[MyFaces][Core] MyFaces configuration file

[Guy Bashan <gu...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I just wanted to raise your attention about a weird thing that can happen in
MyFaces and took me a few hours to understand. I am not quite sure this is a
bug, but it certainly can create an undesired behavior:
It seems like there is a new mechanism that allows "auto reloading" of JSF
configuration files.
This mechanism involves dates checking to make sure if file should be
reloaded.
Anyway, there can be a case, in which, files are being deployed in a server
that has different GMT. This will cause web app files to have "future" date.
This issue will cause the configuration files to never be loaded and I
believe that JSF part responsible for loading the files will be "stuck" in a
loop causing the whole web application not to load.

Hope this information might save you some time if you will even encounter
this issue...

Guy.

Re: [MyFaces][Core] MyFaces configuration file

[Guy Bashan <gu...@gmail.com>]

Done.

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Mike Kienenberger <mk...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Guy,
>
> I'd say that's a bug that needs to be fixed if the configuration file
> is never loaded.   We should have a boolean flag to verify that it's
> always loaded at least once on initial startup.
>
> Can you open a JIRA issue for this and put this description into it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 4:35 AM, Guy Bashan <gu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just wanted to raise your attention about a weird thing that can happen
> in
> > MyFaces and took me a few hours to understand. I am not quite sure this
> is a
> > bug, but it certainly can create an undesired behavior:
> > It seems like there is a new mechanism that allows "auto reloading" of
> JSF
> > configuration files.
> > This mechanism involves dates checking to make sure if file should be
> > reloaded.
> > Anyway, there can be a case, in which, files are being deployed in a
> server
> > that has different GMT. This will cause web app files to have "future"
> date.
> > This issue will cause the configuration files to never be loaded and I
> > believe that JSF part responsible for loading the files will be "stuck"
> in a
> > loop causing the whole web application not to load.
> >
> > Hope this information might save you some time if you will even encounter
> > this issue...
> >
> > Guy.
> >
>

Re: [MyFaces][Core] MyFaces configuration file

[Mike Kienenberger <mk...@gmail.com>]

Hi Guy,

I'd say that's a bug that needs to be fixed if the configuration file
is never loaded.   We should have a boolean flag to verify that it's
always loaded at least once on initial startup.

Can you open a JIRA issue for this and put this description into it?

Thanks.

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 4:35 AM, Guy Bashan <gu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just wanted to raise your attention about a weird thing that can happen in
> MyFaces and took me a few hours to understand. I am not quite sure this is a
> bug, but it certainly can create an undesired behavior:
> It seems like there is a new mechanism that allows "auto reloading" of JSF
> configuration files.
> This mechanism involves dates checking to make sure if file should be
> reloaded.
> Anyway, there can be a case, in which, files are being deployed in a server
> that has different GMT. This will cause web app files to have "future" date.
> This issue will cause the configuration files to never be loaded and I
> believe that JSF part responsible for loading the files will be "stuck" in a
> loop causing the whole web application not to load.
>
> Hope this information might save you some time if you will even encounter
> this issue...
>
> Guy.
>