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Notes on using Wicket with Websphere
Wicket on Websphere 6.1
By default, Websphere 6.1 will not process filters when they are not backed by a servlet or a page. Instead, it returns a 404 error.
To get the WicketFilter
to work, you need to add a custom property to the Web container of your application server.
Go into the admin console, and select your server. Choose Web Container Settings, Web Container, Custom Properties. Add a new property called "com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.invokefilterscompatibility" and set the value to "true." Save to the master configuration and restart your server.
WicketServlet rather than WicketFilter
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