FacesException: Expression Error: Named Object: custom.component.MyCustomJSFComponent not found in EAP 7.4

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Issue

We are getting this error when moving out custom JSF component from our war into the ear/lib where the war is a sub-deployment of the ear:

javax.servlet.ServletException: Expression Error: Named Object: custom.component.MyCustomJSFComponent not found.
    at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.executeLifecyle(FacesServlet.java:725)
    at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:451)
    at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletHandler.handleRequest(ServletHandler.java:74)
        ...
Caused by: javax.faces.FacesException: Expression Error: Named Object: custom.component.MyCustomJSFComponent not found.
    at com.sun.faces.util.Util.notNullNamedObject(Util.java:478)
    at com.sun.faces.application.applicationimpl.InstanceFactory.createComponentApplyAnnotations(InstanceFactory.java:743)
    at com.sun.faces.application.applicationimpl.InstanceFactory.createComponent(InstanceFactory.java:294)
    at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.createComponent(ApplicationImpl.java:459)
    at javax.faces.application.ApplicationWrapper.createComponent(ApplicationWrapper.java:681)
    at com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentTagHandlerDelegateImpl.createComponent(ComponentTagHandlerDelegateImpl.java:564)
    at com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentTagHandlerDelegateImpl.apply(ComponentTagHandlerDelegateImpl.java:152)
    at javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.apply(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:111)
    at javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:55)
    at javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.applyNextHandler(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:137)
    at com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentTagHandlerDelegateImpl.apply(ComponentTagHandlerDelegateImpl.java:179)
    at javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.apply(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:111)
    at javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:55)
    at com.sun.faces.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:52)
    at com.sun.faces.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:46)
    at com.sun.faces.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.apply(DefaultFacelet.java:120)
    at com.sun.faces.application.view.FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.buildView(FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.java:358)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:78)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:76)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:199)
    at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.executeLifecyle(FacesServlet.java:708)
    ... 47 more

When it is packaged in the war, it works fine.

my-jsf-components.jar
   - META-INF
      - my-jsf-components.taglib.xml
   - custom.component.MyCustomJSFComponent.class
   - custom.component.MyCustomJSFComponentRenderer.class

The custom component is defined using annotations:

import javax.faces.render.FacesRenderer;
import javax.faces.render.Renderer;

@FacesRenderer(rendererType = "custom.component.MyCustomJSFComponentRenderer", componentFamily = "custom.component")
public class MyCustomJSFComponentRenderer extends Renderer {
...
}

The custom rendrer is defined using annotations:

import javax.faces.component.FacesComponent;

@FacesComponent("custom.component.MyCustomJSFComponent")
public class MyCustomJSFComponent extends javax.faces.component.html.HtmlSelectOneMenu {

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7
  • Java Server Faces (JSF) 2.x

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