Problem overriding jsf component

[billerby]

I am trying to override the PropertySheet component, but somehow the declaration of the extension in the faces-config-custom.xml does not work.

This is my declaration in my faces-config-custom.xml (which resides in alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF):

<faces-config>

 <component>
   <component-type>org.alfresco.faces.PropertySheet</component-type>
   <component-class>com.acando.alfresco.web.UIMyPropertySheet</component-class>
 </component> 
 
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However if I instead change the declaration in the main faces-config (faces-config-repo.xml which is the core in Alfresco) from…

<component>
      <component-type>org.alfresco.faces.PropertySheet</component-type>
      <component-class>org.alfresco.web.ui.repo.component.property.UIPropertySheet</component-class>
   </component>
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to

   <component>
      <component-type>org.alfresco.faces.PropertySheet</component-type>
      <component-class>com.acando.alfresco.web.UIMyPropertySheet</component-class>
   </component>
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…it works. Changing the central faces-config files in Alfresco is not an option in the long run for us, and I can not understand why the extension does not work in the first case. All other configuration like managed-bean declarations are perfectly read.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks!
/Erik

[billerby]

Ok, found out that the faces-config-custom.xml must be placed directly in "Alfresco/WEB-INF" if an component extension should be picked up. I find it pretty strange though that all other declarations and configurations is beeing picked up and processed when placed in the "WEB-INF/classes/META-INF"-folder.