You could try using Rewrite, by OCPsoft to intercept requests that are
going to display an error page, or are missing resources, and take an
action like redirecting (or even notifying an administrator.)
http://ocpsoft.org/rewrite/
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Lincoln Baxter's Droid
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"Simpler is better."
On Feb 14, 2012 11:56 AM, <forums_at_java.net> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Is there a way to redirect a JSF resource request for a non-existent
> resource
> to a custom 404 status code error page?
>
> Specifically, when specifying directly in browser a url like
> /http://host:port/appname/**javax.faces.resource/non-**existent-page.xhtml/,
> I
> want the user to be redirected to a custom error page.
>
> In the web.xml, I have specified the following:
>
> <error-page> <error-code>404</error-code>
> <location>/pages/error/**pageNotFound.xhtml</location> </error-page>
> The JSF servlet mapping is:
>
> <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>*.xhtml</url-**
> pattern>
> </servlet-mapping>
> I also made the resource requests to be unsecured:
>
> <security-constraint> <web-resource-collection>
> <web-resource-name>Unsecured
> resources</web-resource-name>
> <url-pattern>/javax.faces.**resource/*</url-pattern>
> </web-resource-collection>
> </security-constraint>
> The redirect to my custom error page works well for all requests except
> those
> containing //javax.faces.resource/*/ (I guess where ResourceHandler is
> implied). I studied the source code for */FacesServlet/*. In its
> */service()/* method, when a
>
> request for non-existing resource is made, the method
> */ResourceHandler.**handleResourceRequest()/* is beeing called, which in
> turn
> calls */HttpServletResponse.**setStatus(HttpServletResponse.**
> SC_NOT_FOUND)./*
> The documentation on */HttpServletResponse/*
>
> reads /"This method is used to set the return status code when there is no
> error (for example, for the status codes SC_OK or SC_MOVED_TEMPORARILY). If
> there is an error, and the caller wishes to invoke an error-page defined in
> the web/
>
> /application, the sendError method should be used instead."/ From this I
> conclude that this is the reason why my custom page gets never called.
>
> Does any workaround exist to this behavior? I need to redirect to my custom
> page with the purpose to hide the version of Tomcat, which is displayed on
> the default 404 HTTP status page.
>
> I'm using the following environment:
>
> * Apache Tomcat 7.0.19
> * Mojarra 2.1.2 JSF implementation
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
>
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