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I've been using prefix mapping for years and decided to switch to suffix mapping, just to get rid of the /faces in the url really. I just wanted to check I'm going in the right direction before I dig myself a hole as there are a few unexpected things going on. I changed from this: <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> to this: <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> And then I see that everything going through FacesServlet has .xhtml appended to it, so that the browser is requesting background.png.xhtml files, style.css.xhtml file - is this right? It is called suffix mapping I suppose, but it looks a bit untidy to me and I'm trying to convince myself it's the way to go. In my CSS files where an URI is referenced I also have to append .xhtml : background-image: url(images/background.png.xhtml); Then I saw a post from BalusC that gives a solution to prevent the download of resources without going via FacesServlet: <security-constraint> <display-name>Restrict raw XHTML docs</display-name> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>XHTML</web-resource-name> <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern> </web-resource-collection> <auth-constraint/> </security-constraint> When I add this then only real .xhtml files load on the page, all other resources (despite having .xhtml appended) do not d

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