How to change default opened file when running web application in eclipse? - eclipse

Question

I have created a new Maven web application in eclipse, and it gave me a Hello World example written in a file named index.jsp located in src/main/webapp.
Let's say I have created a facelet (login.xhtml) and I want my application to run it as default page, instead of the index.jsp page.
I would like to know how and where to change the default value of the file which is lanched.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

First of all, you need add support to JSF (maybe not) and facelets in your project if you.
<!-- JSF -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId>
<version>${jsf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-impl</artifactId>
<version>${jsf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.facelets</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-facelets</artifactId>
<version>${facelets.version}</version>
</dependency>
You can just add a facelets library, such as Prime Faces.
Config your web.xml, add something like this:
<!-- Faces Servlet -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<!-- Faces Servlet Mapping -->
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<!-- Use Documents Saved as *.xhtml -->
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
<param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- Special Debug Output for Development -->
<context-param>
<param-name>facelets.DEVELOPMENT</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</context-param>
After this, you'll need change welcome-file-list in your web.xml:
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>login.jsf</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
If you are using facelets, so you'll need to create a faces-config.xml file, like this:
<faces-config>
<application>
<view-handler>com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler</view-handler>
</application>
</faces-config>
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