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JSF2.2: configuring "resource directory"

JSF 2.2 allows you to configure the directory used for searching resources. By default, the resource management mechanism introduced in JSF 2.0 searches for resources in the following locations: 1. /r

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JSF2.2: configuring "resource directory"

JSF 2.2 allows you to configure the directory used for searching resources.

By default, the resource management mechanism introduced in JSF 2.0 looks for resources in the following locations:

  1. /resources under the web application root folder.
  2. /META-INF/resources in JAR files.

The downside of /resources is that everything in that folder is accessible from the outside by default. This is not always desirable, especially for composite components. Therefore, JSF 2.2 introduces the javax.faces.WEBAPP_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY context parameter to specify the directory used for resource searching in the web application's file system (point 1 in the list above). In the list below, the path is moved to /WEB-INF/resources for example. Resources inside /WEB-INF can be accessed by JSF, but never from the "outside world".

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