JSF faces config file outside WEB-INF?

Question

When creating multiple faces config files, it is correct to have the faces-config.xml outside of WEB-INF? The JSF spec does not seem to be very clear about this (Section 10.

Answer 1

As mentioned in David's answer, it's not recommended to put the config files outside of the WEB-INF directory. However, if you're looking for ways to organise your project, you might try creating a new subdirectory under WEB-INF.

For example, when I'm dealing with lots of faces-config files, I'll create a directory /WEB-INF/config and put the faces-config files in there.