Icefaces Application on Tomcat 6 using Netbeans

Similar to the portlet development but simpler.

download latest icefaces 1.7 RC1

pack these in library manager as Icefaces 1.7 library

backport-util-concurrent.jar

commons-beanutils.jar

commons-digester.jar

commons-discovery.jar

commons-fileupload.jar

commons-logging.jar

icefaces.jar

icefaces-comps.jar

Create a web application project and use JavaServerFace framework.

include Icefaces 1.7 library that we create.

Add these to your web.xml

   <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Persistent Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>
            com.icesoft.faces.webapp.xmlhttp.PersistentFacesServlet
        </servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup> 1 </load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Blocking Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>com.icesoft.faces.webapp.xmlhttp.BlockingServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup> 1 </load-on-startup>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Persistent Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.iface</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Persistent Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/xmlhttp/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Blocking Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/block/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

Add a jspx to you project, if you put that under Web pages/jspx/foo.jspx

You will need to use it by http://localhost:8080/projectName/jspx/foo.iface

you are all set.

Enjoy!