Confirmed fixed using ICEfaces EE 3.2.0 build3.

The web.xml files contained multiple welcome-files including index.jsf and index.html. This causes on WAS8 to log the mentioned warnings. As ee-accessible-showcase only has index.jsp, I removed index.jsf and index.html from the list and successfully tested it. Marking this one as FIXED.

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There still something in the logs that possible needs a look at:

[1/22/13 12:03:41:542 CET] 00000020 MandatoryReso W ICEfaces configured for view /index.jsp but h:head and h:body components are required
[1/22/13 12:03:41:545 CET] 00000020 BridgeSetup W ICEfaces configured for view /index.jsp but h:head and h:body components are required

Changing the index.jsp and the web.xml to be more in-line with ee-composite-showcase seems to get past the last issue. Marking this one as FIXED.

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Step 4

Another NPE is now being experienced:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.icefaces.impl.application.ExtendedExceptionHandler.handle(ExtendedExceptionHandler.java:80)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:119)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:594)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1147)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:722)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:449)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:178)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:1020)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:1382)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:191)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor.handleRequest(DefaultExtensionProcessor.java:648)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:1020)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:3639)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:304)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:950)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(WSWebContainer.java:1659)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:195)
at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:452)
at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:511)
at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:305)
at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:276)
at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscriminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:214)
at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:113)
at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture$1.run(AsyncChannelFuture.java:205)
at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1648)

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Step 3

An NPE is now experienced:

[1/21/13 20:50:48:528 CET] 00000046 SystemErr R Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
[1/21/13 20:50:48:528 CET] 00000046 SystemErr R at javax.faces.component.UINamingContainer.getSeparatorChar(UINamingContainer.java:129)
[1/21/13 20:50:48:528 CET] 00000046 SystemErr R at com.icesoft.components.accessible.selectinputdate.SelectInputDateRenderer.<clinit>(SelectInputDateRenderer.java:160)
[1/21/13 20:50:48:529 CET] 00000046 SystemErr R at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initializeImpl(Native Method)
[1/21/13 20:50:48:529 CET] 00000046 SystemErr R at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:205)
[1/21/13 20:50:48:529 CET] 00000046 SystemErr R ... 102 more

An invocation to FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() should not be done in static context.

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Step 2

The faces-config.xml contains 2 managed-bean elements referring to classes that don't seem to be used by this sample:

<managed-bean>
<managed-bean-name>autoCompleteDictionary</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>
com.icesoft.icefaces.tutorial.component.autocomplete.AutoCompleteDictionary
</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>application</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>
<managed-bean>
<managed-bean-name>autoCompleteBean</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>
com.icesoft.icefaces.tutorial.component.autocomplete.AutoCompleteBean
</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
<managed-property>
<property-name>dictionary</property-name>
<value>#

</value>
</managed-property>
</managed-bean>

Removing them results in getting passed this step.

Step 1

The web.xml incorrectly contained a lifecycle element:

<lifecycle>
<phase-listener>com.icesoft.sample.accessible.dataTable.SortHeaderModel</phase-listener>
</lifecycle>

But this was already addressed by Deryk earlier.