Servlet Configuration

• The underlying technology for JSF is Servlets

• JSF framework provides a controlling Servlet that must be configured in the file web.xml

• Fortunately, can use same file for most JSF web applications: web.xml

• The servlet-mapping element insures that JSF page requests are processed by the controlling Servlet called Faces Servlet

• The welcome-file element insures that index.html is initially loaded

• Sequence of events:
  • Browser requests http://redrock.d.umn.edu:29104/login/

  • Web server loads http://redrock.d.umn.edu:29104/login/index.html

  • index.html redirects to index.faces

  • Controlling Servlet strips ".faces" and loads index.jsp

  • User clicks Login and controlling Servlet navigates to welcome.jsp