I cannot access my simple jsf project after deployement - jsf

Question

I do not understand why I am getting 404 error while trying to access my application
my index.xhtml is in (Web Content)
In my log I have no error
I created my project using eclipse : web dynamic project :
my url :
http://localhost:8080/jsf_getting_started/
I tried with eclipse with tomcat (Run On Server).
My 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/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
<display-name>jsf_getting_started</display-name>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>default.htm</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>default.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<context-param>
<param-name>com.sun.faces.expressionFactory</param-name>
<param-value>com.sun.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl</param-value>
</context-param>
<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>
<context-param>
<description>State saving method: 'client' or 'server' (=default). See JSF Specification 2.5.2</description>
<param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>client</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.fmt.localizationContext</param-name>
<param-value>resources.application</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener</listener-class>
</listener>

Answer 1

The problem is that you have set the mapping of the Faces Servlet as /faces/* so in order to access to your page and be parsed by this servlet you must access to it like
http://localhost:8080/jsf_getting_started/faces/index.xhtml
But the problem with the /faces/* configuration is that the Faces Servlet will even process non-JSF resources like images, JS, CSS scripts, etc.
The best solution would be to change the mapping to *.xhtml and remove all the pages in welcome file list to have only index.xhtml. Your web.xml file will look like this (note that I'm just posting the changes made on the parts described in this answer):
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.xhtml</welcome-file>
<!-- no need of the other files... -->
</welcome-file-list>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<!-- The relevant URL mapping when using Facelets and JSF -->
<url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
After changing the web.xml file, rebuild your project, make sure to undeploy it from Tomcat Server and try again.

Answer 2

You need to add index.xhtml in the welcome-file-list.