IOException ioex) {
			//ioex.printStackTrace();
		}
		_LOGGER.info("++++++++ processLogin " + myUser +" || returnMsg = "+returnMsg);
		return returnMsg;
	}
	

	public UIInput getUserNameInput() {
		return userNameInput;
	}

	public void setUserNameInput(UIInput userNameInput) {
		this.userNameInput = userNameInput;
	}

	public UIInput getPasswordInput() {
		return passwordInput;
	}

	public void setPasswordInput(UIInput passwordInput) {
		this.passwordInput = passwordInput;
	}

	public UIInput getMsgIdInput() {
		return msgIdInput;
	}

	public void setMsgIdInput(UIInput msgIdInput) {
		this.msgIdInput = msgIdInput;
	}
	
	public String getMsgId() {
		return msgId;
	}

	public void setMsgId(String msgId) {
		this.msgId = msgId;
	}
}

login.jsp
<%@page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%> <%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h" %> <%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f" %> <%@page isELIgnored ="false" %> //tried with/without this tag <html> <head> <!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="doctitle" --> <title></title> <link href="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/public/css/webapps.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <f:view> <body id="body_new"> <div id="container"> <!-- BEGIN GLOBAL HEADER --> <div id="global_header"> <!-- BEGIN HEADER LINKS --> <div id="header_top_noleftnav"><a href="http://www.bmc.com/" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" /></a></div> <div id="header_topnav"></div> </div> <br/> <!-- END GLOBAL HEADER --> <!-- BEGIN GLOBAL CENTER --> <div id="global_center"> <!-- BEGIN LEFT CORNER --> <div id="corners_fulltop"></div> <!-- END TOP CORNER --> <!-- BEGIN TOP ELEMENTS ABOVE CONTENT --> <div id="pagetop_attibutes"> <div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://www.bmc.com/" rel="nofollow">BMC.com</a></div> </div> <div class="grey_line"></div> <!-- END TOP ELEMENTS ABOVE CONTENT --> <!-- BEGIN NO LEFTNAV CONTENT --> <div id="content" style="width:900px;"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="content" --> <h:form id="frmLogin"> <table class="supporttableA" border="0" > <tr> <td ><a rel="nofollow">Back to List Screen</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><h:outputText escape="false" value="User Name"/></td> <td><h:inputText id="userName" binding="#{loginHandler.userNameInput}" style="width:250px" required="true" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><h:outputText escape="false" value="Password"/></td> <td><h:inputSecret id="password" binding="#{loginHandler.passwordInput}" style="width:250px" required="true" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td > <h:inputHidden id="msgId" binding="#{loginHandler.msgIdInput}" /> <h:commandButton styleClass="buttonSubmit" type="submit" value="Login" action="#{loginHandler.processLogin}" immediate="true"/> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ><a rel="nofollow">Back to List Screen</a></td> </tr> </table> </h:form> </div></div><div id="global_footer"> <!-- BEGIN FOOTER LINKS--> <div id="global_footertext"> <a >Contact BMC</a>  |  <a >Legal</a> </div> <span><a ><img border="0" /></a></span> <!-- END FOOTER LINKS--> <!-- BEGIN FOOTER COPYRIGHT --> <div id="footertext_copyright"> © Copyright 2005-2009 BMC Software, Inc. Use of this site signifies your acceptance of BMC's <a >Terms of Use</a> and <a >Privacy Policy</a>. <br/>BMC, BMC Software, the BMC logos, and other BMC marks are <a >trademarks or registered trademarks</a> of BMC Software, Inc. in the U.S. and/or certain other countries. </div> <!-- END FOOTER COPYRIGHT --> </div> <!-- END GLOBAL FOOTER --> <!-- END CONTAINER --> </div></body> </f:view> </html>

error trace

14:28:37,328 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/mamadmin].[jsp]] (http-localhost/127.0.0.1:8080-1) JBWEB000236: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception: org.apache.jasper.el.JspELException: /login.jsp(49,9) '#{loginHandler.userNameInput}' JBWEB006003: Cannot convert #{loginHandler.userNameInput} of type class java.lang.String to class javax.faces.component.UIComponent
	at org.apache.jasper.el.JspValueExpression.getValue(JspValueExpression.java:107) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.createComponentApplyAnnotations(ApplicationImpl.java:1940) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.createComponent(ApplicationImpl.java:448) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentELTag.createComponent(UIComponentELTag.java:222) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
	at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentClassicTagBase.createChild(UIComponentClassicTagBase.java:504) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
	at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentClassicTagBase.findComponent(UIComponentClassicTagBase.java:742) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
	at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentClassicTagBase.doStartTag(UIComponentClassicTagBase.java:1309) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
	at com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputTextTag.doStartTag(InputTextTag.java:428) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspx_meth_h_005finputText_005f0(login_jsp.java:308)
	at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspx_meth_h_005fform_005f0(login_jsp.java:217)
	at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspx_meth_f_005fview_005f0(login_jsp.java:152)
	at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspService(login_jsp.java:91)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:69) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:365) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:309) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:242) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:295) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:832) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:620) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:553) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:482) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at com.sun.faces.context.ExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ExternalContextImpl.java:568) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.application.view.JspViewHandlingStrategy.executePageToBuildView(JspViewHandlingStrategy.java:363) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.application.view.JspViewHandlingStrategy.buildView(JspViewHandlingStrategy.java:153) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:99) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:101) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:594) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:295) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:149) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.as.web.security.SecurityContextAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityContextAssociationValve.java:169) [jboss-as-web-7.3.0.Final-redhat-14.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-14]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:145) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:97) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:102) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:336) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:653) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:920) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.7.0_79]

