jsf 2 - Tomcat error: Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource

Question

I got this error when I tried to access my development site via http://localhost/home/index.html which redirects to http://localhost/home/views/main/index.xhtml:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /views/main/index*.xhtml Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource

I'm using Tomcat 7.0.8, Mojarra JSF 2.0.4 with Eclipse Helios. I have checked the WAR deployment file for the index.xhtml file and it's there in the WAR file. I also checked the ../wtpwebapps/home/views/main directory and can see Eclipse has deployed the index.xhtml file.

The stacktrace I got is:

    07/02/2011 3:58:53 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet [Faces Servlet] in context with path [/home] threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase.notifyAfter(RestoreViewPhase.java:301)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase.doPhase(RestoreViewPhase.java:114)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:118)
    at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:312)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:306)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:240)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:161)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:541)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:383)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:243)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:188)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:166)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:288)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

I'm not sure why I am getting the above error. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

I have no idea how your code which is responsible for the redirect look like, but

/views/main/index*.xhtml

definitely doesn't look right. What is that asterisk doing there? Fix the code accordingly that this asterisk isn't emitted in the view ID anymore.