Running JSF 1.1 application on Weblogic 12.2.1.4 with latest patches

 HOWTO

• Weblogic Classloader Analysis https://danielveselka.blogspot.com/2013/02/weblogic-classloader-analysis-tool.html 
•  JSF 1 app on Weblogic https://danielveselka.blogspot.com/2013/02/deploy-jsf-11-application-on-weblogic.html
  
•  Java EE Descriptor Schemas https://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/jsc/xml/ns/javaee/index.html#2  

javax.faces.FacesException: Expression Error: Named Object: not found 

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32799225/javax-faces-facesexception-expression-error-named-object-net-bootsfaces-layou
•  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13035271/javax-faces-facesexception-expression-error-named-object-player-not-found?rq=1
•  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14374311/cannot-find-the-tag-library-descriptor-for-web-inf-struts-html-tld-in-struts 

Web app configuration files - placed into WEB-INF

• faces-config.xml - JSF specific
  
• web.xml - web app
  
• weblogic.xml - app server specific
  

jsp-descriptor https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11035_01/wls100/webapp/weblogic_xml.html#wp1038491 

TLD files - add custom files into WEB-INF

<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tags/customTags.tld"  prefix="tt"%>

Faces config - add custom files in faces-config.xml

<init-param>
<param-name>config</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/custom-config.xml,/WEB-INF/other-custom-config.xml
</param-value>
</init-param>