14:28:37,331 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/mamadmin].[Faces Servlet]] (http-localhost/127.0.0.1:8080-1) JBWEB000236: Servlet.service() for servlet Faces Servlet threw exception: org.apache.jasper.el.JspELException: /login.jsp(49,9) '#{loginHandler.userNameInput}' JBWEB006003: Cannot convert #{loginHandler.userNameInput} of type class java.lang.String to class javax.faces.component.UIComponent
	at org.apache.jasper.el.JspValueExpression.getValue(JspValueExpression.java:107) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.createComponentApplyAnnotations(ApplicationImpl.java:1940) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.createComponent(ApplicationImpl.java:448) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentELTag.createComponent(UIComponentELTag.java:222) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
	at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentClassicTagBase.createChild(UIComponentClassicTagBase.java:504) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
	at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentClassicTagBase.findComponent(UIComponentClassicTagBase.java:742) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
	at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentClassicTagBase.doStartTag(UIComponentClassicTagBase.java:1309) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
	at com.sun.faces.taglib.html_basic.InputTextTag.doStartTag(InputTextTag.java:428) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspx_meth_h_005finputText_005f0(login_jsp.java:308)
	at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspx_meth_h_005fform_005f0(login_jsp.java:217)
	at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspx_meth_f_005fview_005f0(login_jsp.java:152)
	at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspService(login_jsp.java:91)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:69) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:365) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:309) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:242) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:295) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:832) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:620) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:553) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:482) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at com.sun.faces.context.ExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ExternalContextImpl.java:568) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.application.view.JspViewHandlingStrategy.executePageToBuildView(JspViewHandlingStrategy.java:363) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.application.view.JspViewHandlingStrategy.buildView(JspViewHandlingStrategy.java:153) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:99) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:101) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
	at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:594) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:295) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:149) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.as.web.security.SecurityContextAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityContextAssociationValve.java:169) [jboss-as-web-7.3.0.Final-redhat-14.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-14]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:145) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:97) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:102) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:336) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:653) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:920) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.7.0_79]

pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.bmc</groupId> <artifactId>mamadmin</artifactId> <version>1.0.${BUILD_NUMBER}-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>war</packaging> <name>mamadmin</name> <description/> <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> </properties> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.3.2</version> <configuration> <source>1.7</source> <target>1.7</target> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> <configuration> <version>3.0</version> <failOnMissingWebXml>true</failOnMissingWebXml> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> <resources> <resource> <directory>src/main/resources</directory> </resource> <resource> <directory>src/test/resources</directory> </resource> <resource> <directory>src/main/java</directory> <excludes> <exclude>**/*.java</exclude> </excludes> </resource> </resources> <finalName>mamadmin</finalName> </build> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>com.bmc</groupId> <artifactId>bmc-core-api</artifactId> <version>1.0.28-SNAPSHOT</version> </dependency> <!-- <dependency> <groupId>com.bmc.mdm</groupId> <artifactId>com-bmc-mdm-util</artifactId> <version>1.0.0</version> </dependency> --> <dependency> <groupId>javax.j2ee</groupId> <artifactId>j2ee</artifactId> <version>1.4</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jsf-impl</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency> <!-- <dependency> <groupId>jstl</groupId> <artifactId>jstl</artifactId> <version>1.2</version> </dependency> --> <dependency> <groupId>siperian.common</groupId> <artifactId>siperian-common</artifactId> <version>10.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>siperian.api</groupId> <artifactId>siperian-api</artifactId> <version>10.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.bmc.mdm</groupId> <artifactId>mdm_util</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <repositories> <repository> <id>bmc-maven2</id> <url>http://phx-buildprd-01/nexus/content/repositories/bmc-maven2</url> </repository> <repository> <id>snapshots</id> <url>http://phx-buildprd-01/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots</url> </repository> <repository> <id>releases</id> <url>http://phx-buildprd-01/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url> </repository> </repositories> </project>

