JavaServer Faces

Name

<context-param>

Synopsis

Using the <context-param> element, you can define context parameters that are available to all components of the application (both servlets and JSP pages).

Syntax

<context-param>
  [<description [xml:lang="lang"]>description</description>]*
  <param-name>paramName</param-name>
  <param-value>paramValue</param-value>
<context-param>

The <param-name> subelement specifies the name and the <param-value> element the value. Optionally, the <description> element can be used for a description that can be displayed by a deployment tool:

<context-param>
  <param-name>jdbcURL</param-name>
  <param-value>jdbc:idb:/usr/local/db/mydb.prp</param-value>
</context-param>

The JSF specification defines the following context parameters:

javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES

Optionally defines a comma-separated list of context-relative paths for JSF configuration files. See Chapter 13 for details.

javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX

Optionally defines a suffix (file extension) for the JSP pages that contains JSF component action elements, to use a different one than the default (.jsp). If you define a nondefault suffix, you must also define that this suffix represents a JSP page, using the <jsp-config> element in a Servlet 2.4/JSP 2.0 container or an implementation-dependent mapping in a Servlet 2.3/JSP 1.2 container.

javax.faces.LIFECYCLE_ID

Optionally defines a lifecycle identifier other than the default set by the javax.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleFactory.DEFAULT_LIFECYCLE constant.

javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD ...