Configuring the JViews servlet

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You must declare and configure the JViews servlet used by your Web application.

To declare and configure the JViews servlet:

Open the file web.xml located in the WebContent/WEB_INF folder and add the parts shown in bold in the following code example:

<?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_2_5.xsd" 
  id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
  <display-name>jsf-hello-world</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>  
  <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>
    <param-name>ilog.views.faces.CONTROLLER_PATH</param-name>
    <param-value>/_contr</param-value>
  </context-param>
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>Controller</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>ilog.views.faces.IlvFacesController</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup> 1 </load-on-startup>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Controller</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/_contr/*</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>

<!--
This Web application uses JViews Maps features. When you deploy an application that includes this code, you need to be in possession of  a Rogue Wave JViews Maps Deployment license.
-->
<listener>
    <listener-class>ilog.views.util.servlet.DeploymentLicenseRequired_for_JViews_Maps_Deployment</listener-class>
</listener>
</web-app>

This is the JViews servlet that handles all image requests initiated by JViews clients through Web browsers.

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