[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Closed: (JBSEAM-1321) Could possibly remove the requirement to specify SeamListener in web.xml

Could possibly remove the requirement to specify SeamListener in web.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: JBSEAM-1321 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-1321 Project: JBoss Seam Issue Type: Task Components: Core Affects Versions: 1.2.1.GA Environment: Tomcat 6 Reporter: Mike Quilleash Assigned To: Gavin King Priority: Optional Fix For: 1.3.0.BETA2 I noticed the the JSF RI 1.2 uses a trick to avoid having to specify the <listener> explicitly in web.xml. It has a .tld file in the META-INF directory of the implementation jar. This gets scanned by the web container (Tomcat 6 in this case) and any <listener> in the file get executed. <listener> <listener-class>com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener</listener-class> </listener> Maybe Seam could do something similar in the main seam jar. As this is a tld I guess it's relying on the JSP spec, what version this listener was introduced in I'm not sure, but I guess all JEE5 implementations should support this.