web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:web="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="2.4"> <display-name>mamadmin</display-name> <context-param> <description> The location where state information is saved. Valid values are 'server' (typically saved in HttpSession) and 'client' (typically saved as a hidden field in the form. Default is server.</description> <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name> <param-value>client</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <description> The default suffix for extension-mapped resources that contain JSF components. Default is '.jsp'.</description> <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name> <param-value>.jsp</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <description> Number of Views to be stored in the session when Server-Side State Saving is being used. Default is 15.</description> <param-name>com.sun.faces.NUMBER_OF_VIEWS_IN_SESSION</param-name> <param-value>15</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <description> If set to true while server-side state saving is being used, a serialized representation of the view is stored on the server. This allows for failover and sever clustering support. Default is false. This parameter is not available in JSF 1.0.</description> <param-name>com.sun.faces.enableHighAvailability</param-name> <param-value>false</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <description> If set to true while client-side state saving is being used, reduces the number of bytes sent to the client by compressing the state before it is encoded and written as a hidden field. Default is false. This parameter is not available in JSF 1.0.</description> <param-name>com.sun.faces.COMPRESS_STATE</param-name> <param-value>false</param-value> </context-param> <listener> <listener-class>com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener</listener-class> </listener> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> <session-config> <session-timeout>60</session-timeout> </session-config> <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>/faces/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> </web-app>

faces-config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <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"> <managed-bean> <managed-bean-name>messageLogHandler</managed-bean-name> <managed-bean-class>com.bmc.mdm.mdmadmin.handler.MessageLogHandler</managed-bean-class> <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope> </managed-bean> <managed-bean> <managed-bean-name>messageHandler</managed-bean-name> <managed-bean-class>com.bmc.mdm.mdmadmin.handler.MessageHandler</managed-bean-class> <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope> </managed-bean> <managed-bean> <managed-bean-name>loginHandler</managed-bean-name> <managed-bean-class>com.bmc.mdm.mdmadmin.handler.LoginHandler</managed-bean-class> <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope> </managed-bean> <navigation-rule> <from-view-id>/login.jsp</from-view-id> <navigation-case> <from-outcome>loginSuccess</from-outcome> <to-view-id>/messageDetails.jsp</to-view-id> <redirect/> </navigation-case> <navigation-case> <from-outcome>loginFail</from-outcome> <to-view-id>/displayMessage.jsp</to-view-id> <redirect/> </navigation-case> </navigation-rule> </faces-config>

[Tim Holloway]

This is false economy.

It has been a VERY LONG time since JSF 1.x has been supported on any platform. JBoss EAP 6.2 has JSF 2.0 built into it and that means that at a minumum you'd have to override the built-in JSF support or expect massive failures from incompatible code.

You are far better off considering converting the app while you are porting it.

[Amitkumar Fulambarkar]

Hi Tim,
Thanks for looking into it. I completely agree with you. I do understand that I am on very old version of JSF and I have to find the way out of it.
Of course, I would need to upgrade the JSF version very soon, but I do expect the significant work in the code to make it compatible with the higher version.
The other alternate you suggested is to override JSF come up with JBoss. Are there any configuration changes to be done to make application use the JSF lib provided by me and not from JBoss. Maybe in the web xml? Not sure this is the right place to ask the question on JBoss, though it is related to JSF.

Thanks
amit

[Tim Holloway]

To get JBoss to work with other JSF implementations, you would need to add a directive to the web.xml file telling JBoss to switch off JSF for that app, then include your own JSF implementation as part of the WAR/EAR. Check the WebLogic documentation.

There were significant changes to JSF between JSF 1 and JSF 2. JSPs were dropped in favor of Facelet View Templates (.xhtml). Taglibs basically went away, as JSF 2 element handlers only dimly resemble JSP tag handlers. DTDs were replaced with XML schemas. The EL processor interface was totally overhauled. Of course, there are also many improvements, as well. Facelets make tiled Views much easier, for example.

My #1 rule in JSF is that the more JSF-specific code your app has, the more likely you're doing it wrong. JSF was designed to work primarily with POJOs, and the presence of imports for any javax.faces classes except for the data model façades (SelectItem and DataModel) is an instant alarm to me. Aside from the simple fact that it probably means a more straightforward solution has been missed, the more JSF-specific code an app has, the more it is likely to be impacted by internal changes to the JSF implementation itself.

[Amitkumar Fulambarkar]

Hi Tim,
Thanks for your valuable inputs. This really helpful to take the further call on how to proceed with this migration.

Thanks a lot.

Regards,
Amit